On Fridays sometimes I like to share some photos that I liked that didn't make it into a blog post. It can also serve as a look back at our week and updates to some of the things that have been going on (and there will be a look forward here too!). This photo of Luke is my clear favorite for the week, taken when I was writing our post "Using ALL the Comfy Spaces". I think … [Read more...]
Throwback Thursday – Cat Mischief
Our spare room in the old part of our house upstairs has been serving many different purposes since we moved here. First it was an exercise room, then next it became the room where we raised the chicks last year. Currently it has become my indoor garden area! I bought a wonderful 3-Tier Sunlight Garden for the farm to start some seeds indoors. It’s been working out well, and … [Read more...]
The Elusive Pursuit of Happiness
Long time readers of this blog have heard me say it before: I don’t want this blog to be a sad place. It’s probably one reason I’ve chosen not to write much about animal welfare issues. Our new tagline does say, after all, “Barking About….Love, Health, and Our Purr-suit of Happiness.” Sometimes the road to happiness is a very rough one. I’ve been having a difficult time … [Read more...]
Using ALL the Comfy Spaces
Sometimes I think our pets do things just to prove us wrong. After we lost Cricket, for about a week Luke never laid in either of the dog beds in our dining room. I commented to the Dadz that I would probably put just one of them away to start (rather, add to the pile in our bedroom that I need to donate to the shelter), so we’d have a little more floor space. I’m pretty sure … [Read more...]
Favorite Farm Photos Friday – “Tracks”
Spring at Barking Dog Organic Farm Tracks in the Snow Dust Bath in the Sun The Helpers … [Read more...]
Keeping Busy
I finally sat down and wrote a loose schedule this week. I’m not making myself strictly stick to it at this point, I’m just trying to work towards being a little more organized. Part of my schedule, of course, is spending time with Luke and keeping him busy too. I had started to write a post about the challenges of working from home before we lost Cricket, and I’ll be … [Read more...]
Our New Favorite Treat-Dispensing Dog Toy
One of my biggest worries after losing Cricket was how Luke was going to be when left home alone. From the time we brought him home, he's had siblings to keep him company. Many years ago, we had our beagle Kobi and Lab mix Maggie, and when Maggie died unexpectedly, Kobi completely freaked out the first time we left him home alone. Kobi ended up staying with our neighbors while … [Read more...]
Appreciate the Moments Photo Challenge – “Spring”
We are happy to be participating in this monthly photo challenge hosted by Dog Mom Days and the Everyday Dog Mom. The theme for April is “Spring”. You would think that "Spring" would be an easy photo to find in early April, even here in New England. However, it's been quite difficult to find around here lately, with cold temperatures and even a recent snowstorm (only 4" but … [Read more...]
A Happy Beagle Life
If I had to choose one word to describe our beagle Cricket, many would come to mind: sweet, loving, energetic; and sometimes intense, focused, persistent, bossy, and stubborn. But the one word I would settle on would be “happy”. She took joy in everything she did, whether enthusiastically playing with balls and toys, dipping in her swimming pool, walking at full speed, or just … [Read more...]
Finding Thankfulness
It’s not easy, when you’ve experienced a loss such as we have, to find things to be thankful for. Yet they are there, and as our pain eases just a tiny bit each day, I can find those things as I sit and reflect. So, for today’s Thankful Thursday, I thought I would share a short list of the good things in our lives that are helping us through this difficult time: First, and … [Read more...]
Don’t Tease the Dog!
(Please excuse the dirty window!) I keep telling Pumpkin Pied the guinea hen to stop teasing his brother. If you don't know about Luke and his guinea hens, you can read more here: "One Step Forward, Two Steps Back". He's not allowed outside when they are in the yard, which we keep telling the birds is Luke's yard. They have 17 acres of land to play on, but I think they … [Read more...]
Searching High and Low
Luke and I have been spending a lot of time walking out in our woods over this last week or so, searching for our "new normal". He looked high and low all around this log, hoping to find it there, to no avail. I know it's going to take a while to adjust to life without Cricket. The truth is, we've been discombobulated with many things in life for … [Read more...]
The Empty Chair
As I woke up to the alarm the second morning after the loss of our beagle Cricket, I made myself get up and start my normal routine. The previous morning, I had let myself sleep a little later since I hadn’t slept most of the night. I slept better that next night, but still was awake at 4 am and had cried more and then dozed back off to sleep with Lab mix Luke at my side. I was … [Read more...]
Earth Angel On Duty
In 2014, just after losing our beagle Kobi to old age, I wrote a post titled "Heaven Sent Us An Angel". It was about how my hubby and I believed that our late Lab mix, Maggie, had sent Luke to us to help us through the loss of Kobi. Kobi and Maggie had been best friends when she was alive, and we felt like Maggie knew we were going to need help through losing Kobi many years … [Read more...]
Broken Hearts
I did not expect to have to write this post for several months. Our sweet beagle Cricket left us for the Rainbow Bridge on Saturday night. We are devastated, and were not expecting this now at all. I have written about Cricket's enlarged heart on many occasions, most recently in our post "Looking on the Bright Side" in early February. The new medicine we added at that point … [Read more...]
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