Category: Photography

Photography

Metamora

Shelly

A family friend visited us multiple times over the course of several years and took tons of photos and slides. At some point, he gave them to my mom, and she asked me to scan the slides for her, since I have a slide scanner. This is just a few of the more general photos. These were taken between 1979 and 1980, in Metamora, Indiana.

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Below the aqueduct

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Foggy canal

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Candle Shop (?) and Post Office

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Train

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Canal and Water Wheel

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Canal Days crowds

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Canal Days vendors

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Canal Days vendors near the mill park

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Gristmill interior

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Inside our woodworking shop

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Me reading

Crankypantsing, Pets, Photography

Seven Days Post-op

Shelly

Seven Days Post-op

The incision looks pretty good, I think. Frances is over the whole cone thing, but she’s being a trooper.

The histopathology report is finally back. The vet called this afternoon with the results. One tumor was malignant, but they gave it a grade 1 and the margins were good, so I’m cautiously optimistic that it hasn’t metastasized.  Frances will need a second surgery to remove the remaining tumors, and that’s scheduled for next Wednesday. 

In the meantime, we’re finding ways to entertain ourselves. There are few things more ridiculous as a dog in a cone trying to get carrot slices out of a treat ball. 

Cookie ball + cone of shame = cheap entertainment for one of us #dogs #pitbulls #pitbullterriers #coneofshame

Also, because I haven’t spent enough time sitting on my ass, waiting for other people, I got up at 6am so I could get a shower and run to the grocery store before maintenance came to fix some stuff in my apartment. And then I rushed home to put away groceries and frantically clean the bathroom and kitchen. And then I say on my ass all day and waited. And waited. And waited. 

Maybe they’ll show up on Friday?

Pets, Photography

Fruit Bat

Shelly

I asked her if she could be any cuter. Nope. #dogs #pitbulls #pitbullterriers #coneofshame #fruitbatforlife

No news on the histopathology report. I should have heard from the vet today, but I’m guessing either they or the lab were super busy because this is a short holiday week.

I am not the princess of patience, though. If I don’t hear from them by tomorrow afternoon, I expect my need for information will win against my need to not make phone calls.

Pets, Photography, Videos

Homemade Pill Pockets

Shelly

Homemade pill pocket, using peanut butter and a piece of flatbread. #dogs #pillingdogs #pillpockets #diy

I tear off a small piece of flatbread (tortillas or chapatis work just as well), place the pill(s) on it, smear peanut butter along one edge, then roll it up and seal it with the peanut butter.

Then before I give the pill pocket to Frances, I make sure she sees the knife with the remainder of the peanut butter on it. This is key if the dog is picky. You want their greed to get the better of them. Frances is so busy thinking about the peanut butter on the knife that she Hoovers up the pill pocket as fast as she can. Then I let her lick the knife clean as a treat.

Pets, Photography

Will Beg for Food

Shelly

Will beg for food #dogs #pitbullterriers #pitbullcomplaints #pitbullterriers #beggingbeggardogs #coneofshame

Frances says, “This thing isn’t funnel shaped for nothing, lady. Toss some food this way.”

I’m fairly confident that she’s feeling no pain. And she shouldn’t be, given the pain meds she’s on. I had to set up alarms on my phone, to keep them all straight and to ensure I don’t forget any.

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I also made a chart to mark off the doses I’d given her, so I don’t have to rely on my Swiss cheese brain to remember.

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