frogs came out last night

For the record, 4 days earlier than last year. Video to come tomorrow.

lots of dogs in here

Be sure to look through this one and the previous... Lotta in the dog house with the dogs in this one, running on the field in the last one.

rooster crowing contest, allie tries to get a sandwich, casey topples lotta over, and more

rooster crowing competition and of course dogs from glencadia on Vimeo.

the others

Some the guys who got short shrift in the last video

no frogs yet

03/20/09 from glencadia on Vimeo.

Last year the frogs came on April 1. When one frog gets out of the mud and starts singing, they all do right away, so it goes from quiet at night one night to loud the next, so it's a very clear demarcation of the season. They do go back to sleep if it gets cold again. We've had a lot of very warm days but I don't think we've had a night above freezing all night. I think that might be the test: two nights in a row where it stays above freezing all night. Just a theory. You can look up last year by doing a search for "frog" on this blog.

Hopefully in the next few days you will see me get somewhere with Casey: I'm trying to get him to do a few things consistently. We'll see how we do. Today I was just introducing the idea of the treat in the fist.

Matilda and Chloe do remember each other. I see them together all the time.

Theo goes up the stairs, then won't come back down on his own. I have to go get him, then he goes back up.

Mouse can jump one of my fences, so I have to put Boss and Mouse on a different side when I'm not there... actually, he stays in the yard until he hears a voice on the other side of the fence.

Bill is perfect about coming and not wandering off: I don't know why I ever worried about him wandering off.

Allie will sit by herself and not even follow me around, unless she thinks I have a treat.

Captain Mellow was all over this but that video wasn't on the camera when I came home.

Elton is still kind of horny for a castrated dog.

Bessie really wants to get at the chickens. She has no idea what she will do when she gets one, as she had one cornered and only licked it.

Grover, Ruby, Maggie Lou, Fenway, Gracie: all fine.

bessie chases, corners and licks a chicken. panko observes.

glencadia dog camp march 209 from glencadia on Vimeo.

Ides of March

Ice is almost gone from the pond. We went canoing and saw 2 duck couples.



Here is Ollie at recital:


Untitled from glencadia on Vimeo.

i need to loose 20 pounds

spring sprung sprang

black birds by the 1000s, fetch, a coming storm, sheep

And here is the flock of black birds and some jingle bells:


black birds jingle bells too dangerous from glencadia on Vimeo.