There is no need for panic. We haven’t personally been attacked. But our swallows have. We have 7 nests around the courtyard. A majority of them are in a covered pass through which we never have open. Two more are over in front of the horse stalls and what will someday be the wine cellar. […]

I’ve actually been wanting to do this for a while because I love reading the searches that lead to places like Nanook’s blog but I just haven’t gotten around to it… Today I am couch-bound because I had dental surgery yesterday and am not really in any shape to be doing a lot of work…but […]

Ok, I missed Thursday but I had a pretty good excuse…I had some dental surgery done yesterday and I wasn’t really feeling like blogging. I actually started this post early with thoughts that I might get around to it yesterday but it didn’t happen. But I wouldn’t let you down so here goes… Germany greenhouse […]

So we’re a few feet short of a totem pole but Ayla decided she needed to sit on this tree stump over the weekend and we were happy we had the camera handy. She generally will leave long before we have it in our hand or start moving around as soon as we take aim. […]

Way back in June 2006 I posted a list of “mind games” from M. Shirley Chong which can be used to help train your dog. These “games” are basically a way for you to remind your dog that you are in control and that he/she needs to remember that. Game #7 is called Follow the […]