I think I've finally figured out how Ella can be all the way at the front end of our apartment and detect the presence of a squirrel in the back yard. Birds are the key. When a rodent invades their garden space, the sparrows set up a particular
A couple of weird things happened yesterday. The first came relatively early, as Ella and I were out on our Sunday morning walk. █████ and I usually walk Ella together on Sunday mornings, but █████ had a cough and a fever so I was walking Ella alone. We try to walk her
Ella had a tough night, with thunder and lightning hunting for her in the early morning hours. I had a hard time getting her out the door at dawn for her walk. Then I had a hard time getting her out of the yard. Then I hard a hard time
Ella has now possibly ruptured her other CCL (cranial cruciate ligament, analogous to the ACL in humans). She's on tramadol for the pain (an anti-inflammatory would be better but they're really tough on her digestive system) and on limited activity for a week or more. This
[Spoiler warning: Mildly squicky medical details within. The squeamish may not wish their appetites spoiled.] It had been quite some time since █████ or I had visited a doctor, probably too long. Now we're all too familiar with the decor at our physician's new office. Do I
Us: [waving across street] Hi, Russ! Him: [waving] Hi! How's Ella? Us: Great! Where's Marty? Him: With his other dad. Gay joint custody! Yay!
I'm not usually home when our dogwalker comes to take Ella out at midday, but yesterday I was. Once a day, Ella gets a treat called an Oinkie, which is basically tube of a smoked pig skin wrapped around a sweet potato center. Because of how they look,
Hi, gang! The new Ella calendar for 2012 is available now from Lulu.com. It features thirteen months of great collages of all your favorite Ella photos from 2011—well, okay, all mine and █████'s favorites—and it retails from Lulu.com for the low, low price of only
Today the fabulous Ella turns eight. This morning, to celebrate, I took her to the beach for her morning walk. She flung herself off a ledge of sand, and it was so cute that I asked her to climb back to the top and jump off again so I could
On Sunday I was getting over a cold. After our morning walk with Ella, I went to bed to take a nap. I hadn't been down for long, though, when █████ came in and said, "I know you're trying to sleep, but I know you'
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