Saturday, April 11, 2009

Teddy the Chow-Chow

I'd like to properly introduce you to Teddy, the designated guardian of October Farm.
Teddy is a Chow-Chow, a breed of dog once used to guard palaces in China. As you can see, old habits die hard.
Though cute, Chow-Chows are very territorial and suspicious of strangers. They are very affectionate to their family, however. Not to mention cute as all get-out.
At the conclusion of this little informal photo shoot, I thought I would lean in to give Teddy a kiss.
Chow-Chows also have the strongest jaw muscles of any other breed of dog. In other words, one only gets a picture like this through tremendous amounts of trust.

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An Easter Present

my radishes surprised me this morning. as soon as it was light enough for me to peek i went out to check on the dirt. and there they were. a whole row of radishes hatched. their little leaves were still holding grains of dirt but they are rising. appropriate for easter!