Thistle Hut

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Congratulations, David Cook!!!

…and I’m sitting in here messin’ with Photoshop. Heh.

Scrawny, age 19. I never expected him (or his sister, who died just last year) to live to be a year old. free ringtones and wallpaper cell phone ringtones verizon cell free phone ringtones sprint boost free ringtones cricket ringtones download free alltel ringtones 2366i nokia ringtones free ringtones converter free real music cingular ringtones info nokia remember ringtones tracfone ringtones free phone ringtones country music ringtones free gospel ringtones free downloadable ringtones composer free nokia ringtones metro pcs phone ringtones free hindi ringtones free verizon wireless ringtones We found them in the attic after their mother was killed by racoons (ah, ranch life!). They were just a couple of weeks old. He’s a good boy! And he’s finally the leader of the pack (all dogs now)! He’s livin’ it up!

…and what goes better with messin’ around in Photoshop than music…

David Cook music!! Squeee!

Actually, the last few days have been spectacularly beautiful — warm and sunny with just a smidge of morning fog.

But it’s about to rain again. Just for a few days. It’s probably a good thing because I’ve been shoveling dirt and moving boulders and dethatching the lawn. And I am soooore! The good sore, though. Gardening sore. Ahhh!

The birds don’t mind a little rain anyway!

Tornadoes in the South

So, um, about my oak tree? Never mind.

…counting down the days until spring is sprung.

The deck is going to be fixed next week - yay! I’m just going to finish off the cutout where the tree was, but, man, I’m gonna miss that big ol’ tree. It helped create my favorite corner of the yard.

That corner is a leeeetle more exposed now. Whoa… hi neighbors!

We’ll definitely have to figure out how to soften up that corner again and get.some.privacy! Eep!

I cannot WAIT to get back outside… Is it March yet?

…and so do I!

Final Results of Parade Magazine/America’s Giving Challenge

See the blog at A Place To Bark for an update re: the donation prizes and for Bernie’s thanks for everyone’s generosity and hard work!!

We raised over $42,000 dollars. And on top of that, the Zoline Foundation is matching the first 35k dollar-for-dollar, which makes the total over $77,000 raised.

A Place to Bark may not have won the $50k grant — they came in fifth — but they are winners still! Thanks to all of YOU!