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Yesterday Mississippi was barking and barking like crazy all day long. No matter what i did to distract her, she just kept barking. I finally couldn’t take it anymore and headed to the basement with my laptop in one hand. I tried to close the baby gate at the top of the basement stairs before…

After a frustrating morning of arguing over who’s boss, I gave Mississippi a bath. She struggled a little getting in but once in, she was very well behaved. Giving her a bath gives me great joy. I feel like I have some control over her and in a sick way, I enjoy that she probably…

We are eternally sweeping up dog hair. It amazing Mississippi had this much hair to loose. As the weather warms up, her coat is shedding like crazy. I got a deck sweeper to brush her hair off our carpet. It works very well. Apple 116 was eaten after doing some carpet de-hairing. Apple 117 was…

When we first got Mississippi, she wouldn’t look Tom in the eye. Occasionally he’d be doing something non threatening like playing with his keys and Mississippi would cower. Sometimes she’d bark like crazy at certain men when we pass by them on the sidewalk. We think she definitely had an abusive male in her life…

The diagonal flower bed you see before you is a new addition. When we first moved in, that area was used to house a large plastic trash can full of rancid water. It was half full of yard debris which had then been filled up with rain water. It was swampy and stinky. I had…

I ate apple 111 at flickerbox while taking a doggy break for the day. It’s so fun to work downtown in Portland. Makes me feel human again. Each time I go downtown I realize I really need to do a gallery crawl. Things have been so hectic since we moved here. apple 112 was eaten…

Today I took Mississippi to a fenced in dog park in Milwaukie. She tore up the terra firma. She ran like the wind. Lucky for her, many dogs came and went so there was always a new pooch to match (or try to match) her energy level. She played very nice, got a little too…

There are many tools out there for sharing links with social networking sites like Twitter, del.ico.us, facebook and so on. The problem is, it seems they all use JavaScript. I started poking around to figure out how to easily generate my own links without the use of javascript. I needed to make links to be…

Below is a set of thumbnails of all the things I’ve planted since we arrived in Portland in early March. They aren’t photos of the actual plants, most of them are still small, but it will be a nice reference for me to remember what’s what. Missing from these photos: Calendula, lingonberry, pod peas, fava…

I’m eating apples still. Today I just have pictures. My brain is tired. Sorry. apple 105 apple 106 apple 107 apple 108 apple 109 and 110 sorry, no photo

I’ve been having trouble getting Mississippi to go in her crate. She obviously was punished by being put in a crate. It seemed she just won’t go in the thing no matter how good the reward. I’ve tried getting in there myself with treats, I’ve tried putting all her favorite things in there, giving her…

I took a great class this weekend at OCAC called Paper Balloons, Tubes, and Vessels. We made all sorts of sculptural things out of paper. The teacher, Helen Hiebert is an artist who works almost entirely in paper. She teaches other paper making and sculpting classes. The class was great fun. We first make a…

As of today, we’ve had Mississippi exactly two weeks. This picture is proof she’s calming down a little. A week ago it probably would have been impossible to take a photo of her sitting quietly outside. Usually outside means crazy time. I think training her to sit at all the corners has really helped get…

I got Mississippi a crate today. It’s a nice 42″ one with two doors. She is afraid of it right now. She didn’t like the sound it made and she doesn’t like stepping on the plastic bottom. I’m trying to lure her in with a kong and treats. I got in myself and encouraged her…