Pardon the cell phone pics. Ravi took these just a few weeks ago (maybe less) and now Dingo is officially a “yard dog”. Meaning, sorry… no more snuggling under my covers unless you have had a bath. And the ticks! Oh the ticks! :shudder: I noticed them a few days ago and Ravi has been dutifully picking them off until I can afford to buy some tick medication. I hate ticks, I loathe them even. With a passion.

But Ding-dog is indifferent. He romps about the yard gleefully. He looks incessantly for the cat. He hangs with his buddy Sequoia and pesters Allie (my housemates dogs). He barks at passersby. At homeless people. At neighbors. At random sounds he hears. At the cat if he finds her.

And the mud. He has discovered all the places at the house where water can be found and then he gets into it. And gets himself all muddy and gross. And apparently gets his muddy paws on Ravi. Dingo is a FULL shade lighter due to the dust that is constantly covering his fur. If you pat him a cloud of dust puffs off of him.

Fortunately, our lovely outdoor shower will soon have hot water and so I will soon be bathing outside for the most part and there Dingo can join me. And then he can snuggle in the bed. But not under the covers anymore.

I sent them a while ago, but here are my plushies for Plush You in the box at the post office.. poor squiddy got stuck in the bottom. Below are the tags I made for them.

I’m under the weather so I don’t reallly feel like writing much, but I wanted to post the pics.

So I realized that I never blogged about this super cool mini orange camera necklace that Ravi got me for my birthday. Isn’t is sweet? Unfortunately the right opportunity or event to wear it to has yet to present itself. (Not really a work appropriate item) The coolest thing about it is that it is really one of those view finder things and when you hold it up to the light and click the button you get to see an array of wild animals. Very cute.

Progress in the Plush making catagory has been so slow. I am nearly done with a larger version of my gangly squid to send to Plush You, and hopefully I will get everything finished tonight and sent out tomorrow. Wish me luck.

And without further ado, my own flickr version of Cute Overload:

1. busterface, 2. turtle, 3. Lets hug ;-), 4. maris and baby squirrel, 5. Hunger strike part 2, 6. Untitled, 7. What’s up?, 8. Reflections, 9. Lola

Woke up, interneted, cuddled my pooch… left the house to get my birth control (FREE, thank you government health care!), got some lunch from Costco (FREE, thank you gift card from mom), picked up my new glasses (already paid for, thanks mom, again!), filled my tank up with affordable costco gas (ALSO FREE, thanks to the same gift card)… then headed over to a thrift store I like and found these adorable fake birdies ($3.50 for all of them). They are so adorable! I don’t know what exactly I’m going to do with them. They may just sit on my art desk and look adorable or they may go in shadow boxes or something.

Either way, I LURVE them.

p.s. boo, Ravi took his D70 with him to Seattle so I had to use my other digicam. They are noisy, and out of focus. BOO!