Greensboro Birds

Here’s Tito before.
And now, Tito after…
It’s like a whole ‘nother dog!
This is Tito’s first summer haircut. As a lhasa apso/terrier, Tito has such beautiful thick, shiny, person-like hair that none of us—me, Josh, Tito’s groomer, or the ladies at the vet—have had the courage to say, “Shave it off!” But Tito is an active dog [...]

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The siege began one year ago today: March 26, 2008. The day I lost my marbles and invited a stray dog into the yard. The day Tito fooled me into thinking he was a well-behaved little man. I’ve learned something since that day, namely never to trust a fluffy dog just because he’s fluffy and [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving, fellow birders! This year Josh and I opted out of turkey et al., and opted into an Indian theme. No, not buffalo stew with fry bread crust (although that might be next year’s entree!), but curried stuff—you know, India Indian. We lived for a while in Sunnyside, Queens, where there are lots of [...]

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Spending time on the Adirondack bench this a.m., right after Hanna’s rain ended, watching ruby-throated hummingbirds at the feeder while nursing a two-day weather headache. (Is it just me or do lots of people get queasy migraines when the barometric pressure drops?) Tito’s flopped next to me having a head-pat, being a good little man [...]

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Tito has taken over Lucy’s tuffet next to my desk. (Lucy, as cats love to do, now sprawls over my desk instead.) He feels most secure surrounded by as many toys as he can fit on the windowsill, and parks himself solidly in the middle of them all to watch the scene in the front [...]

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