Afternoon Delight

A sunny afternoon… and mama comes home to take me out for a mid-day walkie.  The Park Blocks are perfect for this, close to our place yet full of grass and goodness. I’m getting better at not crossing the street without mama.  She always wants me to stop and look both ways, but sometimes I…

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Going Out for Chinese

Ah yes… look who I’ve found!  A GIRL AIREDALE!!! I think she’s the first girl Dale I’ve seen in Portland… all of the other Dales have been boys.  Hubba Hubba! Ah.  She’s pretty. My attention was caught by this gentleman riding by… look who he has on his lap!  A KITTY!!!  You know how much…

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Pizz-aaaaaah

After a very un-sunny start, this evening was actually rather nice.  Even though mama still has a sore throat, I had to insist that the evening walkie was substantial. We thought about stopping at the supermarket – but then discovered that there were some guys outside selling newspapers and they had several dogs with them,…

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Atten-tion!

Stuck in the car, lots of traffic, and what is that I hear? IT’S A FIRE TRUCK GOING BY… Damn, but that really hurts the ears.  I’ve got to get the right tone in my head so that I can sing the pain away… Uh oh. HERE COMES THE AMBULANCE… Much to the amusement of…

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Aire-t

Oh, the agony of choice. I’d like a Junior Bacon Cheeseburger please – hold the nasty ketchup. I will wait patiently – sort of – until the Jack in the Box worker notices my adorable face sticking out of the window.  Then I shall unleash the mighty bark so they understand exactly HOW HUNGRY I…

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Feeling HOT HOT HOT

Guess who got a hairecut today?  Spring is springing all over here in Portland (at least for a few days), and that means it must be time for me to lose some fuzz.  So mama dug through a bunch of boxes and found the rakes.  Usually this was dad’s job – to de-fuzz me –…

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Espl-aire-nade

Another hot day in the city… tongues were wagging everyone you looked.  How to cool off?  It looks like most of the folks in downtown are heading toward the river, so we decided to follow suit… Over the Burnside Bridge to the east side. Keep up, will ya? Down the steps to the east side…

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Tattoo You

Today is two months since our lives were normal – two months ago tomorrow is when Klaus entered the hospital.  I have been wanting to get a tattoo to honor Klaus and his influence in my life, but I didn’t want to rush into it – I wanted something that would remind me of him,…

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