Deaf Dogs and Benevolent Gnomes

Spring is upon us in the high desert of Idaho. Blooms are staring to pop on some plants, bulbs are emerging, and robins have begun to flitt...

April 15th is rapidly approaching yet again. As a reminder, Tito and Shadowfax would very much like to offer you their assistance with comp...

Tito had a pretty rough week last week. He had a couple of days of progressively more upset tummy, couldn't hold down anything, and wor...

In theory this blog is supposed to be about gardening and homesteading and Idaho (formerly North Dakota) and deaf dogs. The deaf dogs aspec...

Over the past years we've chronicled the difficulty of photographing Tito. Suffice to say that it isn't easy, and pictures of Tito ...

Tummy Warming Experience Level - Advanced Intermediate As we've mentioned in previous posts, Shaak Ti (and Shadowfax to a lesser ext...

Shaak Ti spends a lot of time in front of the fireplace, usually warming herself. But occasionally she'll just lay there and stare at t...

One of our favorite hobbies is watching birds, either here at the homestead or when we're on vacation. We aren't hardcore birding f...