A corner of the house where I’ve got a row of hanging plants strung up along the wall. Pothos and other trailing greenery hang from ceiling hooks, with a snake plant and a few others soaking up the light by the window. The vines soften up the room and bring a little of the garden indoors for the winter.
“Missy was given to me by my mother after the loss of my Shih Tzu Emerald. Emerald has a very special place in my heart that can never be filled. But Missy reminds me every day that someone loves me, even when I feel alone. She is my best friend.” Missy’s story begins in grief…
Knowing the law (and your rights) in your city is an important tool that helps you keep and your dog safe. All too often we tend to rely on what vets and public officials tells us the law is. This can lead to much misunderstanding, confusion and abuse. Can you answer these questions? What vaccines…
Update (October 2026) Don’t go looking for that PageRank number today. Google stopped updating the public PageRank score in 2013 and removed it completely in 2016, and the Google Toolbar that showed it is long gone. Google still weighs links behind the scenes, but there’s no public score anymore, and looking back I wouldn’t use…
Thanks me and my Buddy OX.
Quite the wake-up call — at 1:16 a.m. a transformer on the utility pole down the street caught fire. I grabbed this shot right from my bedroom window. You could see the flames flickering up on the pole against the night sky, with the neighbors’ houses lit up in the orange glow. Thankfully it stayed…
The first rib roast in the new smoker has started. I put in 2 racks of ribs at 2:15, seasoned with hungarian paprika, cayenne pepper and salt. I added 3 more racks of ribs an hour later, I wanted to start them all at once, but 3 of the racks were frozen solid from the…