Thank you so much for the shout out and kind words! I’m horrible about these award things (I barely have time to write the posts on my list of stuff to write)… But truthfully, given that these awards are floating around so much, I pretty much just take an all or nothing approach to it. Either participate or I don’t. So my apologies for not participating in it. But I so appreciate the kind words though! Thank you again!

It’s always refreshing to read your training posts. for a while I was inspired to re-do Loki’s search by retraining it with nose work (inspired by and based on your posts) rather than how he was trained the first time around (pretty sloppily). Its safe to say, i’ve book marked your posts on it and hope to return to teaching him properly!

Have a great day!
Julie

I’m feeling like such a musical philistine right now. I’ve never heard of Spring Awakening or Richard Thomas. Yes, I could Google them but that would lead me away from commenting on your next blog post, I’d probably be wandering around various web sites for hours!

I’m envious of the no wrinkles and silver hair, what a great combination! I don’t have enough grey hair to be interesting, in fact I’ve probably got more wrinkles than grey hairs:)

I knew there was a reason I loved you guys (gals). 🙂

As for my current pop phase – it’s only because pop engages the body allowing my head to focus on the rather complicated programming I’m involved in at the moment. Not sure what’ll be up next but I’ve been listening to a lot of world music over the last few years…

Always fun to find fellow music lovers. 🙂

Fellow musical lovers? Awesome.

I have the On Broadway station saved on my car’s XM so that I can listen to it all the time… they play entire musicals some nights of the week and it’s really addictive (and perfect for long car trips). 🙂

I don’t manage to make it to every corner of the Internet… so thanks for introducing me to some new blogs. 🙂

There really are some wonderful photographers – I’m always in awe and want them to teach me some tricks!

Ooooh, we do need to talk music (not pop). I like the really old musicals (Gershwin, Bernstein, Lerner & Lowe) and edgier modern stuff like Spring Awakening.

What’s coming after the pop phase?

And don’t be humbled. You’re in very good company with your photos. 🙂

I hope you enjoy Wild Dingo. It’s a hoot.

Well, I try to be a good girl. I was feeling so guilty about not sharing the link love. 🙂

I got married at 23 which is pretty young for nowadays. But your comment about irresponsible hairdressers got me thinking that maybe I should dye my roots blue. At least it would look like I was intentional instead of just sloppy. 🙂

And sorry, I don’t know why I hate pop music (Adele included). I just do. At first I thought I was being contrarian. But my husband, who knows music better than I do, noticed that I hate music with a “hook.” And I don’t care for repetition. Both “hooks” and repetition are a big part of pop music.

If you peer into my music collection, you’ll find lots of people who experiment with wildly different styles, like Joe Jackson and Richard Thompson. And their music that makes it into the popular imagination? I just hate it. I must have the pop music gene turned off in my DNA. 🙂

Whoa! I didn’t think there was anything Pup Fan didn’t beat me to. 🙂

You belong in that company as well but I wanted to share the link love in a few new places. There are so many great photographers out there.

Thank you. Of course the thrill pales in comparison with puppy breath. 🙂

And humbled.

I once wrote that Greyhounds CAN Sit was the first blog I followed but I realize now that’s not entirely true. A few years ago, I followed my very first dog blog: 365 Days of Puppy in Pictures (i.e. sort of Wootube 1.0) So it’s official: I am drawn to bloggers who take incredible photos of their dogs. The thought of being mentioned among them is a bit surreal. Thank you. (Off to go peruse Wild Dingo the only blog on your list with whom I am not familiar.)

I love the “requirement” of this award as it has been fun discovering these little tidbits about you. We shall have to talk music someday… (Although I am currently in a bit of a pop phase, it was all musicals all the time back in the fall.)