this was the swingingest dogfest yet....teh big kid's swing was a huge success with all the big kids here-- of which tehre were alot... the other swing was zeke-- our resident tree trimmer who threw a rope over a tree some 90 feet in the air then another on teh other side of the field-- maybe 80 feet up... climbed between them -- tehn let go of one rope and swung BIG TIME-- it is not the kind of thing conducive to making an error, in the maze of ropes and knots and slip knots
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my kids swing-- complements of chip--- is truely a beautiful thing-- with my huge monkey fist int he middle and 2 "air chairs" on either side- those air chairs are teh most comfortable recliners going. canvas complete with beer/water holder --10 years ago they were$100-- now-- same thign- same airchair name is $26
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knots---- scott aubin gave a short talk about his book "knot today"-- which he signed for anyone... scott is the one that landed in my office- having just tried suicide, was alchoholic, had a warrent for his arrest-- and a few other gems.... but dash liked him so i DID A CORY CHECK ON HIM ( FOR $99.00) gave himn "dash" and told him to pay it forward.. which he is doing big time.. working withthe staTE OF NEW YORK WANDER ING AROUND AS SPEAKER... HE IS GOOD AT THAT
IN CASE YOU NEED A SPEAker..
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we took the pups out for everyone to see-- because of teh kennel cough we had a couple weeks ago, their traqining is way behind... and i was not sure they would follow megan- or anyone.. so i made my 2 wagons into puppy cages-- put megan and 6 pups in one and devin and 5 pups in the otehr with 8 sidewalkers and it was a huge success --- both days... .
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i forget how doing normal things is entertaining for people not normally involved.... ther e shojudl be a good photo of megan giving walter a bath with teh help of 4 other people-- luckily he is huge and could accomodate 5 scrubbers...
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IT EWAS A GREAT THANK YOU TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO'S $10 DONATION FOR CHICKEN BRICKS MAKE IT ALL HAPPEN..
PLUS OTEHR DONATIONS OF "STUFF" LIKE BAGS FROM Kellene (PINWHEELS FROM SYRACUSE) stuffed and “detagged“ but unwarshed fluffies-- GOT TO GET THAT "R" IN WARSHED FOR TEH NEW YORK FOLK.
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we have a shakedown meeting of the board tomorrow night--there were alot fo "near misses" during dog fest, but our standard crew more than pulled theri weight so at the moment the place is neater than it was before all those people came and went.
things like-- the icecream got bought, kept frozen.. then thawed to a useable consistency and topped with whipped cream, and i never knew any of the details..
simple things like trash made it's way to the dumpster- AND NO ONE WAS EVER "ASSIGNED" THAT TASK
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and tehn WE HAVE ADI on friday ( i think)
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DEAR CARLENE,,,
WELL, YOU KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK....FANTASTIC DOG FEST ONCE AGAIN THIS YEAR. THANK YOU TO YOU, YOUR STAFF, VOLUNTEERS AND EVERYONE INVOLVED WITH MAKING IT A SUCCESS. THE SWING AND CHAIRS WERE A COMPLETE SUCCESS AS WAS EVERYTHING ELSE. AS I WATCHED FROM CALIFORNIA, I ALMOST FELT LIKE AS THOUGH I WAS THERE DUE TO THE EXCELLENT CAMERA PEOPLE.
THANK YO SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US THIS WONDERFUL PRIVILEGE OF LOOKING IN ON YOUR HOME AND ALL YOU DO.
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Hello Carlene,
I am sure your weekend was full of thank you’d from everyone attending Dog Fest, so I want to add mine. I wasn’t able to attend dog fest, because I was attending my niece’s wedding in Arizona. Going required a 5 hour flight and 2 hour drive after we had worked all day. The wedding was a typical cowboy wedding, held outdoors on very rough ground. As I played the wedding march on our Great, Great, Great Grandfather’s 180 year old fiddle and watched my beautiful niece walk down the path to her future, I looked down at Rizz and was overwhelmed with gratitude for the sweet dog and all of the SDP community that made this moment possible. What Rizz gives me is precious moments.....Thank you and SDP for making this moment and all of our future moments possible!
Heidi and Rizz
