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Sad, Vetruvian Gimp
I’m too tired to even pose properly.
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I knew mommy walked funny, but I didn’t realize there was a suit for that.
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Come see what my boys have been up to in Dream Our World.
Inside Dream Our World, Bitey and Toby visit the museum of their dreams, view the world or art from a canine perspective and enjoy a day of unsupervised fun.
Dream Our World and other fine gifts are available from my shop at L Bowman Studios.
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I’m all done with my tree. Can I come in now?
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I’ll spare you the details and just say that things are happily back to normal with Murphy now!
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Come see what my other boys have been up to (including a “tree” joke!) in Dream Our World.
Inside Dream Our World, Bitey and Toby visit the museum of their dreams, view the world or art from a canine perspective and enjoy a day of unsupervised fun.
Dream Our World and other fine gifts are available from my shop at L Bowman Studios.
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(The original “Fresh Hell” post, in case you’re interested.) What can I say? Life just keeps getting better and better!
Maybe if I don’t look at her no one will realize we’re together.
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I read recently that journaling is a great way to improve mental health. I’ve always considered Bitey Dog to be my journal, so I thought this would be a nice excuse to play online more. However….yesterday it took my PC an hour and a half to do computer-slowing scans, and by the time it was done I no longer had time to work. Today stupid Windows Updates stole over two hours from me before I could sit down to journal. I talked to a friend this week who had to make four phone calls to four different representatives to re-schedule a charitable donation pickup. If someone really wants to help us with mental health, make effing things work right the first time!!! Sheesh.
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Spring is right around the corner! Soon flowers and butterflies will be everywhere. Bring some of that springtime joy into your home with this handmade Butterfly Quilt.
A handmade Butterfly Quilt would brighten your guest bedroom with a patchwork look reminiscent of the quilts Grandma used to make. The soft, cozy quilt would welcome your guests and help them to feel at home.
Handmade Butterfly Quilt, and other fine gifts, are available from my shop at L Bowman Studios.
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I have been doing nearly two hours of upper body work every other day for six months, and my arms are just as scrawny as they were when I started. How do I know? I need to measure them when ordering braces or compression sleeves. What will I need to do to bulk up? I can’t do those raw egg shakes like Rocky did.
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I can! I can! My tummy is all better, and I want FOOD!
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Spring is right around the corner! Soon flowers and butterflies will be everywhere. Bring some of that springtime joy into your home with this handmade Butterfly Quilt.
A handmade Butterfly Quilt would brighten your guest bedroom with a patchwork look reminiscent of the quilts Grandma used to make. The soft, cozy quilt would welcome your guests and help them to feel at home.
Handmade Butterfly Quilt, and other fine gifts, are available from my shop at L Bowman Studios.
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My official title was “Geordie Stinkypoopyfur I”.
Who is this usurper to take my title?!?
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Leave me alone. I don’t feel well. ☹️
I am presuming this is a stomach virus Murphy caught, but I don’t know for sure. The vet said if he isn’t feeling at least a little better by tomorrow I should bring him in. In the meantime, I am supposed to fast him. This is possibly harder for me than it is for him. I worry that he is going to think I am starving him like the hoarders did. (If mommy had tears, she would be crying right now.)
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Spring is nearly here! Flowers and butterflies will soon be everywhere. Bring some of that springtime joy into your home with this handmade Butterfly Quilt.
This handmade Butterfly Quilt could brighten your guest bedroom with a patchwork look reminiscent of the quilts Grandma used to make. The soft, cozy quilt would welcome your guests and help them to feel at home.
Handmade Butterfly Quilt, and other fine gifts, are available from my shop at L Bowman Studios.
When my mom found out I had scheduled a pick up for my charity items she brought over a few of her own. Not bad since we just started gathering things since the first of the year.
Not long after I started de-cluttering the reading in church was about how if you have two cloaks, you should give one to someone who has none. I keep hoping that my donations make it to people in need.
Unfortunately I am very good at storing large amounts of goods in small amounts of space. Even though I’ve removed all of this and more, the place looks pretty much the same.
Does this have to do with food? No?
Then stop yammering about it!
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Teddy Bears and Hearts Quilt has cuddly teddy bears and happy hearts are lovingly hand appliqued in layers on this darling handmade quilt for your baby.
Imagine tucking in your little one with this Teddy Bears and Hearts Quilt. Your child is sure to enjoy the pleasing colors while cotton batting gives it an extra soft feel.
Teddy Bears and Hearts Quilt, and other fine gifts, are available from my shop at L Bowman Studios.
I look forward to sending my quilts to happy homes where the can be enjoyed!
I have no memory of writing this.
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You need to stop watching science documentaries to help you fall asleep.
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Thanks to (a bunch of crap nobody cares about) I have been in PT using arm bikes, lifting weights and working with resistance bands for several months. After all this time I am practically unrecognizable.
Get a load of them guns!
And you thought she was kidding about that stick figure.
The sad part? I look much better now than when I started.
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Looking for ways to stay warm? Consider this handmade bear Paw Quilt!
This rustic Bear Paw Quilt would fit in nicely at a cabin by the lake or thrown over your couch at home. The pattern is geometric, and the colors are bold yet earthy. The overall effect of the quilt is of paw prints in snow. On sunny days, the colors look so inviting it is hard not to lie down on them and take a nap.
Handmade Bear Paw Quilt and other fine gifts are available from my shop at L Bowman Studios.
Several months ago my neighbor had to help her little dog cross the Bridge. Since then the woman has been very down without her constant companion. After many prayers and a thorough search of online rescues, she found a pup who looked like a perfect match.
This lady was counting the days – the minutes – until the little dog arrived! She bought sweaters and dishes and cases of food and booties and pet-friendly salt and seatbelts and toys and beds and leashes and harnesses in preparation for the pup’s arrival. This little dog would have wanted for nothing.
On adoption day, though, the new pup slipped her harness and ran away. Within minutes the neighborhood mobilized to help find her. Fliers were put up. Facebook notices were posted. People brought drones with FLIR to help with the search. There were even bloodhounds.
Although there have been several sightings, no one has caught the runaway pup. By today it has been a week, and her chances of being found are not so good. I helped with the search as much as I could. I was out for days checking the creek, looking under sheds and cars, literally beating the bushes to see if I could roust her from a hiding spot, but I found nothing.
I’ve been feeling particularly down this week, and I think it is because of this missing little girl. I was looking forward to getting to know her – to helping discover that all humans aren’t bad. (She was saved from a puppy mill where she produced litter after litter for most of her seven years. At this point she didn’t like or trust humans very much.). I would have been her dog walker, and I was mentally planning the routes we would have covered…the friends we might have made. While she wasn’t my girl, I looked forward to her as if she were.
I told my friend about how I’ve been feeling, and she said that maybe I need to let go. This isn’t a problem I can solve (even though I feel as if it is my fault, that my not-aggressive-enough hunting skills left the dog out in the cold).
I find myself wondering if maybe the little girl dog prayed when she was in captivity. Perhaps her prayers weren’t for a soft bed or a warm house. Maybe she prayed for freedom. Making her own decisions, being her own woman – even if only for short while – may have been more important to her than creature comforts. I like to think that she is (or was) happy breathing fresh air, finding her own food, feeling the rain on her fur. Maybe these things brought her greater joy than our leashed walks ever could.
I just wish it didn’t have to hurt so much.
I thought of her as “Girl Murphy” since they looked similar and shared a Gotcha Day.
Mom’s been hugging me a lot lately. What’s going on?
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Let me in. It wasn’t me. I swear!
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OK, seriously, I have this big bottle of collagen that it’s obvious I can’t take. Any suggestions what I can do with it? Can you compost collagen?
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Looking for ways to stay warm? Consider this!
This rustic Bear Paw Quilt would fit in nicely at a cabin by the lake or thrown over your couch at home. The pattern is geometric, and the colors are bold yet earthy. The overall effect of the quilt is of paw prints in snow. On sunny days, the colors look so inviting it is hard not to lie down on them and take a nap.
Handmade Bear Paw Quilt and other fine gifts are available from my shop at L Bowman Studios.
The Adventures of Bitey Dog 