The Wild Animal Park, Chittenango, NY (Photo Album)

If you are in the New York State area or visiting New York State (and for those who don’t live here remember that New York State is more than just New York City!) check out the Wild Animal Park (zoo) in Chittenango, New York. Personally, I always have mixed feelings…

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Ezri R.I.P. Beloved Member of Our Family

It still just doesn’t seem real. I keep expecting to see Ezri somewhere around the house; sleeping, walking around, eating, begging for a water faucet to be turned on for her, or jumping up into my lap at the computer and curling up. I’ve put off writing this for a…

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Spock (Our Cat, Not the Star Trek Character) Fetching a Dog Toy

Spock, our newest cat – is a small male, the smallest of a litter of kittens that showed up at our door with their mother.  Spock seemed to be the smartest and most affectionate so we kept him while finding good homes for the others and the mom. He loves…

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Totally Obligatory Cute Cat Picture Posting

Miles lives with us with his brother Neelix, sister Kes, and mother Janeway.  Janeway came to us one evening while we were watching a movie.  Someone had either dropped her off at our place or the barn down the road, or she had wandered to our place from elsewhere.  She…

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Please Don’t Declaw Your Cat

Just a quick blog entry today, on something I feel very strongly about… I believe that declawing is unnecessary (except for the cat’s medical reason, like a tumor of the toe) and inhumane. Some people think it’s like a manicure or trimming your own nails.  But no; it is not.…

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Good Dogs Taking Their Turns on the Treadmill, Without My Saying a Word to Them

I‘ve been asked to post this by a few people who thought this was interesting and highly amusing. Okay, so here’s the scenario…we have a little exercise room that we built in our basement.  We use it all of the time, sometimes a couple of times a day.  And while…

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Been a Long Time, Part II!

Been a Long Time, Part II! I‘m going to echo the first line of my last blog entry – “Yea, it’s been a long time.”   Why?   Well, I guess the blogging craze has dropped out a little, but matured, both in general and for me personally.  There’s still always  been…

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Been a long time!

Yea, it’s been a long time. Over a year now since this blog entry. Why? I don’t know. Apathy, I guess. And lots of use of Facebook – I guess I feel that I can get my thoughts out better to friends and family who might appreciate it more than…

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Wegman’s Good Dog Park in Syracuse, Jamesville Park, Google Earth Overlays, Vacation Camping at Evangola State Park, Buffalo Area

Wegman’s Good Dog Park in Syracuse & Jamesville Beach Park So far we’ve made two trips to the Wegman’s Good Dog Park in Syracuse (they also have a Yahoogroups mailing list here). Great place, nicely kept clean with running water, dog bowls for the water, toys, benches, a double gate,…

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Four Dogs! Free Topo Contour Maps for GPS

Ack! Due to coincidental circumstances we’re dogsitting two extra dogs at once. And one’s a LARGE puppy. Whoa. How’d I get roped into this? But with the price of kennels and some of the scary problems people have had with some local kennels who wants to have them take care…

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