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Another wonderful snowy day. Echo was so bored this morning, that Peter decided to take the two poochies on a two mile hike through the snow to City Market. Perhaps that would remove a bit of the E-dog’s starch.
Based on the picture below, I think the only starch that got removed, was Peter’s:

Last night, after […]

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Echo thinks Thanksgiving is the best holiday ever! Of course, she hasn’t yet experienced a fully decorated Christmas Tree!

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Seattle and all of the Pacific Northwest is under a major storm warning. Which means rain, rain, rain, and wind, wind, wind. Fortunately this evening, there was a short let up on the wind front and even though it was still raining hard, I was able to go for a run. I avoided my usual […]

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I’m finishing up my quick trip back to Kansas - I really like to spend more time than two days, but my schedule just didn’t work out this time. But I still had a ton of fun at my Science Alumni meetings, checked out old family haunts, and at least yesterday, enjoyed some warm weather: […]

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Finally! Our first measurable snowfall of the year! The record was November 14 and we came quite close to eclipsing that date. But tonight, it started to snow - for real. Well, maybe not for real. We’ll be lucky if we get an inch. But it’s enough to turn our driveway white.
And Echo and Tyge […]

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About a month ago, it dawned on me that Echo and Tygey were actually our very own Team Ebony and Ivory. That just kills Peter. But it is pretty funny.
Here’s a very blurry picture I took late this afternoon while we were running. It’s really hard to hold two leashes with rambunctious dogs attached, mittens, […]

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