Bill's Pair-a-Dachs

Happy New Year

2012-01-01T09:50:00.002-05:00

Well, the World continues. I go back to work tomorrow after a 29 day convalesence. I'm ready but ......... It will take a week or so to get back on my crazy schedule. Everything for a reason, that's what I live by . Maybe this really is about putting my better half at ease in her own home, letting Lily live without fear so she can be a happy dog , and stop my Princess from suffering . Sounds reasonable here in the daylight . She was just a little 14 lb Wheaton, miniature Wire-haired Dachshund, right ?

2011-12-31T00:14:00.002-05:00

God, how I will miss this face....

I have lost someone very special......

2011-12-30T23:52:00.004-05:00

I sincerely hate to post this, but We have lost our battle. My Princess left us on December 27th. I have never cried so long and so hard in my entire life . We still have our Lily and will do our very best to give Her a long, healthy, happy life.
The Good Lord gave Us a year with Her that we probably shouldn't have gotten, and for that We are VERY grateful........

Still watching and waiting

2010-11-04T08:05:00.000-04:00

My Princess is not out of the woods yet but progress continues after her back injury. It will be a long recovery and we're scared to death of causing her a setback. We were soooo close to putting her down, .......... I hope we don't have to re-live that again.............

My Nephew, Tim's room........BUSTED !

2010-08-06T21:42:00.000-04:00

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Waterbury Calendar Clock #4 , The left one is mine, the right one is a complete, functional model.

2010-05-12T22:35:00.000-04:00

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Our "Hope and Change" Garden (like a "Victory" Garden but well, you understand)

2010-04-24T14:38:00.002-04:00

Lily in all her Springtime, scruffy , glory

2010-04-24T14:30:00.001-04:00

The old Folks on the Riverwalk....

2010-03-04T20:57:00.001-05:00

I've always wanted to take a good Dam picture.....

2010-03-04T20:55:00.000-05:00

Be careful letting your Wife pick the seats on the Airplane

2010-03-04T20:53:00.000-05:00

Ever wondered what a $9000 Sniper Rifle looks like (50 cal) ?

2010-03-04T20:50:00.000-05:00

Home, Home on the Range.....

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Mandatory Alamo picture

2010-03-04T20:40:00.000-05:00

Shirts I Didn't wear to the Rodeo.......

2010-03-04T20:37:00.001-05:00

Work'in my Stetson.....

2010-03-04T20:35:00.000-05:00

Rodney Atkins concert after the Rodeo

2010-03-04T20:33:00.000-05:00

A collection from the Actual Rodeo

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More Rodeo pictures

2010-03-04T20:20:00.000-05:00

Rodeo People pictures

2010-03-04T20:14:00.000-05:00

"You all can go to Hell, I'm going to Texas"

2010-02-13T09:46:00.004-05:00

For non-Texans--bless your hearts--this is what Davy Crockett reportedly said this to his former constituents after he lost his re-election bid for the House of Representatives. Crockett later died at the Alamo.

Anyway, no pictures, just a quick line from San Antonio. We're having a great time visiting the Kids , their Family and Friends. We had Nothing to do with the 12 inches of snow at Dallas/Ft. Worth and it only rained here. Tonight we go to the Rodeo, an event we've been looking forward to for many months. I 'll post pictures here on Thursday or Friday. Till then.................

A VERY dirty Dachshund.....

2009-12-31T07:32:00.003-05:00

The story: This Wire-Dachshund was out for a walk with her person near Berlin when She spotted a Fox and gave chase , Down a hole they went and the Dog became stuck. The local Fire Brigade was called and they had to dig the Hound out. The result was a saved Dog and and a 300 Euro bill from the Fireman....

2009-12-31T07:30:00.000-05:00

Merry Christmas

2009-12-20T10:50:00.000-05:00

A new made for T.V. movie on SYFY Channel "The Shoveler"

2009-12-19T18:26:00.000-05:00

The weather outside is frightful.....

2009-12-19T10:31:00.001-05:00

Here's my Princess enjoying the blizzard of 09. I'm enjoying a single day vacation !

2009-12-19T10:30:00.001-05:00

2009-12-19T10:28:00.000-05:00

After and before ...Tree modifications

2009-10-22T14:59:00.003-04:00

Lily channel surfs , looking for Animal Planet

2009-09-24T22:43:00.001-04:00

Overdue Puppy pictures

2009-09-17T23:38:00.002-04:00

A Rally to remind the Dolts in Washington who they work for...

2009-09-17T23:22:00.005-04:00

Here I am at the Capital with about 500,000 new friends from the 9-12 project. It is named that because of how America felt bonded after 9-11 and the need for that bond again now that our future is being altered daily by out-of-control big Government. It was almost a religious experience . There were zero arrests , everyone was VERY friendly and even cleaned up after themselves. It almost makes you think we might have a chance. Sermon over.....

Here's Johnny ! (or Hiram)

2009-09-11T12:37:00.001-04:00

Just a couple of pictures from my Birthday, Hiram Definsky is my nom-de-plume,

2009-09-04T09:47:00.001-04:00

"In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a brave and scarce man, hated and scorned. When the cause succeeds, however, the timid join him... for then it costs nothing to be a patriot." -Mark Twain

Our "Luck Lion"

2009-08-14T10:56:00.002-04:00

Susan's Cousin , Fran, sent us this sculpture for our surprise Anniversary party. It's a signed piece by Claudia Olds Goldie (google Her). It weighs a TON ! We put it outside on a tree that looks into our Kitchen. Hopefully it won't pull the Tree down ! We love it....it's cool !
P.S. and art has SOOOOO many uses.....

Some party pics

2009-08-12T12:39:00.000-04:00

A suprise Anniversary party for Sue and I

2009-08-12T12:26:00.002-04:00

The Family and Friends came in from Florida to Massachusetts , from D.C. to Philly. What was supposed to be a 70th birthday party for Sue's Mom was really an Early Anniversary party for us. VERY devious. More Party shots to follow.....

Local Artist's work

2009-07-16T15:28:00.003-04:00

A Neighbor girl (11-12) who really likes my Girls left this in our mailbox. Blow it up and read the note.....it is priceless......we sent her a thank-you card.

Lily gets some Body work done.

2009-07-09T09:49:00.002-04:00

Here's our latest Doggy adventure.
Lily has had an Umbilical Hernia for some time now but was not posing any problems. Lately it felt "different" and we decided that it should be dealt with in a non-emergency time frame as opposed to our usual Friday night trip to the Emergency Vet ($$$$$). The results are as shown. I thought it was cute that you could see Ani looking over Lily as she is very concerned that Lily is not at her usual energy levels and is no fun to play with......(she smells "funny" , too). Lily is eating and drinking, just a little more gingerly for now.

Tale of the mail

2009-06-12T12:54:00.002-04:00

Last night around midnight, one of my Neighbors came around the curve too fast, jumped the curb and met my poor defenseless mailbox.The results were obvious.........they didn't stick around for a greeting and my home defense system (two Dachshunds) never made a sound......

The midnight mailman

2009-06-12T12:43:00.001-04:00

The Girls make a break for Texas !

2009-06-11T10:34:00.000-04:00

Jason, Rachelle and the Girls

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Crab Fest........Grammy style !

2009-06-11T10:24:00.000-04:00

Baltimore trippin.....

2009-06-10T00:40:00.001-04:00

Here's a montage of pictures from our day at the Baltimore Inner Harbor and National Aquarium.

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Some Graduation Presents last longer than others!

2009-06-06T19:21:00.002-04:00

We tried to talk him out of doing it, but he said he was 18 and could do what he wanted. He said this memory would last longer than some laptop or CDs...

The back-story

2009-06-04T09:59:00.002-04:00

My eldest Son and my new Daughter-in-law (Jason and Rachelle) made the long trip to Delaware for vacation this year. we've been going around the area to see some of the local sites, hence all the posed couple shots. Also included initially were Rachelle's Brother Robert and friend Tyler for some NASCAR action.
I apologize for the shotgun style of posting (events out-of-sequence) but I've been working in between trips from two different cameras.
Try to keep up......I will too !

Live Butterfly exhibit at the Smithsonian taken by Susan

2009-06-04T09:25:00.002-04:00

At the Treasury Department...with fresh money.....which they're printing as we speak ! (in the second pic I'm wiping tears with a devalued dollar)

2009-06-04T09:18:00.003-04:00

Rachelle and Jason doing the mandatory Washington poses

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On the beach at Cape May

2009-06-03T08:52:00.000-04:00

On the Ferry to NJ

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At the Penguin pool

2009-06-03T08:44:00.000-04:00

Prarie Dogs watching us......

2009-06-03T08:42:00.000-04:00

The Guys learn about Dog kisses

2009-06-03T08:36:00.001-04:00

In Cape May NJ at the Ferry Terminal

2009-06-03T08:34:00.001-04:00

Our day at the Phiily Zoo

2009-06-03T08:30:00.000-04:00

Jason and I make friends at the Philly Zoo

2009-06-03T08:26:00.000-04:00

Jason and Rachelle on the Ferry

2009-06-03T08:24:00.000-04:00

Robert and Tyler here for NASCAR

2009-06-03T08:16:00.001-04:00

An Amish RV/SUV ?

2009-05-27T21:15:00.000-04:00

Sue's experiments with lighting

2009-05-27T20:56:00.000-04:00

New chow !

2009-05-27T20:44:00.001-04:00

The Girls inspect the new Dog food.......like it matters !

2009-05-27T20:40:00.000-04:00

This weeks blast from the past...

2009-05-27T17:52:00.002-04:00

The photo's below are of my Mom's Parents, Laverne (Grandfather) and Pearl (Grandmother) Wolfe. The Top photo is them in a more mature, distinguished light and the bottom one , I suspect is a more accurate rendering of reality.
I guess you can see where my penchant for firearms comes from although she was known to rant at my Father "What do you need another gun for !"

2009-05-27T17:51:00.000-04:00

Todays blast from the past..

2009-04-24T18:19:00.001-04:00

This is a picture of my Dad and Me doing a little Train-watching near Erie, Pa. The time is the late 80's (best guess is 1988).

2009-04-24T18:18:00.000-04:00

Separation anxiety

2009-04-23T22:06:00.003-04:00

Lily hates to see Josh go back to school so I guess she figured she could sneak back with him in his clean laundry.

2009-04-23T22:04:00.000-04:00

A VERY limber Puppy !

2009-04-23T21:58:00.001-04:00

Sue may be right.....I may be a little too wrapped up with my dogs.......

2009-04-23T21:56:00.000-04:00

A half dose of "Cialis" ?

2009-04-23T21:51:00.001-04:00

Sue's Mom just had her bathroom redone and that made us wonder about that stupid commercial for "CIALIS" and why those couples always end up in bathtubs in the middle of nowhere !

2009-04-23T21:44:00.001-04:00

"Don't Tread On Me !"

2009-04-23T21:40:00.002-04:00

If this new Flag doesn't get me on some Department of Homeland Security watch-list , I don't know what will !
It will make a nice addition to my fully stocked Bunker that I'm provisioning for any upcoming contingencies.........JUST JOKING Secretary Napolitano !

2009-04-23T21:39:00.000-04:00

Three Dog Night

2009-04-23T21:30:00.001-04:00

That title is usually either associated with a 70's Rock Band or the Aborigine practice of using their dogs to keep warm at night.
This time, it's about my Girls, Ani and Lily, and their cousin Cole having at little dog-fest at my Mother-in-laws house.
By the end of the night they are ALL worn out !

2009-04-23T21:27:00.000-04:00

Picatso goes to Texas !

2009-03-19T13:30:00.003-04:00

After much hand-wringing and sniffling, we sent our lovable little (?) Cat off to Texas to live with our Son and Daughter -in- law. Here he is playing with Ani, and a picture of his plane and his destination. More to follow......

2009-03-19T13:25:00.003-04:00

House renovation BLOG updated

2009-03-13T13:42:00.001-04:00

I've posted new stuff at my House Renovation BLOG .

http://homeupdate.blogspot.com/

OR , you can just click on the link at the right side of the page on my regular BLOG......Check Davids BLOG there as well.

"Looka eyes ! Always looka eyes !" Mr. Miyagi

2009-03-13T12:10:00.001-04:00

Here's your sign !

2009-03-13T10:49:00.002-04:00

I'll be trying to pose my girls with this for a while , wish me luck.......

My Nephew (Name-withheld by request) and the dishes

2009-03-13T10:38:00.004-04:00

Here is Name-withheld-by-request, doing the dishes for his Grandmother. You might not think this unusual, but for him it's actually historic ! He doesn't want his name used on-line (like it's not already in a million places !) BUT it rhymes with "Slim" and was also made famous by "_ _ _ , the Toolman, Taylor !"

Notes from the party......(in Worcester , MA)

2009-03-12T09:21:00.004-04:00

This year, my annual March vacation just happened to align itself with a surprise Birthday party for Susan's Uncle Dick (80 yrs). We drove up to Worcester on Saturday and stayed with Susan's Uncle Bernie and Aunt Elizabeth. There was a great turnout and Uncle Dick appeared surprised. I took a ton of pictures as I rarely get the chance to see the Northern branch of the family tree together so there was a lot of "Who's that in the red shirt ?" questions.

As for the Dog pictures, Uncle Bernie and Aunt Elizabeth have a papillon named Bella and they dog-sit for their Daughter's (Lizzie) pup George (a Dachshund with whippet in him). I probably took more Dog pictures than people pictures so my lovely Wife took the camera away from me. It was wonderful staying with them and we appreciate them opening their home (and Pups) for us !

It was great to be with the family, if only for a quick visit. My son Josh was dog-sitting for us so we had to get back so he could get back to the University. It was a very nice vacation !

George and Bella, Uncle Bernie & Aunt Liz's Pups

2009-03-11T22:12:00.000-04:00

Uncle Dick's 80th Birthday party in Worcester

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