For the first time in nearly a decade we have a Gos in the dining room- kitchen alcove at Casa Q: He is a bit of a rehab case– he is utterly terrified of dogs, though Ataika is trying to teach him, and when he is at a lower weight he is alleged to scream …
Author: Steve Bodio
Dog pix of the week
Looking northwest on the ranch from the northeast corner: ‘Rissa runs: Lashyn: “Want a bath, ‘Taik?” “I don’t think so.”
Projectiles
In days past, black powder and especially bow hunters were the most careful of all. Most were “naturalist” hunters, and had the ability to stalk close as well as the discipline not to take a shot that was less than perfect. Now, with a lot more time open for bowhunters and the availability of modern- …
It begins again
Congressman Lloyd Levine introduces mandatory spay- neuter in California again.
Done & Back! (With links)
I shipped off the remaining part of the book project last week– illos, captions, credits– and have my life back, though my brain doesn’t believe it yet. I have a HUGE backlog of links plus some photo posts and essays planned, but I don’t intend to do them all today, so bear with me. This …
Morning Run– Sunday
When we have been to busy to go out more than a couple of times a week, like now, our hounds get pretty rowdy. Plummer barks and the tazis “sing” all the way to Lee’s. This AM we went to the ranch. It is finally getting cooler. They chased one cottontail which immediately went down …
Tomatoes
Here are some heirloom tomatoes grown by Mr. and Mrs. Peculiar this summer in Colorado. The big ones in particular may have been the best I ever ate. It occurs to me that I, Libby, and the P’s were all born in cities, Lib and I in big ones, but we were not raised in …
Hounds
The Asian tazi gene pool continues to expand– Vladimir now has three, in addition to mine and their offspring. Puppy Urtak is somewhat related to my dogs, and is going to be huge. Here he is at only four months with the full- grown female, Adel, who is closely related to mine. Timur, a young …
Invasion of the City Folks
Jonathan Hanson sent me this NYT article on rich city people who move to the country knowing it would both rile me and make me laugh. I don’t write about it much in the blog, but the subject is one I have been known to go on about a bit– well, maybe more than a …
Links
A guitar that looks like an AK 47. I agree with Mr. Massie. Sippican on creativity. (He builds fine furniture). “There’s a mindset that’s de rigeur these days that rules are for schmucks….(snip) “What utter bosh. Michaelangelo Buonnarotti Simoni painted some interesting things, and he labored under plenty of constraints, including: don’t piss off your …