Enjoying a nice fire
When the power goes out we enjoy a quiet evening with the old-time comfort of a nice fire... And the glow of our phones as we check Facebook, play games and watch…
Tag: Dogs
He likes it! Hey Finney!
We bought Finney a stylish new dog bed for the den... ... he didn't come upstairs for two days. I think that's a sign of approval.
Playing with MSR Cliplets
Cliplets is nifty, free tool from MSR that allows you to take a video and turn it into what appears to be a still photo. If you have the right scene, it…
Sometimes things just work out
My phone's camera has a mode where it takes a 3x3 or 2x2 grid of images by snapping pictures in series. Press the shutter button and it starts going. There's the typical…
Sneaking your dog into the office and other reasons to use speech recognition
Today is one of those rare days that I have no meetings. And also happens to be a day that Paula needs to spend time getting ready for a house guest. Finney…
My current favorite picture
Because I've become "one of those people" I've been taking a ton of pictures of Finney. When you take lots of pictures you often end up with something you didn't quite anticipate.…
Quick and dirty white balance correction with Photoshop
If you’re shooting in RAW format you have the luxury of tweaking white balance as you open your images. This can allow you to adjust for camera inaccuracies or even for artistic…
This is going to take some practice…
... and a faster shutter speed. I made my first attempt to take pictures of Finney playing in the yard today, but most of the results were blurry. In retrospect I should…
Finney settling in
It's been a while since we had a dog and this past summer Paula and I started researching greyhounds. It took us a while to be ready to get a new dog,…
I’m talking to you… you little girly-dog
What type of dog is this? Nope. No, not that either. Want to call a friend? This is a picture of Wendy, she's a whippet so I'm sure she can run faster…
So… what kind of dog is she?
We were always curious just what mix of breeds went into Nala (and were often asked). If she were still around I would have totally forked over the $65 needed to buy the Canine Heritage Test. …
Goodbye Nala
After gracing us with her presence for the past seven years our three-legged princess is gone. We adopted Nala from the San Jose Humane Society shortly after buying our house in 1998. After…
Goodbye Micah
This picture was taken by Paula in March of 2002 when Leslie adopted Micha. At around ten years old, with a heart murmur, a little blind and a lot deaf, Micha was…
It’s the little things in life…
On the way back in from taking the dog out I was bending over Nala trying to get her to sit and Paula looked up at our dove family and found them…
Tipsy dog, one month on
It's been about a month since Nala's second episode of vestibulitis and she is as happy as ever. She isn't, honestly, back to 100% though... she's not even back to 100% of where she…
Relapse
Just about a year after her first attack of vestibulitis Nala has had another attack. Paula was at home this time when it happened and it was nowhere near as bad as…