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… on the morning after

March 15, 2017 by Lisa Dingle

Well good mornin’! I got a few messages last night, letting me know people were with Marshal in his moment of profound disappointment that two feet of snow were not dumped on his domain. I fear I mislead his readers into thinking that the terrifying Stella left us high and dry when it came to her gift of a winter wonderland. Not so. She huffed and puffed and blew some trees (and branches, and the odd chickadee) down (or at […]

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… on a crushing disappointment

March 14, 2017 by Lisa Dingle

Clearly Mother Nature has underestimated our newly-minted intrepid reporter. Uh… he knows math! There are not 24 inches of snow out there and, as the darkness envelopes the newly fallen whiteness, Marshal is being totally pissy and he refuses to do his last report. He said something about taking his squeaker lobster and going home, but he is home, so I don’t know where he is going (but he says that it is not back ‘out’). So I called in the reserves. Journalism […]

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… on it picking up a bit

March 14, 2017 by Lisa Dingle

So, uh… it’s begun to pick up a little bit around here. Since our last report, with pictures taken before noon, snow has continued to fall to the tune of … more. Also, winds are picking up a bit, with gusts of some miles per hour. Our Measuring Stick (and cracker jack journalist) Marshal Dillon Dingle has been investigating reports of things being buried under the snow, mostly in the vicinity of Blaze, who is busily chewing on her beloved orange tennis […]

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… on snow. Snow! OMG SNOW!

March 14, 2017 by Lisa Dingle

Greetings! Last night I asked Marshal if he wanted to be a measuring stick. Blaze and I had been discussing the impact of a 24-hour news cycle on the fragile psyches of children and puppies – being a multi-species household – and it occurred to me that the rest of the country was going to be bombarded with scary winter storm stories about… you know… us, and we would actually be living it. I mean, hopefully we would be living it. […]

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… on uncovering a scam

February 15, 2017 by Lisa Dingle

So last night I was watching the Best in Show judging at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show with my friend, Tess. She was in Baltimore with her two labs – one of which was not watching because he was busy spending two hours staring at a sausage on her counter. I was in chic and trendy Dunstable with the ShepHerds. Marshal and Blaze seemed mildly interested, but also were sleepy because it was midnight. They seemed to perk up […]

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… on giving thanks in shades of blur

November 21, 2016 by Lisa Dingle

I love the platypus… it’s my favorite animal, distantly followed by sloths, kinkajous and wombats. When we moved to Australia and I knew I’d be on a continent with two of my four faves, I was practically vibrating with glee. The Healesville Sanctuary became one of my favorite places, and quickly. The kids loved going, so we went a lot. It wasn’t because they were the future superheroes of the natural world. It was because I bought them all the french fries (chips) […]

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… on hanging out with joy (and dawgs)

March 21, 2016 by Lisa Dingle

This morning we woke up to an early spring snow. And I thought, ‘Oy. I need to shovel…” And then… “Oh, and maybe go to the store…” And “I wonder if Granny has enough food…” “Jack has to drive home later…” “I’ll make a fire, and we can have eggs, and is the electricity on? Yes? Good. And I wonder if Gabe knew there was no school or did he have to wake up and…” And then I looked into […]

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… on the premature greying of a princess

January 18, 2016 by Lisa Dingle

Blaze has had some white on her muzzle for a while now, and she insists it’s premature. That her royal lineage is pre-disposed to it showing up early. She was so insistent that I went to her records just to double-check, and she is right. Blaze will turn five in March, which is not even really middle age for a shepHerd as far as I am concerned. But, more importantly, as far as she is concerned. Once and a while I […]

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… on the defining trait of extroverts

September 20, 2015 by Lisa Dingle

I have posted many times about how HRH The Princess Bunny Blaze loves to have her photo taken. And how Marshal Dillon Dingle photobombs her photos, on purpose, and then Blaze gets growl-y and then I have to pause and deal with the ensuing altercation. Like after the photo up top? This: But I have been taking pics of these ShepHerds for a long time now, and I have noticed a few things along the way. First, allow me to […]

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… on the morning after

… on a crushing disappointment

… on it picking up a bit

… on snow. Snow! OMG SNOW!

… on uncovering a scam

… on giving thanks in shades of blur

… on hanging out with joy (and dawgs)

… on the premature greying of a princess

… on the defining trait of extroverts