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Oh police woman, what can I do
You're the strength and the power of a system
Working for you
Driving down the street (down the lane)
And to pick me up
You make me take your silly test (down the lane)
(Hepcat)
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At first, Jasper didn't seem pleased with the fact that I stitched Ceph up after he pulled Ceph's brains out (see first comment). But after we demonstrated that Ceph was fully ready to play again and back to his old jovial self, Jasper was quite happy. (You'll note that I'm no tailor. Can you say Frankenstitch?)
Jasper's energy level peaks when both Mom and Dad are able to join him for games in the back yard. Games like "Capture the Moose"
Some belated postings from Jan 26 (Australia Day). This is a national holiday and the weather was perfect so i set out on my bike to take some shots along the coast. This shot is taken from the Mullaloo lookout and looks South over Key West Beach towards Mullaloo Beach. It is rare to see our beaches this crowded. Normally there would be far fewer people. In the distance you can see all the yachts and recreational craft at Pinnaroo Point Beach. I love this series of shots as I believe it captures the lifestyle well on these beautiful sunny days.
Across the plains of the Serengeti sprinted dogs with wild frisbee catch in their jaws. From Saturday morning when Jasper got to run his new frisbee through it's paces. Jean and I are on vacation this week in Oregon doing some waterfall, wildlife and winery viewing. Perfect, except for the lack of Jasper :-( Sorry if I don't comment much this week
This tree was giving us the peace sign so Jasper decided to pose there, wishing for peace and love in the world. A Christmas spirit, if not a Christmas setting. In the words of Ringo Starr, Peace and Love, Peace and Love
Jasper plops his face on the couch when he wants to make an inquiry. He's usually asking if we want to play
Jasper went in for his wellness check yesterday. He'll be 13 in July so he's getting up there. The doc checked him over from head to toe. His muscles are still toned, she could feel his ribs and she said he has the teeth of a 2-year-old. His weight was 54 lbs (25.4kg) which is pretty much what he's weighed his whole adult life. Jasper was feeling pretty celebratory last night and insisted on extended play which we happily indulged. I always sit on the chaise lounge part of the wrap-around couch. So Jasper often puts his chin on that part of the couch, offering up one toy or another as you see here with the OddBall.
Well, I'm not so sure about that. But Jasper and I are both blue merle, have big noses and have furry faces (or at least I did after being off work all last week). So we at least share some characteristics. I'm 56 years old today and happy to be celebrating with my best canine friend.
Sometimes a bunny just gets in trouble and needs rescuing. Enter Jasper. Jasper went into the back yard only to find Betty Bunny flying through the air. Luckily, Jasper had his wits about him and managed to nab her from the air before any harm could befall her. Let's hope Betty's throat isn't too torn up after that catch 😮
The Outback is the vast, remote, arid area of Australia. The term "the outback" is generally used to refer to locations that are comparatively more remote than those areas named "the bush" which, colloquially, can refer to any lands outside the main urban areas.
Dash and Jayme joined us for Thanksgiving dinner last week. Dash was a perfect dog guest during dinner which we ate outdoors on our deck. And after dinner, he climbed right up on Jayme's lap as a good lap dog would
Some belated postings from Jan 26 (Australia Day). This is a national holiday and the weather was perfect so i set out on my bike to take some shots along the coast. This shot is of a yacht moored only metres from shore at Ocean Reef. Its a very quite spot as the beach cant be legally accessed by foot. I have a few more shots of this yacht It looked beautiful moored in this peaceful little bay. I think there were 2-4 people on board. You can see the blue water, the recreational craft in the distance and the people enjoying the water and lifestyle on the yacht. I love this series of shots as I believe it captures the lifestyle well on these beautiful sunny days.
I have a leather recliner in my office and Jasper often hops up there to supervise me. As you can see, its all rather boring business watching humans work.
Some belated postings from Jan 26 (Australia Day). This is a national holiday and the weather was perfect so i set out on my bike to take some shots along the coast. This shot is taken from the Mullaloo lookout and looks South over Key West Beach towards Mullaloo Beach. It is rare to see our beaches this crowded. Normally there would be far fewer people. In the distance you can see all the yachts and recreational craft at Pinnaroo Point Beach. I love this series of shots as I believe it captures the lifestyle well on these beautiful sunny days.
"Come on guys! Playtime isn't over until I say it's over", claimed Jasper, offering up Geri Giraffe as a way to entice us to play. Which of course we did.
Jasper agreed to do a nice pose for me as the sun started to rise behind him early one morning at the riparian preserve.
Jasper just caught the Oddball by the seam on the corner. Still counts as a catch though. Still righteous! At 12.5 Jasper still has quite a bit of energy. We don't play as long anymore, but we still play quite a bit. Nothing like some backyard Oddball action to keep the body young.
I remember taking this shot and thinking to myself, "gee, it has an element of Australian to it", referring to the slight reverse curve and a bit of power in the focal length. But I'm sure we Australians are not the only railfans to do this!
A "stop the car! This looks promising" moment, and running from the car (seen on the LHS of the frame) and running up the off-ramp at Goffs, sees us firing away at Union Pacific's manifest from Portland to North Platte. The train number, or symbols as you yanks call it, MPDNP 23, is a touch different to the BNSF way of numbering their trains, and let me break it down for you *starts dancing uncontrollably*. M (Manifest), PD (Portland), NP (North Platte) and 23 (Date of departure). Very complex!
9802-7948-5342-6299-7116 Union Pacific MPDNP 23 Goffs 23-4-25
Jasper and I were on the floor playing with Wuffy when my wife said something. Full stop on the play. She must have said something like "food", "treat", "sausage". Something yummy.