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Raining Cats & Dogs - Part II
Well, it's that time of year again. Time to remind you:
1) Always spay and neuter your pets to prevent Puppy Hobo Camps and Kittens in the Road
2) Always adopt your pets from a shelter or a rescue so "kids" like this get a chance at a home
3) And show this video to everyone you know because, it truly is raining cats and dogs!
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A Day Spent Flipping Rocks and All I Got Were These Lousy Pictures
Okay, that heading is not totally accurate. True, I didn't find a flippin' thing underneath the many rocks I flipped, but it got me looking closely at what Mother Nature has to offer this time of year and that was a reward unto itself.
I learned about National Rock Flipping Day on this blog written by my good friend Loree Griffin Burns. It's quite ( Read more... ) -
Wrens In My Boot
If you were a wren making a nest on my porch, where would you put it? Inside the spacious bird house? Nestled in the planter filled with twigs? Or inside my hiking boot?
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So Many Puppies
It's springtime in Appalachia and you know what that means...puppies! Contrary to popular belief, the abundance of puppies this time of year is not due to a bacchanalian celebration of spring in the dog world. Dogs actually breed year round.
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Strollin' on the Country Road
On Monday it rained for twenty-four hours straight. Torrential, driving, stay-indoors rain. Rivers flooded, city streets were underwater, and the mountain that I call home came alive. Underground streams, filled beyond capacity, gushed out of rocky crags as hundreds of waterfalls filled the air with the hushing sound of a finger to the lips, ( Read more... ) -
Detroit City Here We Come!
A website I follow, Atlas Obscura a Compendium of the World's Wonders, Curiosities, & Esoterica, is running a feature on my hometown, Detroit, Michigan. They are focusing on the good stuff which makes for a nice change.
Since I am a copy cat, I'm going to do the same. To clarify a point, the city is not being featured because it is the place of ( Read more... ) -
Miss Snappy Gets A New Home
There is a snapping turtle that resides in a small lake behind my neighbor, Dana's house. It recently trudged up the hillside, laid eggs under the deck steps and, duty done, plodded back toward the water . Only it didn't make it. It stopped along the way to engage Dana's two dogs in a round of I-can-snap-your-nose-off-first and decided to stay.
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Flint - A Nice Place To Visit, I'd Even Want To Live There
Today we're going to visit Flint Michigan. Yes, the city that was featured as victim and underdog in the movie "Roger and Me", and is known for its high crime rate and economic ruin. It's a city with a reputation for looking like this on a good day...
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