tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18839403180254291052024-02-11T15:44:26.174-08:00Terra Tobyloving life, inside and outAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01088617183777496464noreply@blogger.comBlogger531125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883940318025429105.post-13150380517810979482018-11-04T05:55:00.000-08:002018-11-04T06:07:27.459-08:00Dona Nobis Pacem #BlogBlast4Peace 2018<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Today is Blog For Peace day, an annual day for using the power of blogs (and other media) to express the hope for peace -</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">on this planet</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">in our speech</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">within our hearts</span><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>May our nation's violence and strife end soon. Words matter. Use your words for kindness and peace - not just for those like you, but for the Other, the Stranger, the Opponent, the Foreigner. We may not always agree, but - </i></span></div>
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<i><b>We are all human. We are one. </b></i></div>
<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">For templates and info on how to join in, please visit </span><a href="http://blog4peace.com/" style="font-style: italic;">blog4peace.com</a></span></td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01088617183777496464noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883940318025429105.post-3762960970123890582018-10-29T06:01:00.000-07:002018-10-29T06:11:52.367-07:00No Tricks, Just Treats<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">While we were away on our long trip, visiting our peeps and traveling through three states, Toby was helping bring a little joy to shelter dogs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I'm joining <a href="https://llbinourbackyard.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Rosy, Arty, and Jakey</a> in their No Tricks, Just Treats Blog Hop (a teeny bit late). They're giving 50 cents/comment and $1/post to a shelter. Pretty awesome, isn't it? For the hop, we are all describing ways we can help our local homeless pets. Check out all the links below! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">It was easy to do. I just had to change the shipping address on the 'subscription' page of the website. If your dog subscribes to BarkBox or a similar service, maybe you'd like to donate your shipments to a local shelter too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">But Toby still had his little throne to sit upon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">And in the campsites he enjoyed being off the rocks in his Quik Shade bed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">We hiked into some incredibly beautiful scenery throughout the trip. Sometimes we had a lake view for lunch all to ourselves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">A few times we discovered waterfalls of incredible beauty.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Other times, we visited cities, to escape bad weather (thanks Florence and Michael) or to visit family. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">And Toby and I hung out and took long walks while Ted learned all about his favorite libation on the famous Bourbon Trail.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Toby even got his paws into three states at once - Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Toby's glad to be home - mostly - but maybe he's dreaming of his hiking adventures. Hopefully there will be many more.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Home Sweet Home</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01088617183777496464noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883940318025429105.post-79209538519197762932018-07-24T10:37:00.001-07:002018-07-24T10:39:13.041-07:00There's More Than Macchu Picchu...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Of course Macchu Picchu IS incredible, and was the main reason we visited Peru recently.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">But Peru is more. So, so much more. We were there almost two weeks, and every day was filled with beauty, history, scenery, and the kind spirit of the Peruvian people themselves. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Cusco, capital of the Incan Empire, is a city of great beauty set against the Andes Mountains.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">There are two spectacular colonial-era cathedrals adorning the central plaza. In one you can see parts of the Inca temple on which it was built.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Lovely gardens amidst ruins surround museums dotting the city.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">We joined our tour group to hike through the Sacred Valley of the Incas.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Pre-Columbian ruins built by the ancient people of the region amazed us with their intricacy, and their strength over centuries of earthquakes.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">We had opportunities to meet residents and see their way of life.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Seeing alpacas and llamas was as routine as horses and cows are here at home. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">How delightful to see the gorgeous traditional clothing being worn routinely by everyday people! This lady (notice her wonderful hat) offered me a chance to try using her spindle. She had run down from her home when she spotted us on the trail, carrying some of her handcrafted weaving and toys to sell. She had a good laugh at my "spinning"!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Different regional cultures show variations in hat styles and textiles.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">We loved the Peruvian food, and this was a very special feast called<i> pachamanca</i> prepared by villagers for our lunch.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />The feast included lots of salads and vegetables, and roast meats - including <i>cuy </i>(guinea pig). Reserved for special occasions and quite pricey, <i>cuy </i>has been eaten in the Andes for centuries if not millennia. We also had <i>chicha morada</i>, a purple beverage made from blue corn, which was delicious.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">A jewel of a fountain is one example of the</span> <span style="font-size: x-large;">awesome stonework typical in the ancient towns and fortresses.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">At last, Macchu Picchu in all its glory. The Spanish never reached it, and the jungle preserved it for centuries until Hiram Bingham "discovered" it in 1911.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">We spent our last days in Peru in Lima, the capital. It's a metropolis, but the bluffs overlooking the sea are reserved for a long string of interconnected parks that were full of families, athletes, and couples. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">…and the Huaca Pucllana ruins - far predating the Incas, and never discovered by them. Incidentally, this enormous pyramid structure is solid, composed of countless handmade adobe bricks.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">We traveled with <a href="https://www.rei.com/adventures" target="_blank">REI</a> for the hiking part of our journey. I highly recommend them if you visit Peru - and you should!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">To get you in a festive mood, here is a tale of good news for aquatic creatures.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">1. </span>Crabbers in Long Island were drowning countless numbers of terrapins…until Carl LoBue got results! </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">He was acting director of the New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation's Marine Crustacean Unit. </span><span style="color: #353535; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(53, 53, 53);"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">In the late 90's he became aware of the carnage and fought within his agency for turtle excluder devices to be required on crab pots. He lost because:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #353535; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">a) Crabbers fought hard against the devices.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #353535; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">b) The state offered wildlife permits to hunt and sell unlimited numbers of terrapins for their meat, an argument against their protection.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #353535; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">That was that…until 2014. Now LoBue was employed by The Nature Conservancy as N.Y. Oceans Program Director. When the issue arrived on his desk in 2014, he was ready to try again</span></span></span><span style="color: #353535; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 53, 53);">…this time with a game plan that included science, dialogue, and collaboration.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #353535; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">..AND "</span><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">for the first time this year there will be no directed harvest of diamondback terrapins anywhere in New York, and terrapin excluders will be required on crab traps in prime habitats." </span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #353535; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i>-<a href="https://blog.nature.org/science/2018/03/27/saving-terrapins-from-drowning-in-crab-traps/" target="_blank"> Matthew L. Miller. Cool Green Science Blog</a></i></span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01088617183777496464noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883940318025429105.post-9249455017180702942018-05-03T17:02:00.001-07:002018-05-03T17:02:30.172-07:00What If Christmas Arrived Once A Month?<span style="font-size: x-large;">It does - for Toby!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">"Santa Paws" signed him up to get a BarkBox every month. It's a pretty great day when the BarkBox shows up at the door. Every month has a theme. For April, the theme was PIRATES. Toys and treats were included…and a pirate bandana just for the fun of it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">And since Toby is in the Extra Toy Club, he had a toy to share with his best pal, Vela!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">He gets lots of treats in each box too, so a bag of those went to Trudie, our grandchildren's pooch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">If you are thinking about trying a BarkBox for your furry friend, you can<a href="http://www.barkbox.com/r/SOS5SEUWR5" target="_blank"> click here</a> for my referral link. Toby and I would love to hear from you if you decide to give it a try...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">There are lots of ways to help the planet on Earth Day. </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">But - </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">When I thought about the plastic waste in the ocean, </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">when I remembered the stuff I pick up in the neighborhood with Toby, when I considered<br /> the dumbest, most wasteful things we do…</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://stopsucking.strawlessocean.org/i/ucfq0ix" target="_blank">#StopSucking</a>. Straws.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">That's right.<i> Think about it</i> - do you need a straw to drink a glass of water in the middle of the night? To enjoy a glass of wine? To drink juice at breakfast? Why do you, a grownup, need a straw?</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">In America alone we use 500,000 straws </span><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">per day.</span> </i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Yes, a billion every two days. It's not a typo. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>So click here: </b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "source sans pro"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">to accept my challenge to quit the straw addiction.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "source sans pro"; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 30, 30);">You will probably have to tell your server when you order in restaurants that you don't want a straw in your drink. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "source sans pro"; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 30, 30);">But wait - sometimes you DO need a straw! Smoothies. The movie theatre. Right? So consider buying a<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00O92HN3C/ref=asc_df_B00O92HN3C5448707/?tag=hyprod-20&creative=395033&creativeASIN=B00O92HN3C&linkCode=df0&hvadid=198057711065&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2505987296008370406&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9008492&hvtargid=pla-318192836786" target="_blank"> reusable straw</a>. Yep, that's a thing. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">A week ago today we left for the first camping trip of 2018. We loaded the car for our version of "glamping", aka "car camping" as opposed to backpacking. Large tent, queen size deluxe air mattress, cooler full of food and beverages to enjoy around the campfire after a long day of hiking. A few hours later we pulled into Site 19 at Medoc Mountain State Park in North Carolina. After setting up our campsite, we relaxed in the sun. After an unusually harsh winter, temperatures approaching 80 degrees were bliss!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">For three days the car never moved. Except for brief weather checks our phones were turned off. We hiked, read, listened to the wind and the birds, and enjoyed the solitude and relative quiet. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">A highlight of being in the woods over the first truly warm days of Spring was watching the leaves emerge on hickory, oak, maple, beech, tulip, and sweet gum trees. On Thursday the branches were bare and you could see a long way into the woods. By Sunday the woods were sprinkled emerald green, enough to obscure the view from the trails. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">There's a trend now called "forest bathing", especially in Asia, where it is prescribed for all the symptoms of modern-day stress. We've been practicing it all our adult lives, though we call it hiking and camping. Whatever it's called, getting outside for hours or days is restorative. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">We began with one hopper feeder long ago. The original wooden one was pretty rotten, so last year we replaced it. This one is made of recycled milk jugs. It's virtually indestructible. All we had to do was move the suet cages off the old feeder and onto the new one. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Our second pole feeder has been by the apple tree for several years. We added the woodpecker feeder last year. Now we see downy woodpeckers and northern flickers regularly. I'm hoping a big pileated woodpecker will visit someday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">And here's the newest addition, just a few weeks old. There are three feeders here - a stick with holes for a suet concoction called "bark butter", a tray feeder for goodies of all and sundry kinds, and a cylinder feeder for a suet pillar (they are pricey and the birds love them so they will be an occasional treat :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Speaking of migration, here's a treat! I was pretty sure this was an immature goldfinch. Luckily I double-checked in the field guide, with this photo to refer to. It's actually a yellow-rumped warbler on her way north for the summer. I'm so happy we were able to help her with some food and water on her long journey.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The birds all seem to appreciate having a tree nearby to survey the landscape while feeding. And they do need to be wary. In January two sharp-shinned hawks dined on songbird in our back yard. The juvenile let me get a great photo. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">The large one left a sad pile of gray feathers under a tree. It happens rarely, and hawks are beautiful wildlife too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The birds all know Toby's not a threat to them. He hopes they'll be messy with the bark butter - he inspects under that feeder for any crumbs!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">We get most of our bird feeding supplies from Wild Birds Unlimited, but you can find seed and suet in lots of stores. I recommend safflower seed if you start feeding more squirrels than birds. It tastes bitter to mammals but the birds don't mind.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01088617183777496464noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883940318025429105.post-28114075784812383412018-03-19T14:55:00.001-07:002018-03-19T14:57:07.749-07:00Aloha Blog, Adios Facebook<span style="font-size: x-large;">Dear Friends and Followers,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Thank you to the 195 followers of Terra Toby on Facebook! I appreciate you and hope you will all find your way back here to Terra Toby.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Over the past year or so, I have been doing less and less blogging and more and more on Instagram and Facebook. It's so easy to share interesting things. Oh, I do love seeing the photos from relatives and friends! I enjoy keeping up with the activities of my fave conservation groups and my state and local representatives.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Lately, though, I have been dissatisfied with the level of content on Facebook. More and more I left the computer feeling down and depressed - the strident politics, the environmental news (some of which I shared on Terra Toby's page), and worst of all the mean, nasty tone of comments on almost everything. I hated seeing the rush to judge some victims after the hurricanes last year, or the invective heaped on the students after the latest school shooting. I could go happily the rest of my life without seeing the term "libtard" ever again. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I've been evaluating my time on Facebook, asking myself if it was really where I want to be. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Then the news hit about Facebook selling the data of 50 million users to a propaganda/election influencing company headed by Steve Bannon and the Mercer family. The facts about the tool used to gather the information has been emerging. There's a level of trust that ordinary people have when using and buying apps, like the personal quiz app used to "scrape" the information on every purchaser <i>and every one of their friends</i>. <b>Facebook has violated that trust.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">People in the pet blogging community have always left supportive, encouraging, and caring comments. The same is true, in my experience, on Instagram. Upon reflection, I feel more comfortable expressing myself in a forum where I won't be called names and insulted regularly. It's okay if we don't agree on some things - but we should respect each other and give each other the benefit of the doubt. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I hope you understand my decision to leave Facebook. For now, I'm only deactivated. After letting some time go by to see how that goes, I will probably delete my profile entirely. But the plus is: I'm coming back to blogging and the blogging community.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I'll be making the rounds to check on all my favorite blogs and leave comments this week. I'll start working to provide photos and little posts from my - and Toby's - life right here in this space. See you soon here in Blogville!</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01088617183777496464noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883940318025429105.post-77867480275132587722018-01-24T06:44:00.001-08:002018-01-24T06:44:14.809-08:00On The Beach<span style="font-size: x-large;">For Christmas, I was given two weeks in Melbourne Shores, Florida. I was so excited to be going to the beach and escaping the gray cold mid-January weather! And as it turned out, we missed some extreme snow and cold back home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Such wonderful sights to see on the beach - </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">After the rain...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">An empty winter beach meant Toby had some leash-free play.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Portuguese man-o-wars were washing up on the tide in all their vivid color.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Willets and sanderlings are so entertaining.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Two funny great blue herons hung out on the beach in the mornings. They weren't fishing like the ospreys and pelicans. Sometimes they just waded out and stared at the horizon.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">And some not-wonderful sights too - marine plastic that washed up on every high tide.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The blue of the balloon could entice a sea turtle to eat it, thinking it's a man-o-war.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">We collected a bag of plastic on almost every beach walk. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The most common debris was bottle caps, tableware, and small shards of plastic. The worst for sea creatures is the balloons (we found several), fishing line, and straws. The weirdest? Toothbrushes, a waterlogged Go-Pro camera, and cigar tips. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">We kept wondering "what if everybody who visits the beach collected a bag of trash?" but someone was way ahead of us with these ingenious bag dispensers!<br /></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">We saw a LOT of beachcombers collecting seashells but only one other collecting plastic debris on the beach. What if that were reversed?!?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Melbourne Shores is on a barrier island with the Indian River on the other side. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: start;">Watching the sun set over the river was a treat.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>*if you are interested in the marine debris problem, here are two infographics you might like, and a couple of links about how/why plastic harms sea animals.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Personally and politically (hey, I love science and the environment) this year has been a bit less wonderful than some others. Not an <i>annus horribilus, </i>as Queen Elizabeth II would say - but I'm looking forward to a happier and healthier 2018. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">As I write this it is about 16 degrees F in southeastern VA. Thank the jet stream and climate change. I thought tea, fireplace, book. Ted and Toby thought otherwise.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">We bundled up - wind chill 11 - and went for a five mile walk at Northwest River Park. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I was wearing three layers…how is he not cold? But he's not. He loves this weather.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Tomorrow I will be running in a 5k "Resolution Race". Expected wind chill is 8 degrees. However snow- or champagne - is a deal breaker. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Accuweather is no longer predicting snow. So I will likely be freezing my glutes off tomorrow morning. Ushering my 61st New Year in with some running style.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">And then getting out of Dodge - to Florida! It was my Christmas gift - two weeks in the sun and warmth when winter is at its dreariest. I'm so excited about escaping from Virginia in a few days. Toby is coming with us to masquerade as a beach dog.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01088617183777496464noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883940318025429105.post-2752619072264152232017-12-06T04:51:00.002-08:002017-12-06T04:51:36.915-08:00Wordless Wednesday: Adorable Veladora<span style="font-size: x-large;">Featuring Veladora today! She's our "grand-dog". </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Today wraps up "Orangutan Caring Week", and I thought I'd update you on "my" red ape while telling you how easy and affordable it is to adopt an orangutan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Krismon was rescued as an adult orangutan after being an illegal pet for an Indonesian family. When he was a baby he was treated like a family member, even joining them for outings and vacations. When he grew up he was confined outdoors in a tiny cage, exposed to the elements, being fed rice. For 19 years.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Krismon was rescued from this hellish existence in May 2016.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">After his rescue, Krismon's malnutrition, muscular atrophy, and psychological wounds required intensive attention. He couldn't even use his legs. Slowly he has been advancing into larger and larger play areas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Now, Krismon is looking forward to moving into <b><a href="https://sumatranorangutan.org/our-work/creating-new-wild-populations/orangutanhaven/" target="_blank">Orangutan Haven,</a></b> where he can interact in a very natural setting with other unreleasable rescue orangutans! The 48-hectare, 9 island site is being developed to educate people while letting these recovered, highly intelligent animals live out their lives in peace and safety.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>…<a href="https://redapes.org/adopt" target="_blank">or one of the other red apes</a> being rescued and rehabilitated in Sumatra and Borneo!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Sadly, there are many baby and adult apes being cared for by the amazing organizations under the Orangutan Outreach umbrella. Would you like to choose one to "adopt"? I warn you, it's very difficult to select just one. Click <a href="https://redapes.org/adopt" target="_blank">here</a> for the proof! But it's a great feeling to know that for the cost of 2 cups of Starbucks coffee you can help an orphaned orangutan return to the forest, or help an ape as appallingly abused as Krismon live a happy, healthy life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">With all the needs for charitable giving, why give $10 monthly for orangutans? Well, because they are critically endangered due to human activities. Palm oil, used in almost everything we consume, is grown in giant plantations where the original forest is burned down.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "istok web";"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Orangutans also share over 96% of our own DNA. They recognize themselves in the mirror, learn from and teach each other new skills, and they have also been shown to take another individual’s perspective, meaning they are able to see a situation through another’s eyes. Scientists have even taught them communication skills, such as human sign language and the use of computer touch-screens. In zoos, orangutans are well known – and sometimes feared too – as the most adept tool users of all the animals, including the other apes, and the best escape artists too!</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">It would be an unthinkable tragedy for these cousins of our to disappear forever. It is heart-wrenching to know how cruelly they are suffering in the only two places on Earth where they are wild (Sumatra and Borneo). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">I hope you'll consider celebrating Orangutan Caring Week by <a href="https://redapes.org/adopt" target="_blank">adopting an orangutan or making a donation today.</a> And thanks for reading about one of my favorite animals!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><i>P.S. Thanks for all the good wishes for Toby - he's almost well now :)</i></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01088617183777496464noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883940318025429105.post-57450845992381164332017-11-15T11:31:00.005-08:002017-11-15T11:31:53.408-08:00Under The Weather<span style="font-size: x-large;">Wednesdays are Doggie Day Care Days for Toby</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">But today, he's staying home for a very unusual reason.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Toby's been healthy as a horse since bouncing back in days from parvovirus at 8 weeks old. With a cast iron stomach, his non-routine vet visits have been stitches after being attacked by a neighbor dog and one teeth cleaning. No allergies or skin problems plague him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">He's so stinkin' healthy that when he started coughing, Ted didn't know what that weird noise was! Apparently there's an unknown bacterial infection going around. Naturally day care doesn't want Toby bringing it for all his friends, so today he's sacked out on the rug. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Toby's appetite is fine, of course. He's excited as ever for walks and treats - but if he gets too excited he starts hacking away like he's got a chicken bone in his throat (he doesn't). I expect he'll be better in a few days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Until then, a few extra naps won't hurt a bit.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01088617183777496464noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883940318025429105.post-85492048883096831432017-10-31T10:36:00.002-07:002017-10-31T10:36:24.215-07:00Happy Howl-o-ween!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Help! I'll be a good boy, I promise!</i></b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Uh, don't look Toby...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>It's still there, isn't it?</i></b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">That's a creepy dog walker.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Sharing is caring, buddy...</i></b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Haha! Kidding! Your bone is just plastic!<br /> Bwa-ha-ha!!!</i></b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Happy Howl-o-ween!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Have a Spooktacular night…</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>in YOUR creepy neighborhood.</b></span></td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01088617183777496464noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883940318025429105.post-55404284970193422212017-09-18T14:00:00.001-07:002017-09-18T14:00:41.290-07:00Pearly Whites<span style="font-size: x-large;">Toby had his teeth cleaned at the vet last week. He was a good boy and his teeth do look much better!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Just before starting, he looks a little bit nervous.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">But after - waking up but still druggy...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">…he was, um, relaxed!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Pearly Whites</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The next day all that was forgotten.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">All Smiles!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Many thanks to Great Neck Vet Clinic and Vet Tech Amber for taking such good care of Toby!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01088617183777496464noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883940318025429105.post-58808938435681865132017-08-30T13:54:00.000-07:002017-08-30T14:04:59.688-07:00The Butterflies of 2017 Are Hatching!<span style="font-size: x-large;">This afternoon the first two butterflies hatched from their chrysalises! One black swallowtail and one monarch were flitting around in the caterpillar cube when I went out to check on the milkweed supply. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The monarch - a male - was still drying its wings. It must have hatched just minutes before.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The monarch dries its wings before it can take off for Mexico.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> I was so happy to see the swallowtail since I've never raised them before. I decided to try after finding the caterpillars on the one small parsley plant and one brown dill plant in the garden. Our son Kevin graciously fed the caterpillars their fennel&parsley or milkweed diets while we were in Roatan last week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I purchased a new caterpillar cube this year instead of using the cumbersome 29-gallon aquarium again. It's worked out really well. I cut a piece of plexiglass to form a partition to separate the two kinds of caterpillar, since they eat different plants. But I quickly discovered that the caterpillars easily get around the partition. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Raising the caterpillars inside protects them from birds, wasps, and spiders. Only about 1-2% of butterfly eggs survive to become adults. The butterflies compensate by laying hundreds of eggs. However, with butterflies at all life stages being killed by pesticides, vehicles, and habitat loss, their populations are suffering right along with the other pollinators. Many people are helping them survive by boosting the survival rate as much as they can.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">While monarchs make a single silk peduncle from which to hang while they pupate, swallowtails use silk at front and back to form a "saddle" to attach securely to just about anything. I'm hoping all of them hatch. Swallowtails can overwinter in the chrysalis, but I hope they don't.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">If all goes well we should be releasing lots of butterflies this year. These two flew away less than an hour after being taken from the cube.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01088617183777496464noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883940318025429105.post-1176243006786014112017-08-10T08:10:00.001-07:002017-08-11T07:04:55.113-07:00Seeing Beautiful: Carolina Curly Tail?<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">While our son was out for a walk with his girlfriend recently he saw a woman walking a dog that "looked just like Toby". She told him it was a yellow lab/Carolina Dog mix.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">See the curly tail? We've never known where Toby's curly tail came from. He's a lab/golden retriever mix, but we always knew there had to be something else in there too. Popular guesses have been Chow Chow and Shiba Inu.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Could the mystery of the curly tail be solved?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #024b73; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , "verdana";">Preliminary mitochondrial DNA testing performed by the </span><a href="http://gator.biol.sc.edu/" style="font-family: Arial, helvetica, verdana;" target="_blank">University of South Carolina's College of Science and Mathematics</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #024b73; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , "verdana";"> shows a possible strong genetic link between </span><a href="http://www.carolinadogs.com/faq.html" style="font-family: Arial, helvetica, verdana;">Carolina Dogs</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #024b73; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , "verdana";"> and other primitive breeds like the Australian Dingo. -<a href="http://www.carolinadogs.com/" target="_blank"> Carolinadogs.com</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">And how much fun can we have calling Toby an American Dingo?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Carolina dogs have stand-up ears too. Toby's are floppy but they do stick out from his head in a funny way. So we tried holding his ears up to see if he looked like a Carolina dog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">It doesn't really matter what breeds are combined in Toby. We "see beautiful" in him in every way. But it<i> is</i> a fun puzzle. We'd rather have the mystery to enjoy than do DNA testing or anything scientific like the mitochondrial analysis quoted above. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">BUT - the rescue DID save him from a pound in N.Carolina…home of the Carolina dog… just saying… </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">If you're curious about this "primitive, first American dog breed", click <a href="http://www.carolinadogs.com/" target="_blank">here</a> for info and a video of Carolina dogs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>This post is joining the {This Moment} See Beautiful Blog Hop, hosted by Golden Woofs. Join us in Seeing Beautiful!</i></span></div><!-- start LinkyTools script --><script src="http://www.linkytools.com/thumbnail_linky_include.aspx?id=280883" type="text/javascript" ></script><!-- end LinkyTools script -->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01088617183777496464noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883940318025429105.post-3580094407000286382017-07-13T07:22:00.000-07:002017-07-13T07:22:15.182-07:00Heat Wave<span style="font-size: x-large;">Ugh, heat index above 100 degrees for the entire week. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">We're having a HEAT WAVE!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Not that kind of wave, Toby.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The kind that's "pawfect" for making frozen treats!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">How do you keep cool in the heat?</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01088617183777496464noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883940318025429105.post-78382226501739672582017-07-09T07:43:00.001-07:002017-07-09T07:43:47.541-07:00Vote For Toby!<span style="font-size: x-large;">Toby is a finalist for a spot in Southeastern Virginia Golden Retriever Rescue's (SEVA-GRREAT) <b><a href="http://www.adoptagolden.com/index.php/calendar-dogs" target="_blank">Calendar Contest</a></b>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">You can vote for Toby by clicking <a href="http://www.adoptagolden.com/index.php/calendar-dogs" target="_blank">here</a>. Each time you vote you donate a dollar toward this amazing rescue organization. Click the link and scroll down to Toby's photo. If he's a winner he'll be featured in the 2018 calendar!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">And even if you don't want to vote, click the link anyway. You'll be treated to adorable golden retriever pics - cuteness overload - and you can learn more about the wonderful things SEVA-GRREAT does for goldens as far away as Turkey.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Thank you in advance for voting for Toby!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01088617183777496464noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883940318025429105.post-69005927030301845842017-07-06T12:17:00.000-07:002017-07-06T12:17:17.381-07:00Fences And Flowers<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>It's hard to see...</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>…but behind me is a fence...</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">…<i>to keep me from eating the tomatoes.</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>I just love a challenge, don't you?</b></span></td></tr>
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