February 2012
3 posts
My Dog's Teeth...And now Fleas!
Wonderful tooth improvement story: we brought Ricky home from the shelter in Nov. She was said to be only ~1 year old; she’d just finished treatment for heart worm so was a mess in lots of ways, and maybe that had some affect on her poor revolting teeth. They were green and brown, awful. First of all we couldn’t for the lives of us get weight on her with kibble and calorie...
Backpacking
I’ve been hiking and backpacking for about four years. This past March, I attempted a thru-hike of the Appalachian trail and made it about 700 miles. I injured my knee early in the hike, and spent the rest of the time trying to recover. I know that my knee injury was largely related to too much pack weight. I left Springer with a load of 51#…..needless to say I was carrying a...
Getting Hot!
It was 98 degrees in my back yard in Salt Lake County, Utah, on my birthday, last July. It’s supposed to be in the LOW 70s that time of year — allowing lettuce and other cool weather crops to thrive. First it freezes in May, killing most of my tomatoes and peppers, and then it gets HOT HOT HOT still in may. Not even Dr. Jones can help us deal with this. But, the hot weather should...