Labradors – double coated, waterproofed & insulated – were bred from St John’s Water Dogs, carefully selected to retrieve fish from the semi-arctic waters of Newfoundland and Labrador for their fishermen owners.
Here are 3 of them, begging to get inside to escape light drizzle.
Thanks, Angus, for the link.
April 27, 2024
I burst out laughing when I read this quote yesterday:
Every man thinks every woman’s dream is to find the perfect man. Please…. Every woman’s dream is to eat without gaining weight!
I’ll go along with that!
April 26, 2024
I was reminded of the over or under controversy the other day in our Natural Grocers store. They had their produce bags inserted both ways.
over
under
The ones inserted over worked fine. The ones inserted under wouldn’t budge. So maybe it doesn’t matter with toilet paper, but sometimes it makes a big difference.
April 25, 2024
Thanks Cheryl for telling me about this.
April 23, 2024
It’s sad to see that tree dying and amputated.
But I’ve been enjoying watching the pine tree outside my bedroom window grow.
April 18, 2016
May 1, 2016
March 15, 2024
April 21, 2024
Notice how late the snows were in 2016. Spring has always been wild here.
April 22, 2024
This poor old tree has been dying for a while, but I still loved it.
They cut some of the dead parts off Wednesday,
And this is what it looks like now:
How sad is that?
April 21, 2024
Things don’t change; we change.
—Henry David Thoreau
Even Duo knows better than that.
After I read that quote by Thoreau I was amused to read this in Duolingo,
Normalmente, las personas y los lugares cambian con el tiempo. Nada permanece igual.
Translation:
Normally, people and places change over time. Nothing stays the same.
Isn’t that the truth! And the changes seem to be coming faster and faster.
April 20, 2024
melted my heart and brought tears to my eyes. The author is writing about a children’s cartoon series that may end because the creator is afraid he can’t keep the quality up.
On top of the sleepless nights, the endless hours to fill, and, yes, all that joy, raising a kid is one long experience of loss. We lose the 1-year-old with his arms outstretched to be picked up, the 4-year-old bravely marching to his first day of preschool, the 6-year-old who just wants to snuggle on the couch and watch Bluey.
They’re replaced by new people we can’t wait to meet, but the ones they were, the ones we knew and loved, they’re gone forever.
Maybe that’s why I love Bluey so much — so much I almost hope it ends now, at its zenith. Watching it is a time capsule for a moment I would hold onto with all my strength, even as I know I can’t. I suspect Brumm knows that too.
—Brian Walsh, Everything Ends, Even Bluey
Wow. Just wow.
April 19, 2024
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
—Archimedes
So, having solved the problem of the backup camera cover, Andy decided to check that he could turn the lug nuts on a tire if he ever need to change it. He first tried this wrench,
but he wasn’t strong enough to move the lug nut. So he added this long piece of pipe for leverage,
and it worked fine. Hurray for tools, and for Andy checking it out now, just in case.
April 18, 2024
