| First, we have my two doggies, Reilly (the blue-eyed one) and Lulu (she's a little farm-bred Australian Shepherd and Reilly is some linear combination
of Aussie and Australian Cattle Dog.) Here they are as they appeared in my rear-view mirror on a recent trip to the coast...
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| And here we are, finally at the coast, getting rained on. I'm the tall one in the middle. Little Lu has her eye on something that appears to need a good chasing. Reilly, as usual, is totally into the doggie treats in my jacket pocket. |
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| I've recently discovered that these two sometimes actually lay about and just hang out. It's taken them a while to develop that skill. Herding dogs usually have two speeds - asleep and not asleep. |
| I'm a pretty avid gardener - I tried to execute a Japanese-style garden in my back yard in east Medford. Easier said than done, given the bad soil and heat, but so far it's coming along... |
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| The shady spots are a nice place to hang out on hot summer afternoons... |
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| Above is a dry streambed (a pretty common garden element.) Here is the requisite real water feature... |
| The garden entrance was designed in the courtyard style and I made a little bamboo accent fence (that was a LOT of little knots to have to tie at each four-point junction)... |
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In addition to hangin' with my doggies and gardening, I'm an avid cyclist (I ride my trusty Kona 'cross bike to/from school each day and log 150-160 miles/week year-round.) I also mountain bike in the Ashland watershed whenever possible year-round. We'll try to get some cycling-related pics in here soon.
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