spring spang sprung sprunk sprink

Story lines in and out of the video:

We have 4 dogs named Lucy here: Long Lucy, Lucy with a Lease, Little Lucy, Lucy Loo
We have 2 dogs named Ruby.

Senja is somewhat nervous. The first hint that she was not sure about the dog camp idea was when she peed on me getting in the van. Then, when she's out with the other dogs, she finds a nice sunny spot and sort of lies down in an inconspicuous manner. And she didn't eat much. Still, as you see in the video, she's coming around. And after the video she got even more comfortable and relaxed. She'll be fine.

Bond is obsessed with fetch. I should never have started. He won't let it go.

Mingus got time out.

Peanut thinks she has to break it up when other dogs play.

Theo makes strange noises.

Happy is a bit naughty in terms of coming when called.

Lotta and Leo put coats on the dog.

You can't tell Darcy from Gustov in person, let alone in the video.

We went all kinds of different places.

Untitled from glencadia on Vimeo.

spring is back and so is the blog

Sorry for delay in updating this... here is today's video. Beautiful day.

Untitled from glencadia on Vimeo.

Delay might have been due to this:

cinnamon bay st. john's us virgin islands from glencadia on Vimeo.

the frogs are out

Loud and clear as a bell. Tonight is the night this year.

And here are the other years: 2009 or here 2009

2008

The earliest day yet in my short notation of the day the frogs come out. They all come out at once. It's quiet one night, loud the next, no ambiguity.

The weather is fantastic and my video camera is working again. It will be dog heaven on the blog tomorrow.

attacking the shavings and all about gracie

Untitled from glencadia on Vimeo.

chicken attacks a dog, dogs discover ice, leo knocks the camera out of my hands and butchie howls

Those are the highlights. I should get some more video but this was pretty good for now.

Untitled from glencadia on Vimeo.

more snow, snow, snow

I always said that you don't need 4-wheel drive around here. You wait until it stops snowing. You wait for the plows to do their work. Then you drive whatever car you have. But this theory requires that it stop snowing. I hadn't thought about what do you do if it never stops.

So I looked at yesterday's video again and I think I missed Basil. He's at the end of this video and he really likes the snow too -- he was out with us he just didn't make the video. He's popular. Getting humped, actually.

This video includes a long shot with no editing. It was quiet, the snow was falling gently and the dogs were not all hovering around me and I kept shooting.

If you click the link and look at the video on the Vimeo site you can see it bigger.

Here it is:

2-28-2010 from glencadia on Vimeo.

post 405 snow, wet and warm

To see the video bigger, you might want to click the link to go to the vimeo site and get it full sized... or watch it here. Thanks.

Untitled from glencadia on Vimeo.

not a good video but great snow

Untitled from glencadia on Vimeo.

quick video

Untitled from glencadia on Vimeo.

the second upload seemed to work

second try at uploading 2-18-2010 from glencadia on Vimeo.

Oh, and Sugar (see below) has been found!

finally, entry 401 is ready

And I haven't done a real video in awhile and I'm having technical problems.

THIS IS TAKING FOREVER TO UPLOAD from glencadia on Vimeo.

And here is a lost dog for all the Brooklyn folks. Keep your eyes peeled. Thanks.

dog party all the time

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quick video

Untitled from glencadia on Vimeo.

new blog entry

I just got my cameras out and went to do a video of the dogs... and they were really mellow right now, kind of napping until I woke them up. I thought I would finally get a new entry in, but it's not happening today. I'll go check on them in a few hours. Or tomorrow morning when Jim comes to help out, I can focus on the video. Sorry for delay!

Martin Luther King in Burn-My-Hand, Ali Baba on the Yellow Submarine

This story is being re-written!

last blog entry of 09

There are two videos to watch!

see, more snow from glencadia on Vimeo.

last glencadia video of 2009 from glencadia on Vimeo.

It was a good decade for me, except for George Bush, a rotten tooth, a few other things. Not bad. It was long, though, 70 years, in dog years.

There is much more snow now than when I shot this video.

last glencadia video of 2009 from glencadia on Vimeo.

Anyone need the music for Auld Lang Syme?

my camera doesn't work

I have to hold the on/off switch and press the play/record button on the screen at the same to record. Plus all these dogs and the broken tripod and it's frustrating to get this video done.

glencadia christmas from glencadia on Vimeo.

Here is the bigger version:
http://www.vimeo.com/8396461

I will get a new more durable camera probably -- since they seem to get knocked around.A new battery might help but I'm not sure if it will or not. I haven't found a "shockproof" camera, as they call them, that takes good video, is fairly small, and isn't a lot of money. In fact, there only seem to be professional grade (around $2000) which would be too big if I could afford that and generic, around $300 but with lousy reviews for video quality. So, then I could buy another one just like the one I have, used, and try to cobble the two together. Whatever I do, it'll have to wait until January.

Anyway, I can do better and more comprehensive video when the camera actually works, damn it.

Third Annual Brooklyn vs. Manhattan Christmas Fetch Competition

glencadia christmas from glencadia on Vimeo.



2008: Brooklyn Pulls Out Surprise Final Victory in a Squeaker


2007: Manhattan Gets By Hapless Brooklyn

More video of 2007.

And 2009? Mahattan 5, Westchester 4, Brooklyn 1
Video to follow shortly!



Christmas past:
http://glencadia.blogspot.com/2008/12/merry-christmas.html
http://glencadia.blogspot.com/2007/12/with-this-fire-on-place-is-quite-warm.html

black on ice, white on white, orange in pumpkins, red doors, red pick up

black on ice, white on white, orange in pumpkins, red doors, red pick up from glencadia on Vimeo.

more text and stuff coming soon

skating day at glencadia from glencadia on Vimeo.

cold today

It's too cold to stay out for very long or to operate a video camera... so we're not doing a nice video today. Today's mission is just to stay clean and warm. Thank you.

zoning problem

Never mind.

dogs dogs dogs dogs

thanksgiving again from glencadia on Vimeo.

And this seemed to work for me too.

Here are a couple of points in no order:

This was a good day, last summer.

1. My camera has been giving me a hell of a time. Not surprising considering how often it gets knocked over but still, extremely annoying. I was sitting out there in the barn trying to get the damn battery to connect to that sucker and light it up with all those barking saying they were ready to go for a walk, I knew it wouldn't be too long before something would happen and I would have to go back in the house to do something due to some kind of emergency or whatever, and I started to get frustrated. I found that I could make the camera work by plugging it in but that meant I could only shoot in two spots in the barn, both of which are cramped and dark. But then, for no reason I could think of, it came back on! It works fine again, funky machine.
2. If you see the dogs apparently really enjoying their treats, that's turkey. I handed it out as treats instead of trying to put it in the bowls with the food, which cause pandemonium last year.
3. I like doing the videos better than writing about the dogs.
4. If you didn't see your dog, leave a comment.
5. Lotta, 3, says at one point, seeing two Airedales, Clementine and Moses, "look someone cut that one into two pieces." I think there were a couple of funny comments that might be hard to hear.
6. I added about 20 seconds from the previous two videos because they were good shots.
7. I edit these with the sound off so I'm not sure if you hear me calling for various naughty dogs -- Clementine, Georgia, Layla, Moki. Lucky -- but they all came back when they remembered the turkey.
8. I really dress badly, then video tape myself and put it on the internet. I don't make sure my daughter's hair looks nice and we're wearing any old damn thing, for the record. And, I look at these videos right after my wife showed me a picture of myself from 1997 when I weighed 25 pounds less. That hurts.

Buzz can open doors like you wouldn't believe.

Gustov took Layla for a walk. Layla is really stubborn when it comes to eating.

Ella was a little camera shy but is fine.

Rigby went to stay with the kids, since I wasn't sure she liked dogs that much.

I had Tallulah categorized as an honorary small dog. That seemed to work.

Luna has to go to the house to get human attention since she doesn't like me (or any men) but I have to take her there, whether she wants to go with me or not.

after thanksgiving from glencadia on Vimeo.

virgil runs away from geese, claire runs away from chickens, lucy ignores the soccer ball, and dogs generally fair to show initiative

11-25-09 from glencadia on Vimeo.

wellington does not like turnips, clarence likes pumpkins (and maybe wellington does too), lotta's 3rd birthday

11-20-09 at glencadia dog camp and lotta's 3rd birthday from glencadia on Vimeo.

More dogs coming soon!

leaves and pumpkins

fall activities at glencadia dog camp from glencadia on Vimeo.

not sick

Now I'm better and everyone else in the family is sick.

halloween, dogs, traps, city, dogs, birds migrating from glencadia on Vimeo.

I'm sick

The blog should be up tomorrow. Sorry for delay. I had Jim over here on his day off because I was in no shape to even get out of bed. I wanted to get poor Jim to take care of my kids too. Fever, joints aching, coughing, sore throat, headache all day then in the last hour it all went away, except the headache. Came on fast and went away fast. That can't be swine flu, can it?

finally a new video

So here are some of the items in today's video: Etta not listening, soil plowed late in the year for some reason, yard, barn, fields... And I could do higher res videos and have the video fill the box -- wide screen not 4:3. I have to figure that out.

october 23 2009 from glencadia on Vimeo.

this was a really good movie

red green and yellow from glencadia on Vimeo.

Here is a funny one that slipped through the cracks:

puppet show at glencadia dog camp from glencadia on Vimeo.

This one isn't as good but the color idea remains:

black, white, yellow: dogs on snow from glencadia on Vimeo.