A number of you been curious about the thermal performance of Quadomated, so how about it, have we turned on the heat yet? Heck no!  So what have we noticed after living here over the past 6 months Passive solar really works! In the winter, when it’s cold outside, and the Read More

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Canine Companions for Independence sends out a quarterly newsletter about their great organization, the graduates, puppy raisers, and everything wonderful going on with their wonderful service dogs. Yours truly and Caleb the Super Dog made it on the front page with this article: Read More

Maybe a new spin for some of you dog followers out there, but back to some technical stuff. That is after all why this blog was created and is all (well mostly… now that I’ve got Caleb) about! Don’t want anyone thinking I forgot I’m a nerd! Finally starting to Read More

And, stepping through last month up till now… August 31 – Caleb Looking Awfully Handsome on the Backyard/Deck September 8 – A Few Action Shots I made for CCI of Caleb Helping Me Pay for Vegetables at the School Farm September 10 – A Trip to Portland for a Read More

Hmmmmm… How does one catch up after 2 months of blogging inactivity? Definitely with an apology for all of you who were concerned that something might have happened to me. I’m healthy and have had a truly wonderful summer enjoying the occasional sunny/non-rainy day, my new Read More

Have any of you Labrador retriever owners out there heard of swimmers tail? Well, I never had, until a few weeks ago, and let me tell you, it’s one of the most pathetic/heartbreaking things I’ve ever seen. Let’s see… It started something like this. Caleb was Read More

It’s been just over five weeks since our grass was planted and amidst several torrential downpours it seems to be coming in quite nicely! Nothing does test the ole groundwork like two inches of rain in an hour, the day after it was planted, but we made it through it and the Read More

It was a beautiful sunny afternoon, both parents had the day off, and we decided it was the perfect day to give Caleb his first bath in his new home. A couple things made this bath really go a whole lot easier. First, my expertly designed (yeah… I’m so cool) roll-in shower Read More

Hey there friends, just got a little poke in the rear from an e-mail saying UPDATE YOUR BLOG and then realized I’ve been a little lax about keeping up with my writings on Quadomated and Caleb the super dog. Seems I have a bit of a one track mind (been that way my whole Read More