Archive for the ‘Molly’ Category
Over the 4th of July weekend, we decided to take a trip up to Whidbey Island, for a few reasons:
- It is close, only an hour or so away (including ferry time), so it was easy on my back for travel.
- Our friends Shannon and Damon have an amazing house they built on the Island - and by that, I mean built by hand: “hammer, hammer, saw, saw”. It was great to see them and spend time with them, and their new son, Griffin (and their dog, Ebey). They are great college friends, who we do not spend nearly enough time with.
- Because we stayed with them, I knew I could rest as much as my back needed to; taking breaks regularly to lay flat, etc… and not feeling obligated to do too much.
- We happen to just really like Whidbey Island - artsy, beautiful, friendly, and close.
- And of course, get Molly away from the loud bangs of illegal (and legal) fireworks.
- In particular, Greg and Clodagh had called out, on a past trip, the wonders of Double Bluff Beach’s off leash dog park on Whidbey - a few mile long open beach for off-leash access. We wanted to get Molly into the water again.
- I have been cooped up in the house for a while now - I was looking forward to just getting out of here for a weekend as I move back into working more.
It was just what we needed - it fit all of those goals above, and we are really super-appreciative of the Arndt’s for hosting us. Molly had a fantastic time too - she got to run around their property, go swimming, get lots of fun new treats, and just be one happy (and tired!) dog.
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Jeff, one of my co-workers at Pure Networks, along with his wife, Lisa, live around the corner from us. They adopted a dog, Dolce, just a little before we adopted Molly - in fact, it was them mentioning it that got us really thinking that it was time for a dog in our lives. Conveniently, they also found us the obedience class to take - also, just across the street. After we put in the fence, they’ve been coming over frequently to let the dogs run around, play, and, most importantly, get out lots of energy. Dolce definitely is the more aggressive one - Molly tends to lay down and just take whatever Dolce gives her… It has been very nice having them around - the dogs like each other a lot - another reason why putting this fence in has been a great decision for us.
Here’s a video of them playing - as usual, you might need to visit the actual blog article to see it.
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While most of the time has been spent laying flat, reading, and watching TV, there has been a few activities over the past few weeks…
And yes, you can also call this post: Aaron is clearing out his camera from old pictures!
(As always, click on the pictures for larger versions)
- We’ve been wanting to get a fence put into the front yard - it makes the outside of the house enclosed, so if we are BBQing, doing yard work, or just reading and enjoying outside, Molly can now be with us. So we hired some folks (clearly, I couldn’t do it myself, with or without the back condition) to put in our cliche white picket fence - very white indeed until it starts raining again!
- Joelle finally found planters she likes, and put them out on the front porch:
- Molly bought me a book on Macaroni and Cheese for Father’s Day, so of course, I immediately wanted Joelle and my mother to make me one of the dishes - asparagus macaroni gratin. Fantastic, albeit a little heavy, was the universal agreement. Perhaps better as a side dish so you don’t try to eat too much of it.
- Got a Get Well Soon cookie from some really nice friends - overnighted from New Jersey, OU-certified and everything:
- My mother bought Molly a necklace thing from the Edmonds Art Fair (she went with my sister). I am not one to know these things, but everyone commented on how pretty she was with it on - on her end, at least she didn’t mind it the one time she wore it!
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Also known as, Shay stole Molly’s bed :)
Greg and Clodagh - thanks for watching Molly over the surgery days!
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As I mentioned in the past, we adopted Molly from a rescue league, where she was sent after she was found pregnant and tied up to a tree.
She had 11 puppies (10 survived), including 2 boys. Her foster mom just sent us pics of one of the boy-pups, who’s 5 months old now - name is Atticus. Looks a lot like Molly :)
As usual, click on the pictures for larger versions.
By the way, the title of this post describes “Atticus, Son of Molly” in Hebrew, which is the standard way to phrase lineage in Judaism. Albeit, there’s usually a father named in the lineage, but since we don’t know who it is, we’ll ignore that!
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Molly, as you saw with the previous post, is a bit obsessed with running and chasing moving lights. When Joelle’s mother was in town a couple of weeks ago, we discovered her fascination with flashlights. Below is a video showing this… (sorry for the quality, I was having lighting issues and was using my digital camera, which isn’t too adjustable)
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Greg, Joelle, Shay (woof!), Molly (woof!) and I spent some quality time at the dog park on Saturday - and then we got hungry for dinner. We spent a bit of time researching where to eat that would allow dogs to sit with us (since we had the dogs with us, and it was so hot out, we didn’t want to leave them in the car). We ended up back at Norm’s, the only place we know of that allows dogs both inside and out. Luckily, we were able to get an outdoor spot, so both us and the pooches were happy with the choice.
Rather than always going back there, I spent some time looking up additional places around Seattle that are dog-friendly. Found a couple of a articles with good links
- http://www.chowhound.com/topics/520235 - recommends Norm’s, the Islander, Tutta Bella, and Volunteer Park Cafe (so far, more likely coming). (Note: Broksonic, who replied, is me - I use that name on some sites. I think it was the brand of a TV I had a while ago, or something like that - I’ve been using it forever)
- http://community.livejournal.com/seattle/5202948.html - recommends White Horse Trading Company, Norm’s, Wayword Coffeehouse, C+P Coffee, Lava Lounge, Tin Hat, Stumbling Monk, Summit Public House, Edmonds The Dining Dog Cafe & Bakery. But then digresses into arguments over dogs and food, also links to DogFriendly’s and Citysearches list, but I called a few of the places on there - I wouldn’t trust those lists.
Good to have options!
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On a follow-up to my last post, here’s a good link to a write-up of Seattle dog parks: http://www.nwsource.com/recreation/match-your-pup-right-local-leash-area
And a good map of all of them: http://www.coladog.org/olas/COLOR_MAP_MUDBAY07.pdf
We’ve tried Golden Gardens and Woodland Park, as I stated previously. Northgate’s is also really close. Once I can walk well again (more shortly), we’ll have to try that one out…
But more importantly: Come on Lower Kinnear Park - get the dog park built there already! (I just sent an email to Citizens for Off-leash Areas to find out more on the status of this - the last public info is circa 2006).