Project 365

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Project 365: 92/365

This is my beloved Rudy who passed away a few years ago of canine lymphoma.  He was the best dog!  He was almost  a year old when we adopted him from the Animal Care Society,  a local no-kill shelter, and we think he was likely a lab/chow mix.  We adopted him so Hardy would have a buddy to play with while we were gone at work. They were like two peas in a pod and got along great.  Rudy would follow Hardy anywhere and Hardy quickly taught him the ropes.  The biggest problem we had with Rudy at first was his separation anxiety.  He generally was crated when we were away as he became quite destructive if left to roam the house.  We once came back from Thanksgiving dinner to find the innards of our couch all over the living room.  He did that to two couches, actually.  But we still loved him anyway.  :*)

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Jenn of The Artist's Eyes creates these awesome ECO friendly pet portraits and they are, obviously, stunning!  Check her out!

Project 365: 91/365: Molly

This is Molly.  She is the dog-child of our good friends Charlie & Christina.  We went to their house tonight for dinner and watched Survivor, one of the shows we all enjoy and discuss weekly!  Molly is a sweet Australian Cattle Dog mix.  She's beautiful!

Project 365: 90/365: Lois Lane

Yesterday I really slacked on my photo of the day.  I just so happened to have gotten a Blackberry cell phone shot of Lois Lane that morning when she was all snuggled up in the covers while I was getting ready for work.  Such a sweet girl!

This is what the start of a sunrise in Kentucky in March looks like.  I wanted to get the sun peeking over the trees, but I was already late for work.  Maybe next time!

Project 365: 88/365

Easter is on it's way!  And spring is definitely here.  Being allergic to every single type of Kentucky tree pollen, my allergies have let me know that everything is in bloom at once around here.  I've been sneezing, wheezing, coughing and wiping watery eyes for a few days now.  Claritin and Benedryl are my two best buds right now.

Project 365: 85/365

Yesterday we went to view a couple of properties we were interested in.  This was the one we were really hoping would work out, but in the end result it didn't.  The cleared 6 acres was ok, the barn was great and the pond was awesome.  But the remaining 11 acres of woods was horrible and unusable.  They were a huge drop down to the creek below.  If it was gently rolling it would have been perfect, but it was almost cliff like, so we had to pass on it.  We looked at another one but it appeared that it had already been purchased even though it was still listed.  The sign was gone and some work was being done, though I don't think we would have been happy with that one either.  So the search continues!

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And this is just a goofy photo of Lois.  We wanted to see what she would do if we sat her in a box.  She just sat there and looked at us like "what are you doing?".  Fun with dogs!

Purple Lady - Project 365: 83/365

Wanna Bite? - Project 365: 82/365

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I always have to fight the beast to get a spot on the couch.  If I resort to the armchair, he decides he's a lap dog...and then I can't see the tv.

When the big dog toys are too big to fit in your mouth, just sleep on them.

In regular, non-dog news, we found another piece of property that looks *really* nice and perfectly what we're looking for, in theory.  We'll find out on Friday when we go check it out to see if it's all it appears to be.  It's in Taylorsville, so not too far from Louisville and in a beautiful area of the state, very close to Taylorsville Lake.  It's 18.5 acres and already has a structurally sound tobacco barn on it, which would be awesome for storage.  The front 6 acres are cleared and the rest is all nice, lush woods with a gentle drop-off perfect for building out a walk-out ranch (so we were told).  We're trying not to get our hopes up too much, but if this really is all it's described to be, we'll be making a purchase real soon and our 6 acres at Dog Woods will be put up for sale.  More updates on Friday!

My mom and grandma came by the other day and Grandma brought me some beautiful yellow tulips to plant in the flower beds.  The weather has been so beautiful that we've spent a lot of the last couple of days outside - great weather to end my 10 day stint at home.

We're on the property hunt again.  We're looking for our final destination piece of land - preferably 20 acres or more, which we will build on.  We looked at 28 acres and 26 acres yesterday, but did not like the way the land had very large drop-offs, making it mostly unusable.  We have a few more we've inquired on, including a 65 acre piece that sounds too good to be true, so it probably is.  Hopefully soon I'll be showing photos of our new property!

A few of the fish in our backyard pond.  The gold and white ones are butterfly koi and the orange speckled one is a shubunkin goldfish. The hawks or herons, or maybe both, have obviously been fishing in the pond.  We're down quite a few fish from what we started with.  But we're looking to add a few more koi soon.