Electronics Dependency

Am always amazed at how dependent I am on my computer and how much I use it for. Just this morning I have already checked my email and responded a couple of things, ordered meat for the dogs (chicken backs and ground turkey), entered Argus at some shows over Memorial Day weekend, sent an email to Lucy's owner in Canada to discuss the possibility of getting her down here for some shows, sent an email to another Canadian friend to see if she might be coming down anytime soon so I could save myself a trip, checked Facebook to see how everyone is doing, and here I am updating my blog. How did I survive without my computer, and what would I do if it failed? I do have a nice little backup gizmo called Clickfree - sure hope it works like it is supposed to, if this computer fails. And if it fails it will be from overwork, I am sure!

A reader asked how to see my Facebook page. The answer is to join Facebook, search for me, and invite me to be your friend. When I accept, we can see each other's profile page (which can have as little or as much as you care to reveal about yourself and your family). My brother won't join because he is concerned about security issues, and that's a decision everyone needs to make for themselves. You'd be amazed at how much information about you is already out there! If you don't believe me, check www.spokeo.com, and search for your name. If you have any kind of an Internet presence, you will find out that there is probably a lot of information on you already.

The picture above is one of the candid shots from DCA week. Not a perfect moving shot, but it's pretty nice, showing good foot fall, balanced movement, proper topline and tail carriage. Wish Argus had his mouth shut, but Jess said he started sneezing right about then - and a couple of additional shots in that sequence seem to show that. Bad timing! I get so tired of seeing bad gaiting shots with tails up, toplines looking like the dogs are running downhill or with a big hump in the middle, or with so much over reaching that you can tell the dog is running sideways, even without seeing the down and back.

We had a really nice Mothers Day. I picked up mom and met up with Jess & Ron at Chatterbox for the Mother's Day Brunch which was good, although I thought the place was awfully dark and would have benefitted from better lighting. After eating we dropped Ron off, and the rest of us went out to Gertens which looked like a Plant Store Theme Park on steroids. Oh, so busy. Found a good parking spot though, and Gram sat and people watched while Jess and I did a bit of shopping. We both avoided the temptation to purchase tender annuals though - just too early!

Rain due again today, and the grass looks great. We're still two inches behind in precipitation for the year, but things are getting better!