The Afphgan hound ABU

Blaine's Northern Light community newspaper published a very moving letter from Diane, the owner of the recently passed ABU the Afphgan Hound. See letters to the Editor, Sept 17-23.

Where were you?

On Monday night , around 7 PM, there were 11 dogs and 5 guardians in the park. It was a genuine dog circus.

Dog Days of Summer at Lake Padden

Visited the DDoS at Padden off-leash, but by the time I arrived ( 1:20 PM ) most of the exhibitors were packin-it-in. The event was spared the forecast rain but it was wicked-windy with white-caps on the lake's west end.

Adequate parking seemed to be the biggy. So much so that the fenced in off-leash area was used for parking. Hmmm ! Guess I'm just a Blaine hayseed, but I found that most odd.

Thoreau in Skallman

Nipped into the park today at 7:15 PM, in between heavy rain showers - just Frekx , Nex, and me.

The sky was a deep, dark gray except for a few breaks on the Western horizon, sunset was still 45 minutes away.

The low sun shone through the cloud breaks sending horizontal rays in between the cedars, illuminating and refracting through small rain drops. Slanting rays close to the ground lit-up condensed vapor of the dog's exhaled breath ... a familiar sign of the new season. To the East, beyond the airfield, was an oh-my-gosh, vibrant double rainbow.

Today's early wind & rain storm brought down a fine dusting of pine & cedar needles onto the shaded bare earth, and in the parched lower meadow, straw colored grass is starting to blush GREEN.

Why many folks & pets from Southern Cal have moved to lil-olde Blaine.

Left: See time lapse photography of L.A. fires ( Aug-Sep ).

Right: Satellite image, Cat_5 Hurricane JIMENA tracks North along Baja penninsula.