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Orion got his long overdue hair cut yesterday.
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Stormtroopers 365 has a daily photo of storm trooper action figures doing improbable things .
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And yes, the sky really was that blue.
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Orion had so much snow clumped to his feet and legs that I put him in a tub of warm water to dissolve it.
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Celebrating discovery of water on the moon
The Google Logo today celebrates discovery of water on the moon, which was announced yesterday.
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One of my favorite memories of Yellowstone is seeing this herd of bison across Yellowstone River one misty morning.
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Boston.com’s The Big Picture has another fabulous photo essay about The Berlin Wall, 20 years gone, including photos of yesterday’s celebration.
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Today, the Big Picture presents Martian landscapes from the HiRise (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) camera.
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A fisherman tries his luck in the aptly named Firehole River not far from a hot spring.
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8/24/96 – 11/3/09
Lody has been becoming increasingly frail this past year, and had one bad spell this past summer. Today, when I got home after being away for five or six hours, I found her collapsed in the great room. I used a sling to get her outside, and when she started trying to walk again, it became apparent that something had gone wrong in her back end. I was able to get hold of my vet, who came out to the house and euthanized Lody while I held her.
Lody, a tri-color Smooth Collie, was five years old when she came to live with us. She was an AKC champion who was the companion of an elderly woman who had to go into assisted living. Lody went back to live with her breeder, but did not care for life there, so her breeder, the friend of a friend, decided to find her a more suitable home. Lody came into our house, looked around, and decided she was home. She was such a sweet dog.
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Jack was dismayed when we found this in our hotel bathroom in Mammoth Hot Springs. He was much happier when we discovered the men’s shower across the hall.
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From Mammoth Hot Springs.
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Jack thought this formation at Mammoth Springs looked like screaming ghouls. Happy Halloween!
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This spring is one of many at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park.







