nacho wants to say hi

busted

i tried to take a sneak picture of all 5 of us sleeping on the bed, and instead caught kevin & pouncey holding hands/paws.

nanny nanny boo boo

obie the obese doxie

this dachshund is on a diet. 

a huge diet. his elderly owners fed the crap out of him and now he needs to lose more than half his weight. 

 see him waddle around in the grass. 

 

 a nice woman has taken him in and is supervising his diet. 

 read the story here and follow along with this puppy's weight loss journey. 

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in other dogs on the internet news, saw this slideshow yesterday - always a tearjerker. dog heroes of 9/11

pouncey met his match

two big young dogs came to visit this weekend.

it was great for eli & nacho to get a breather, and it was great for pouncey to be completely outweighed and out-spazzed by the new guys.

the sweet german short haired pointer in the picture is porter. he turned 3 this weekend. he has more energy than an entire preschool class combined.

the only humans who should be allowed to own german short haired pointers are 1. ironman triathletes and 2. people with big fenced in farms, like over 10 acres.

shortbuttons

pouncey's new nickname is 'shortbuttons'

not because he's cute like 'halfpint' or 'shortstuff' 

because he is a jerk and eats the buttons off shorts.

3 pair of kevin's, 1 of mine so far

DAMMIT SHORTBUTTONS!

pouncey in a pasture

every morning is a good morning when you're pouncey scissorpaws!

the wily fox of breckenridge golf course

this summer has come and gone like a great blue heron flying very quickly in one direction. 

one of the craziest things that happened was on the breckenridge golf course. i was walking around while kevin, his dad, and brother played. it is a spectacular place to walk around. i would not want to be chasing a blasted little white ball into the chaparral and beaver ponds, but it is a spectacular place to walk around.

it was a par 4 on the front 9, and everybody hit their second shots close to the green. kevin's dad's ball unfortunately went into a greenside bunker. maybe the first time i've ever seen him hit a shot into a bunker. everybody else's shots were on the green. we were about 100 yards away. 

suddenly, a big fox appeared. big like 40 lbs. he looked at us, trotted across the green, down into the bunker, took kevin's dad's ball out of the trap, and dropped it on the green 10 feet from the hole.  

he then trotted to kevin's brother's ball, picked it up, and ran away with it into the woods.

supposedly he thinks the balls are eggs.

supposedly there is a fox den in breckenridge overflowing with titleist pro v1's. 

kevin's dad played the ball from the green where the fox left it. after the round, we heard that the right ruling would have been to put his ball back in the bunker.

leo pee-o

if he doesn't watch it i'm gonna submit his wrinkled ass to dog-shaming.com

pouncey's birth

tiger woods loves his putter

make sure it hefts well in your hands.

from a pre-scandal book published in 2001.  

hard to believe he approved these graphics. 

5 months, 50 pounds

pouncey is a baby elephant. 

he is already in the 'large dog' category for flea medicine. 

he shreds sticks. 

he shreds paper towels. 

he shreds sunglasses. 

he tries to be a good boy. 

"holy fauxhawk"

from wikipedia:

Chrism (Greek word literally meaning "an anointing"), also called "myrrh" (myron), holy anointing oil, or "consecrated oil", is a consecrated oil used in the Roman Catholic Church in the administration of certain sacraments.

Chrism is made of olive oil and is scented with a sweet perfume, usually balsam.

its scent has been likened to clove cigarettes. 

it does not mean jism of christ. 

it has been bemoaned for its tendency to seep into stuffed animals and clothing. 

it may take more than 2 shampoos to remove the scent.

it makes a fine hair gel for the recently baptized.

rattlesnake love

rattlesnakes at the wnc nature center getting frisky.

her eyes are BUGGIN

happy birthday MOM!

happy birthday to the most wonderful mother! i hope your day is fabulous and dad is wearing jorts!

also happy birthday to kate - my best friend from high school beth's & bill's baby! born today! wooo doggy!

beaver bone!

the dogs found a beaver-hewn log at the river.

hello beaver bone!

eli has beaver bone

pouncey wants beaver bone

pouncey stole beaver bone

pouncey loves beaver bone

the ancient and modern olympics

i made this poster in the 4th grade - 1986.

the basement flooded and the index card from the ancient olympics is missing.

the index card from the modern olympics contains some dated phrases:

  it was so important i used white-out to correct a lowercase "o" in olympics.

cherokee

 

the drive between cherokee and maggie valley is littered with awesome signs. 

it's as if time stopped in 1981.  

granny's restaurant - happy birthday angela - cherokee casino in background

cool valley motel (no pool)

"he plays that choctaw bingo every friday night, drinks that johnny walker at the club 69" - james mcmurtry

hemlock motel seems to have gone the way of many carolina hemlocks

all you can eat country vittles!

seriously back in time

sweet spot for a dish barn

starvin' marvin's - stop! and shop i need your money!

smallest house in the world? but room for a porch.

stompin ground for all your square dancing and clogging needs

abc store for all your grain alcohol needs

chainsaw bears, amish jams 

i bet the flapjacks are good here 

tarheel kountry kitchen - home of the BIG biscuit, biker wear

we were out there to go to sequoyah national golf course, which is a really wild place, and another story for another day.

somethings wrong with this dog's tongue

something's wrong with this dog's feet

nacho shake water

wnc debt law

is it possible for a bankruptcy lawyer's website to be welcoming, warm, and comforting? 

you decide!

check out WNCDebtLaw.com - law offices of kevin j. radey - asheville bankruptcy lawyer

now featuring new video! 

new video featuring some of my photos! 

folks in western north carolina who are struggling with your bills - pretty much everybody - this website is a place for you to get help.

optimistic thought

we're just spinning on some granite that we like to call a planet, and if you need to contemplate...

rotting watermelon fibonacci

if you cut a watermelon in half and leave it on the counter, this magical design will appear.  

also fruit flies will appear.

grove park inn ladies locker room

for all those intimidated by or scornful of the "grandeur" of the grove park inn, i present a photo of the entirety of the ladies' locker room furnishings. 

keepin it real!

i cannot tell a lie

 

this cherry tree branch was hanging too far over the deck.