The squirrel and the hawk (not a parable)
There are moments when you just can't get your camera up in time. Tuesday morning Ella and I went to one of her favorite haunts, Warren Park, for an extended walk. Tennis ball in...
EllaA collection of 106 posts
For Ella, on her ninth birthday
How can you live with a dog, with its lifespan of ten to fifteen years, and not realize how quickly the clock is ticking?...
More incredible feats of squirrel parkour
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...
Ella Ratcatcher and other stories
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...
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day
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...
Ella-gy
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...