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Saturday April 26, 2008

Rain-without-End Crawl

"Oh, oh... what a world, what a world..." - The Wizard of Oz, Wicked Witch of the West as she melts from having water poured on her.

It has been raining now for 3 days.
That means up north it has been snowing on and off for that duration as well.
Thankfully plenty of people prayed for the weather to change so it is now snowing here too.

The winds have been howling since early this morning and the majordanes just stare through me when I try to coax them outside, as if to say..."Oh NO! Not until you do some moisture and temperature control out there!".

Ladies and Gentlemen, I am here to state that it is now official: The Winter of 2007 has EATEN the Spring of 2008. It was hardly a fair fight. That being said, the Majordanes staff at the home office have decided to pay homage to the lesser of two evils - the rain.

Rain mixed with dogs makes for interesting experiences of shaking fits, wonderful new and fascinating smells, and sad looking faces all around. This would have been the perfect time to use Tom Waits' song Rain Dogs, but alas... I have played it here before and decided to focus on the rain and go with one of my favorites from high school - Rain, Rain Beautiful Rain by Ladysmith Black Mambazo.

Enjoy Streamers!
Sending soggy thoughts your way!

The Big Dogs were here...

Posted by Dalpha at 3:36 PM - 50 Comments Add a Comment

Saturday April 19, 2008

Show me the green - Crawl

I left last Monday to spend the week in Columbus, Ohio (shout out to all Ohio Streamers!). I enjoyed a week long conference in downtown Columbus - which by the way boasts at least 4 - count them 4 - pink lit buildings in its downtown skyline. We left MN on a day predicted to hit 50-whole-friggin-degrees... something the MN population would give a limb for as we stand on the brink of spring. BUT, even though I missed it here... it was a good trade as I got ONE whole 70 degree day while in Columbus, and it felt great! The warmth was enough to keep my spirits up as we returned to a paltry 42 degree, gray sky day, but at least we can finally see the grass here (not sure if the northern half of the state can say the same thing).

In honor of the green stuff... this week's majordanes crawl pays tribute to it and greener days to come! Have a great night Streamers!!!

That's right lil' kitty... the BIG DOGS were here.

Posted by Dalpha at 2:56 PM - 41 Comments Add a Comment

Saturday April 12, 2008

Dog-door Days Crawl

I found this wonderful picture last week and it got me to thinking
about the BIG-DOGS and the incongruence of them and doggy-doors.
So I decided to go looking for some solutions... and lo and behold- I found
some pretty SAVY stuff that WORKS for big dogs!
Shock and awe to say the least.

In a roundabout way, this also relates to the Numa-kitty.
He is a classic escape artist and sadly if he gets out
for any more than 2 mins, he goes feral (snap) just like that.
Well, I was fixing the screen door and
he made it past me
(a RARE occurrence - but he slips by other people often).
By the time I caught
up to him, it was too late.
My hands were cut to shreds,
my right thumb tip is split in two and warrants stitches,
and I am marinating in Neosporin salve trying to heal them
so I can do my job with minimal pain.
I think he was just meant to be a farm cat,
hunting mice and other critters... he seems just miserable here
with the change of the seasons. If anyone has advice let me know.
I think I have to find him a farm this summer and
put my own grief aside for his sake.
My heart breaks a little each time this happens.

(deep breath)

SO... this week's majordanes-crawl is dedicated to the doggy-door,
everything from the simple to the complex of them.
Enjoy Stream-crawlers!
Much love from the Big-Dogs!

Posted by Dalpha at 12:35 PM - 24 Comments Add a Comment

Saturday April 5, 2008

Muddy Paws Crawlin'

Hey Streamers~! Well... we have no snow (for today - but more expected tomorrow!?!) so that means with the melt... comes the MUD! The danes hate this time of year! Luna... for reasons of having to lower himself to actually touch MUD... and Ava (the dirty-girl!) because she has no intention of parting with the mud once she gets in crammmmmmed into her toes! She loves it and I SWEAR she hits every mud patch in the yard?! Each trip outside is followed by me taking the rag to all eight of those muddy marauders - charging in to defile my white carpet!!!! Needless to say... I get a bit obsessive about the muddy season... but am 100% glad to see it knocking at our door!
As par for the course, muddy yards mean plenty of indoor PLAY... so I enjoy the play time vids of the majordanes pack and have a great crawl Streamers!!!

The Big Dogs were here.

Posted by Dalpha at 6:50 PM - 21 Comments Add a Comment

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