Home About Us Archive Links:MND Bookstore MaineNatureStore MaineNatureDiary MaineNaturePoetry The Daily Puppy Uncle Jay Explains Family Media: Family Frisbee Drew & Kasha Winter Play 2009 Family Media 2008 Family Media 2007 Family Media Web Media: 2009 Web Media 2008 Web Media 2007 Web Media Tumblr (3.0; @kdoggy)http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyklvzQhBB1qz4cvio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Snowy Play: </b>We finally got some snow in the month of February, and it was just perfect for snowballs! Kasha was ecstatic!</p>http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/418288548http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/418288548Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:19:10 -0500 Family Frisbee Game: We are so limited with what we can do as a family anymore, that the daily...http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/351248333http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/351248333Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:31:00 -0500 Drew and Kasha play in the snow: Kasha has Drew walk up and down their trail over, and over,...http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/339139759http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/339139759Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:02:22 -0500 Winter Play: Kasha is now 13 years, 8 months old. She is too rickety to go tromping through...http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/339027398http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/339027398Sun, 17 Jan 2010 07:04:47 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwdcm4c5Sh1qz4cvio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Kasha and Zoe:</b> Kasha and Zoe played in the snow for a short time today. The temp. rose to 40F making it very comfortable for running around in the snow which was soft enough for Drew to be able to throw snowballs with the red Chuck-it device. <i>(Do you see the snowball in the air that both dogs are looking at?)</i></p>http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/338306103http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/338306103Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:08:00 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvl0h8KwT51qz4cvio1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Happy New Year:</b> Wow, the first family photo of 2010 (taken with a self-timer on the camera, and me scrambling back to the tree to be a part of the photo.) Amazing! We do exist as a family unit! <i>(Note: you can click on the photo for a larger view.)</i></p>http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/311528569http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/311528569Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:53:00 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvjt48uzqh1qz4cvio1_500.jpg"/><br/> Zoe in snow shower on Caesar Pond<br/><br/> <img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvjt48uzqh1qz4cvio2_500.jpg"/><br/> Carla and Zoe on Caesar Pond<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvjt48uzqh1qz4cvio3_500.jpg"/><br/> Carla's first trek to Cedar Bog<br/><br/> <p><b>New Year’s Eve Walk to Cedar Bog:</b> Neighbor Carla, Crazy Dog Zoe, and I hiked a 3.25 mile round trip to Cedar Bog today. I was feeling a wee bit guilty as Kasha had to stay home. She gave me such a forlorn look as I left without her, poor old doggie. It was a gorgeous afternoon for a hike as the temp. was 26F and a light snow was falling. We left home at 1:45 pm and arrived back at the dock at 4:15 pm. There was no one in the woods but us, and we had a real feeling of adventure. Cedar Bog is such a pretty water body, and the ice was frozen enough to walk on, but it was so incredibly slick (like glass) that even our Yak Trax had trouble giving us enough grip. The upshot of this was that we couldn’t venture very far out. We’ll have to wait until there is more snow cover to give us better traction in a few weeks.</p>http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/310638013http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/310638013Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:16:00 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvbjv6qjuU1qz4cvio1_500.jpg"/><br/> Jane on trail to Cedar Bog<br/><br/> <img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvbjv6qjuU1qz4cvio2_500.jpg"/><br/> Snow Angel<br/><br/> <img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvbjv6qjuU1qz4cvio3_500.jpg"/><br/> Aaron<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvbjv6qjuU1qz4cvio4_500.jpg"/><br/> Skating Party (Notice our house in back)<br/><br/> <p><b>Happy Holidays: </b>Sister Jane, Bro-in-Law David, and Nephew Aaron came for a visit over the weekend.  Their timing was perfect for a nice walk in our lovely Maine woods. We strapped on the YakTrax, grabbed a few ski poles (used for pulling a snow angel up to a standing position), and trekked across the pond to the snowmobile trail. Upon our return, we encountered a skating party playing a friendly game of ice hockey. Fun!</p> <p>Where are Drew and Kasha? Well…old Kasha is too frail to handle the uneven ground of the trails, so she has to stay home. Drew and I take turns going out into the woods these days. Ugh…but someone has to keep the pup happy and safe.</p>http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/302890181http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/302890181Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:16:00 -0500Happy Thanksgiving! We hope you enjoy this fun seasonal song from The Radio Adventures of Doctor...http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/260994610http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/260994610Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kp7gt4uhby1qz4cvio1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Kasha loves vegetables: </b>Kasha looks forward to my arrival home from work each day so that she can munch on fresh green beans and cherry tomatoes. She will race me to the garden with a huge grin on her face, and her hind end wiggling like crazy. She has also taken a liking to nosing around the potted cherry tomatoes that we are growing on the front deck. I have had to tie them to the railings so she doesn’t knock them over during her investigations.</p>http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/175662031http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/175662031Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:58:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/03AB9HxrPr23sf7pcB5lZ442o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/03AB9HxrPr23sf7pcB5lZ442o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/03AB9HxrPr23sf7pcB5lZ442o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/03AB9HxrPr23sf7pcB5lZ442o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><b>Mighty Huntress Slideshow: </b>Kasha fashions herself a mighty huntress of chipmunks. She spends many hours “hiding” next to the stump that the chipmunks and red squirrels use as a feeding station. Little does she seem to realize that she is in full view of the wily rodents!</p>http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/161530816http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/161530816Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:13:00 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/03AB9HxrPr24npx2Ro8FHmvOo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Zoe: </b>Zoe is lying in wait for Kasha to relinquish her red rubber ball. Zoe will then run home with it to proudly show Ernie her new treasure. Zoe is a master pilferer of Kasha’s toys.</p>http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/161546600http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/161546600Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:00:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/03AB9HxrPqyk2mpm9PHJE9bVo1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/03AB9HxrPqyk2mpm9PHJE9bVo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/03AB9HxrPqyk2mpm9PHJE9bVo5_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><b>Kasha Slideshow</b>: Old, but happy.</p>http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/159709665http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/159709665Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:38:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/03AB9HxrPqdfjlwg5TpXlFFIo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Painting your lawn…What is the world coming to?:</b> I guess this practice has been around for quite some time for golf courses, real estate foreclosures, etc., but now it is becoming popular with homeowners. Apparently, the paint will last 3-4 months on your dead lawn. Hmmm…these people haven’t lived up north where our grass is dormant for 7 months of the year! There have got to be better things you can do with your money than spend several hundred dollars on painting your lawn! These people would be better off planting a native ground cover than grass as the ground  cover would be acclimated to the native environment.  (<a href="http://www.turfpainters.com/index.html"><a href="http://www.turfpainters.com/index.html">http://www.turfpainters.com/index.html</a></a>)</p>http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/149493570http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/149493570Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:48:30 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/03AB9HxrPqcibmvf3BdSkbLfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Exuberant Elliot:</b> Elliot was so happy to have visitors. He smiled the entire time.</p>http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/149123376http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/149123376Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:18:30 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/03AB9HxrPqci9pcl8ykRL1lMo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Elliot:</b> Today, we visited with our friend Elliot. He is 2.5 years old, and is the second sweetest chocolate lab (besides Kasha’s buddy, Zoe) that we have ever met.</p>http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/149122840http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/149122840Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:17:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/03AB9HxrPqay0p1lrAnqFCKjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>CLICK ON THE PHOTO FOR A LARGER VIEW!</b></p> <p><b>Brother Gary is in South Africa:</b> Drew’s brother, Gary, flew to Johannesburg and then traveled south to the city of Bloemfontein, with a rugby team that he befriended in Virginia. They are basing out of the family compound of a famous South African heart surgeon. Gary, the mega hunter, is going to be in hunter heaven as he will be able to hunt on the compound, and will go outside it for other hunting trips, in between rugby matches. This is his dream trip of a lifetime! If all goes well, he will try to get me a sand sample or two on his trips!</p> <p>Bloemfontein (fountain of flowers) is the capital city of the Free State Province of South Africa, as well as one of the nation’s three capitals, the judicial capital. It is popularly known as “the city of roses”. It is situated on a dry grassland at an altitude of 4500 feet above sea level. It is generally flat with occasional hills, and the general vegetation is Highveld grassland. It experiences a continental climate, with hot summer days (January), and cooler dry winters (July). As I write this post, the nighttime temp. is 38F. Tomorrow, Bloemfontein will have a high of 53F and a low of 32F. Humidity will be around 55%. Nice! Perfect for hunting!</p>http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/148470574http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/148470574Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:02:00 -0400 Web Video: Silent personal watercraft. This is the only kind of PWC I want to see and hear on...http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/114267108http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/114267108Thu, 28 May 2009 08:20:00 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/03AB9HxrPnx7s1t6hbcVLNJjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Kasha in creek:</b> We went for a family walk in the woods, and were even able to convince Kasha to go all the way to my favorite little creek back in the woods. She will be 13 years old tomorrow, and she is only energetic enough to go for a walk every 3 days or so.</p>http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/112909622http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/112909622Mon, 25 May 2009 17:07:23 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/03AB9HxrPnt7qy5cvBfe49hvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Kasha:</b> Drew took this photo of Kasha today. She will be 13 years old in 4 days.  She has a torn cruciate ligament on her right knee, so no play for her any more.  We have to keep her on leash while she swims because she is so deaf she can’t hear us (or doesn’t want to hear us), and won’t listen to commands anymore. Poor pup… she isn’t a very happy camper at the moment, although she does enjoy laying in the warm sun. I am rather tearful when seeing her look so sad. She doesn’t laugh or smile anymore like she used to…But, at least we know that she has had an awesome life with us…although that is of little consolation at the moment…</p>http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/111705617http://blog.mainenaturediary.com/post/111705617Fri, 22 May 2009 21:55:27 -0400