8 Bathed Puppies

Yesterday we bathed all 8 puppies and put them in the truck to bring into Paris, TN for a few hours. They had a Halloween event going on there at the Court Square.

But, we still have all 8 - and they need homes soon! Look at how big they are getting!

8 clean puppies on not-so-clean stairs

Find out more about this litter of pups at Snafu Hall Collie Dane puppies

Puppy News Flash

Dee-Dee the Great Dane is giving birth, under the porch outside. We can't see much, although Mark did crawl under there for a moment to make sure she was doing okay. She seems comfortable and there is lots of squeaking. More news later.

Hamvention 2007 in Dayton, Ohio (fleamarket)

We were at the Dayton Hamvention Friday through Sunday. It was my first Hamvention - although Mark has been coming (and selling at the fleamarket) for years. We brought Blaze along and she was a big hit among all the people who had left their dogs at home. We kept getting asked 'Is that a Great Dane?' (or greyhound, depending on if they had seen a Great Dane before).


Mark and Blaze at the hotel.
We call this the 'Scooby-Doo' grin. (on Blaze, not Mark!)


Blaze watching the shop.
We had a sign up 'Dog Can't Make Change' after somebody asked -- and it made quite a few people laugh :)

Our flea market was bright and well-marked, or so we were told!

At one point, we got really busy!

Mark catches me playing with the Sangean ATS-505P shortwave radio we bought.

I had a shortwave as a kid, that didn't work very well - and being around all the different radio equipment made me really interested in finding another one. One nice guy showed me his digital shortwave (A Sony) because I was looking for one in the fleamarket - and apparently they look much different now than when I was a kid! For one thing, mine was analog, and very small - like a transistor radio. On a good reccommendation from one of the ICom people inside the arena, I bought this Sangean and was soon listening to brodcasts in French, Spanish, Chinese and Japanese as well as English broadcasts from foreign countries. Wikipedia refers to this past-time as 'DXing.'

Other fleamarket scores: We haven't unpacked them yet, but Mark scored a few electronic hobby toys from 'the golden age.' We had them out on our table to see what other people thought, and they really got a lot of attention. We didn't want to sell some of them though - including a miniature robotic arm and a 200 project electronic wiring kit. Mark found a full set of 'Dr. Dobb's Journal of Computer Calisthenics and Orthodontia' volumes and a complete metal train railroad kit as well.

Some notable visitors to our booth...

We told this man he could have this HEAVY power supply for $5.00 if he could pick it up... and we could photograph him doing it for the blog. He was a really good sport!

This man showed us his 'keyboard experience,' a Blue Man Group contraption of strange design.

Some fleamarket booths had strange decorations...(see above) more fleamarket pictures below...












We took some video as well, although that takes a while to convert and pull off, but it's on the way!

All the animals were fine and happy to see us home. I think Mouse taught Pogo to hunt, as her pounce has gotten much more accurate and deadly! Pogo was sleeping between us again this morning purring and saying 'All is right with the world again.'

Doing a little Spot Cleaning around the House

Spot, the Great Dane, tentatively allows Mark to vacuum him after several windy, dusty days here.
His sisters were cowards - they might get baths ;)

Starring DeeDee and assorted busyness

Blaze's 'twin' sister is DeeDee - but you can see, perhaps, that they have some differences, especially in the shape of the ears and eyes.


DeeDee has more of the collie showing through. In personality DeeDee is the more anxious one, while Blaze is a more 'simple' and happy puppy.


We've had a busy couple of days here. Yesterday the temperature dropped down to 13 degrees and for a short while, we were without water. A pressure switch had frozen due to a malfunctioning heater in the wellhouse, which was a small problem compared to some things it could have been. Our internet server also went down about the same time! Both issues resolved themselves by noon, however, and things were back to normal again.



However, someone did eat my only spool of white thread yesterday -- I wonder who the guilty party is...

Starring Blaze

Blaze is a half Great Dane, half Collie.
She is eighteen months old, and probably weighs close to 120 lbs.

Of the three Dane/Collie crosses we have here, Blaze looks the most like her mother, Abby, who passed away in December.


Seeing as she is not the star at the moment, Mouse is not amused.


KnitOwl in Progress

I'm working on some crafty stuff. Usually I put up my finished projects immediately. This time, I'm waiting until I put the polish on some patterns, instructions and tutorials to go with the F/O pictures.