fly fishing

there are trout in the river.

kevin caught one a few weeks ago.

pouncey caught a piece of bark

eli smelled the flowers

drip dry pouncey

look! a trout

$10 bottles of wine!

homegrown restaurant on merrimon in asheville is great. the food is great. the folk art for sale on the wall is great. 

the greatest thing is monday is $10 bottle of wine day.

a glass of wine costs you $6, but on monday for $10 you can get the whole bottle. what a steal! 

you can walk away stuffed with 2 delicious dinners and a bottle of wine for under $30.

if you want the uptown girl painting, however, that will run you $25.

no more living in her white bread world.

peaceful doggy weekend

went to the asheville municipal golf course right after a thunderstorm. the cups were half full. nice place. 10$ to walk 9. back side much more varied than the front. packed. wait on every shot packed.

layers of paint and years of butts.

giant tree.

pouncey and nacho being snuggle heads.

teaching pouncey how to swim. here comes nacho!

you can do it little buddy!

retriever party!

we are dogsitting for 2 extra dogs the next week. 

that's 300+ lbs of retriever!

the more the merrier, says i. 

and says pouncey.

wheeee!

a bark in 5 frames

backseat pouncey

pouncey is now finally big enough to look out the windows in the car.

he seems to like this.

 he now weighs in at a hefty 33 lbs.

instagram lately

i'm skippyhaha on instagram. it's a quick fun way to post photos from your phone with editing filters that make them look like they were taken by a disposable camera with sand inside. i can dig it. 

here are some recent ones: 

 

found at goodwill - why can't congress act like this? 

 

fireworks please

watch dogs

fat boy junior - 32 lbs of puppy

first act of defiance: pouncey shredded toilet paper on his bed

 

2 dogs 1 leash

hiking is a challenge with two people and three dogs. 

the fairest division at this time is nacho-pouncey; eli.

everybody had fun!

no wire hangers!

we have an awesome view from the deck of this house.

up top are blue ridge mountains, down below is the mighty swannanoa river.

betwixt both are 2 big black hanging dangling wires - one power, one cable.

blocking up the scenery breaking my mind.

the cables don't even serve our house, but are the connection for our neighbors.

after many many months of phone calls, engineer visits, arm twisting, scheduling, rescheduling, tree removal, sweet neighbor approval, and heavy machinery - we buried those bitches!

a backhoe dug a 4 foot trench through the yards.

i'd like to ski down this.

they buried the cable in PVC pipe underground.

voila!

first day of puppy kindergarten!

pouncey went to his first puppy school class last night.

he was the best dog there. 

his classmates include:

• lola - a 2 lb black dustmop with separation anxiety and potty training problems

• curious - a cute fluffy collie with separation anxiety and potty training problems

• tony - a jack russell puppy who throws up in the car, chases cats and has potty training problems

• king - a full grown pit bull with 'gnawing chewing' and 'charging out the door, taking off' problems

kevin thinks king is going to murder one of the other dogs

the teacher seemed to know what he was doing. we learned 'watch me' and 'sit.'

the other dogs were barking and crying throughout the class

pouncey sat on the floor, did all his tricks and SLEPT for the last 15 minutes. i had to wake him up to go home. 

 

happy birthday nacho

today nacho turns 9. 

he is the gentlest dog with the softest fur in the world. 

since we moved to the river in march, his fur has never been completely dry. 

 

i love you clowndog!

animated conversation

the outdoor stage at pisgah brewing is awesome. it's like a permanent festival. with great beer and food trucks. what a jewel.

the hunch, the pounce and the kill

pouncey interpreting the new york times sunday business headline which features his name

the hunch 

the pounce 

and the kill 

pouncey in a hurricane

day lily day

this is a day lily. 

it is not a tiger lily. 

the bloom of a tiger lily faces downward.

this is a day lily in the color of a tiger.

this day lily is also called a ditch lily.

today is day lily day in the yard. they are blooming like locos. 

(information about tiger lily vs. day lily came from this site.)

RIP doc watson

Let it rain, let it pour, 

Let it rain a whole lot more, 

'Cause I got them deep river blues, 

Let the rain drive right on, 

Let the waves sweep along, 

'Cause I got them deep river blues

RIP grace haley

grace was the black lab bitch of my friends jimmy and betsy in san diego. 

it's because of grace that i even have those wonderful friends from san diego. she lived across the street, and of course was so cute that she was irresistible, and in a crazy tiny world coincidence, we realized she had lived in chapel hill the same time that i had, i remembered seeing her outside jimmy's house in chapel hill, and she had been bred with a dog from holden's very kennel in raleigh.

grace was so eager to please. also eager to eat, eager to swim, eager to snore, eager to ride in the car, eager to dive for koozies, really just eager to please.

she was the only dog deemed well-behaved enough to be the kitshicker's mascot. she came to all the games and practices, wore a t-shirt, and never chased and popped a ball, unlike nacho and holden.

she wore a mini sombrero.

she checked to make sure friends were alive after wine tours. 

 

rest in peace sweet doggie!

journey to looking glass falls

memorial day white squirrel festival

thank you for your service

white squirrel crap

brevard white squirrel festival 

no sign of sugar

we did see pisgah pete though