Stepables

Posted: June 23, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: Apso Aficionados | 2 Comments

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Having spent last weekend here, putting her nose to the Gompa Lhasa Apso grindstone, Vickie redesigned the house dog yard for me. And wouldn’t ya know…that email seems to have gone missing! One resource she suggested was Stepables.  Any one else have some good ‘dog friendly’ gardening advice?

Ginny’s garden dogs..

Posted: June 22, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: FFT Lhasa Apsos | 1 Comment

I thought I’d forward these pictures to you that were taken a few weeks ago in my garden. We captured them minutes before it rained……the dogs are “au-natural” ….the way they look at home most of the time.

 Take care, Ginny

Ethan, Cayenne and Chloe

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Two Towers

Posted: June 21, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: DRambles on Black Mountain | Leave a comment
As a child of the Vietnam war era, I’m not inclined to be much interested in warcraft. A long-time friend, a gentle man who served our country in many ways, Jay Cummins, forwarded this to me. It touched me.
Here  SHE is, the USS New York, made from the World Trade Center. She was built with 24 tons of  scrap steel from the World Trade Center. It is the fifth in a new class of warship – designed for missions that include special operations against terrorists. It will carry a crew of 360 sailors and 700 combat-ready Marines to be delivered ashore by helicopters and assault craft.
 
Steel from the World Trade Center was melted down in a foundry in Amite, LA to cast the ship’s bow section. When it was poured into the molds on September 9, 2003 ‘those big rough steelworkers treated it with total reverence,’ recall Navy Capt. Kevin Wensing, who was there. “It was a spiritual moment for everybody there.” Junior Cavers, foundry opetations manager, said that when the trade center steel first arrived, he touched it with his hand and the “hair on my neck stood up. It had a big meaning to it for all of us,” he said. “They knocked  us down. They can’t keep us down. We’re going to be back.”
 
The ship’s motto? Never Forget.
 
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Notice the two towers.

Ginny’s Chloe

Posted: June 20, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: FFT Lhasa Apsos | Leave a comment

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Vote for your Favorite Dog Art Wine Label

Posted: June 19, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: Art and Photography | Leave a comment

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From Dog Art Today:

I am in awe of all your beautiful and ingenious entries for the Mutt Lynch – Dog Art Today Wine Label Contest.  Thank you everyone for participating.  The contest has blown past my wildest expectations.

Description of the wine that will have the winning label: a Dry Creek Valley Meritage, which is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot that is aged in 100% French oak for 18 months.  Only 500 bottles of this rare and exclusive wine will be produced.

Click here to review all 51 wine labels and then cast your vote for your favorite.  The top 10 artists with the most votes will go to the next round.  Then, the winner will be selected from the finalists by judges Brenda Lynch – winemaker/co-owner of Mutt Lynch Winery,  Rae Huestis – wine label designer, and Moira McLaughlin (me) – founder of Dog Art Today.

Voting runs until midnight PST, Friday, June 19, 2009.

The wine with the winning label will debut at The Dog Days of Summer event at Mutt Lynch Winery August 8, 2009.  Proceeds benefit the Healdsburg Animal Shelter.  Please come and bring your dogs.
photo credit: Vote Dog by Rebecca Collins.
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