A rambling narrative about my life and my passion, dog rescue.
Saturday, September 17, 2016
Some place cool and green and shady
Maya and I have been logging 5+ miles most days for the past two weeks, mostly because I'm trying to make my pants fit again. I've given up mid-week beer as well. It may not compare to the many sacrifices that Donald Trump has made, but then we are still waiting to hear what those were, aren't we?
Maya is a trooper, she would never choose to stay at home rather than go along. It's her only outdoor time, and it's most of mine, so we are back to trying to do it whenever possible. On hot days I pick a route that takes us across a stream every mile or so for Maya to cool her feet and get a drink. I envy her on those stops.
I'm not sure of the common name given to this wildflower, but it's some species of coreopsis.
We use this stream crossing a lot.
Some of the goldenrod is as tall as me.
Again, I don't know the wildflower name, but it's a wild species of ageratum.
Milkweed has one of the most beautiful wind-dependent distribution systems in the plant kingdom.
Pushing 60 (how did that happen?); gay, with a very understanding partner (now husband!); Democrat; liberal; Kansas native and a current resident of "real" Virginia.
This is a blog about my life, which largely revolves around a dog rescue operation. My partner and I live on 7 rural acres near Charlottesville, Virginia. We have 5+ large dogs of our own, and we foster large breed dogs for several different rescue organizations: Promises Animal Rescue, (www.promisesanimalrescue.org); Virginia German Shepherd Rescue, (www.shepherdrescue.org); Animal Connections, (www.animalconnections.org), and occasionally for other groups. German Shepherd Dogs and rottweilers are two of our favorites, but we love most large breed dogs and mutts.
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