The Wake

The Wake

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It was impromptu -- sort of. Our friend Bill died at midnight last night. Our friend Phoebe flew in from Denver for the day. Our friend Char drove up from the San Francisco Bay Area and we all met Phoebe at the airport and then on up to Jeri & Bill's house. There were tears and laughter, food and drink, and lots of memories about Bill. I dont have a clue how interesting this video is going to be to the world at large, and at 7 minutes long I didn't really make it for "others," but for all of us who counted Bill as one of our friends.

Feeding Time

Feeding Time

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I really wanted a record of the puppies while they were still on formula. Ned took this video for me, which is just about exactly what I hoped it would be.

"Show and Tell"

"Show and Tell"

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Everyone agreed that I won the "show and tell" award at Easter, by bringing the puppies.

A Musical Easter

A Musical Easter

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With several musicians in the family, my sister-in-law decided we would all have a sing-along-after dinner. I think we needed a few more musicians, but we had a good time anyway.

(Can you tell I put this together between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m.?) 

Morning Ritual

Morning Ritual

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Morning with the puppies. (Note that it usually comes with lots of little puddles!)

Queenie's World

Queenie's World

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They are starting to notice the world around them. Here is Queenie checking the place out.

They're baack

They're baack

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You know it's going to be a bad day when you day starts off like this.

The Babies are Growing

The Babies are Growing

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The puppies are about 3-1/2 weeks old now. Their eyes are pretty much open, they've learned to come when I call them (it's still a slow process!), they haven't started playing with each other yet, but they sure do know how to let me know when they are hungry!

God Talk

God Talk

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Anthony over at Conversation God issued a challenge to start a discussion about God, religion and anything related. So I took him up on his challenge. I figure that my whole religious experience has gone through several different permutations in my 63 years. and I could share how I feel about things "God."

Bottles of Chance

Bottles of Chance

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I've posted videos of this song before, but they were captures off of the TV screen; this is one that is ripped direction from the DVD and is better quality (also a different performance)

Boom Boom Boom

Boom Boom Boom

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How about a change of pace. Every June, Sacramento's Taiko Dan drummers perform here in Davis. I caught a snippet of their performance last year. Very exciting performers.

Videoblogging Week #7: Time to Say Goodbye

Videoblogging Week #7: Time to Say Goodbye

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The four older puppies have moved on. Sigh.

Videoblogging Week #6: Atmospheric Phenomenon

Videoblogging Week #6: Atmospheric Phenomenon

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I managed to catch a strange atmospheric phenomenon on video. I don't know that it has received nation-wide coverage.

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Videoblogging Week #5: Feeding Frenzy

Videoblogging Week #5: Feeding Frenzy

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Now we have 7 puppies, four 7 week olds and three 2 week olds, who need to be bottle fed. The older puppies go crazy when I'm feeding the younger ones.

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Videoblogging Week #4: Go Away Kid, You Bother Me

Videoblogging Week #4: Go Away Kid, You Bother Me

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The puppies haven't quite figured out that Sheila and Kimba aren't as eager to play as the puppies are.

Background music for this is Kettleman's Lustige Streiche, written by my daughter, Jeri. I used this in a dog video some time ago and as with that video, this one, too, seems almost to have been edited with the piece of music in mind (tho it wasn't).

Videoblogging Week #3: Bird Carnage

Videoblogging Week #3: Bird Carnage

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Was Alfred Hitchcock directing this film?

A "moment of zen."

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Videoblogging Week #2: The Battery

Videoblogging Week #2: The Battery

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People suggested that the problem with my camera was that the battery was exhausted, so today the new battery finally arrived.

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It's Videoblogging Week! - #1

It's Videoblogging Week! - #1

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This is Day #1 of Videoblogging Week...and an e-mail I received led me to make this video.

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Pops Concert

Pops Concert

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Another segment from the Davis High School Pops Concert 1986. Paul and his friend Paul singing a duet from The Music Man, and the Jazz Choir's finale, "One" from A Chorus Line.

The Jazz Choir was an award-winning chorus. It's surprising how many of these kids went on to perform professionally.

Xena

Xena

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Xena had been the runt of the litter of 11 and had been attacked by her siblings, which was why the litter was split up (which is how I happened to have Fudge, Curly, Greta and Blackie). So today, Ashley decided Xena was doing well enough to return to some of the litter and gave her to me. (I named her Xena, because I figure she was kind of a "warrior princess.") I tried working her in with the others, but ultimately I could see that it was not going to be good for Xena and I told Ashley to come and pick her back up again. But I kept this record of what it was like.

It's obviously "survival of the fittest" even in the puppy world.