Fragment Friday - The Doggone Edition

What a difference a year makes! Bruno - Spring 2014

Bruno Spring 2015

Bruno, as big as an eight year old.

Max keeps a close eye on the horse-sized Bruno.

Merlin may be small, but he's mighty - running and jumping with Bruno all day.

No matter how young or old the dog, a good roll in the grass hits the spot.

Fragment Friday - The Pre-Launch Edition

The Dynamic Duo in spring, after grooming. Ready, set, roll in the dirt!

1.  The first issue of Gyroscope Review is almost ready!  It will be in a slick flippy page PDF format for your viewing pleasure. Stay tuned for the big Go Live announcement. After that, we will be opening to submissions for Issue 2. Are you ready?

2.  My little tomato seedlings are so cute - and tiny. Hard to believe they grow up to be big, bad tomato producing plants in a few short months. Of course, any way you look at it, going from seed to plant is a miracle. Especially from seed to redwood tree. 

3.  Since I'm getting ready to pull the trigger and buy an iPad, what are some of your favorite apps? As you know, I like reading, writing and knitting. I also like astronomy and learning German. And winged things.  (or didn't you know that?) 

4.  My town has been gaining new restaurants in leaps and bounds. In the past month I've sampled the new Italian place where I indulged in spaghetti carbonara, my favorite, and it was excellent; a new Japanese place, where I had tempura and soba noodles, also excellent; and a new to me Mexican place that had killer burritos and tongue tacos. Excellent. I am beside myself with good food choices. It's nice. What new food have you sampled lately?

5.  I just realized I didn't take a single day off from work in March. I will have to remedy that in April, lest I be thought of as an over-achiever. doG forbid. 

So I'm trying to figure out where to go visit this year. Suggestions?

 

 

Bruno, thinking deep thoughts about sticks.

 

 

Fragment Friday - Going To The Dogs

Bruno munches on a cow ear he stole from the Corgis.

1.  Bruno is visiting for a while. He's grown in the past few weeks. Now he can put his paws on the kitchen counter or stove and he's only 12 weeks old. With feet the size of dinner platters, he's going to be a monster. Luckily he's a big, lovable goofball of a dog. He is also being trained young - he defers to the Corgis in all things.  

 

Max, Bruno and Merlin play tag. Merlin is still not sure he likes the interloper.

 

2.  How does my garden grow? Very well, thank you. We had spinach, lettuce, parsley, dill and basil already. The tomatoes are giving it the old college try. Marble sized so far. Peas and beans are starting to climb the netting. Every time the granddaughters come over they have to go see the garden and ask, "Are the carrots born yet?".

 

My square foot garden in all its bloomy glory.

 

3.  The Finished Fantasy Novel has gone through a final edit - well, as final as anything gets with writers. I'll quit poking at it now. Trying to outline the Second Fantasy Novel. I've written about half of it... then realized the story needs to go a different way. That's okay, I learned a lot about my characters while writing. And reluctantly have come to see the value of outlining over pantsing. 

Corgi PushMe-PullYou. Otherwise known as the Pantser-Outliner dilemma.

4.  How's your summer going? Do anything interesting? Go anywhere I need to know about? Did it involve water? Flying? Do you do any spontaneous trips? (The low to no planning kind?) 

Bruno, spontaneously chewing.

5.  More weaving pictures to come soon. I just finished another scarf for Scott with some self-striping sock yarn I got in my Yarnbox subscription. Next up may be something wider, a shawl or bag. Of course I needed to buy yarn for that project, because none of the 149 skeins I had were just right.... Also processing 8 pounds of Targhee sheep fleece into yarn. 8 pounds is a LOT of fleece. Why did nobody tell me how large 8 pounds of fleece was? Not that I would have listened, because - Targhee!

 

 

Fragment Friday - Introducing Bruno

For a nice spring day in May (no snow), here are some pictures of my newest Granddog, Bruno, an 8 week old puppy. Max and Merlin were perplexed he didn't want to play bouncy-ball. All in good time, all in good time....

This grass is so high, what if I get lost in it??

Moooomm, I don't wanna close up

The big dogs play too rough...

The Elmo slippers - they frighten me.

I wish I was as big as a Corgi...

And bonus grandkids, because I can.

Throwing the ball for Max and Merlin.

I'm not quite sure about this 'cheese' thing...