24 September 2008

Bodega Ridge

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Here's another panorama, since people liked the last one so much. This is the view from Bodega Ridge, the second highest point on Galian...
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19 September 2008

Remembering the dead

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I still think of Cricket a lot and miss her and cry every now and then. But life has returned to normal for the most part, except I have mor...
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27 August 2008

Enjoy the music

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As part of my continued healing from the loss of Cricket, I am bringing music back into my home. It's not that I'd banned it (I list...
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26 August 2008

Lake Dunmore panorama

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Anonymous wants to be able to see the panorama shot all at once. You asked for it, you got it! Click on it to see a larger version. 0px auto...
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Photo Software

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I've been playing around with photo software again lately. I am very impressed by ACDSee Pro , and am using that now almost exclusively,...
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19 August 2008

Confidential to frequent blog visitor from Connecticut

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You are someone who probably knows me, as you visit my blog regularly (more than once a day) by Google searching my name. I'm curious to...

New bird species: olive-backed forest robin

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Meet the olive-backed forest robin, a new bird species recently discovered in Gabon, Africa. How wonderful to know that new species are stil...

Heron on the dock!

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A bit of a break from blogging about Cricket. (For those who are wondering how the grieving process is going, I'm doing well, and will w...
11 August 2008

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust

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Yesterday was one of the hardest days of my life. I had to say a final farewell to Cricket. I know she was gone already, and only her lifele...
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08 August 2008

Rehearsals for death

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This photo was taken by my photographer friend Chris Berrio in 2003. I was already by that time anticipating losing Cricket in the near futu...
07 August 2008

It is finished

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Cricket died early this afternoon. I was not present when she breathed her last. I'd gone out from 12:30 - 3:30, and she was dead when I...
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Rainbow Bridge

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No changes in Cricket. This post follows immediately after the previous one. The following poem has been posted on many sites helping people...

"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me."

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Cricket is still here, but just barely. She has stopped drinking and is just lying in bed now. Other bodily processes are shutting down. No ...
04 August 2008

Some recommended reading on dying

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I'm continuing to hang in there with Cricket -- I clean her, change her bedding, carry her outside and back in when she needs to pee, fe...
02 August 2008

Last bloom?

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I keep thinking Cricket is finally at the end, but then she rallies again and shows a strong spirit and will to live. So there's been on...
31 July 2008

Kaleidoscope

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It's been altogether too serious around here lately. So now for something completely different. If you've got a webcam, you can take...
29 July 2008

The birdies and the bees

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Bee on a blossom that looks like a badminton birdie. It's a Purple Coneflower, near the rose garden at Stanley Park.
28 July 2008

The early bird gets the worm

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A friend is visiting from Paris, and today we went to see the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden. We saw this robin bringing food back...
24 July 2008

New set of wheels!

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Cricket is now traveling in style. We've retired the leash (she wouldn't be able to run away anyway) and joined the baby jogger crow...
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21 July 2008

Not dead yet

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Cricket is still with me. She seems to be in some sort of remission. This photo of us was taken by my friend John when we went to visit on T...
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