6.4.2009

Meli's P.S.A.

Three things of note.

1. I am not a whippet.

2. I am not a going to be a greyhound. Way to big in my opinion and I find that size has nothing to do with who is "in charge".

3. I AM an italian greyhound. I'm smart, but stubborn. I love to chase birds/leaves that move outside and play tag inside. I burrow under the covers when I'm allowed in bed -- not enough in my opinion. I love to be around "my people" and am most aggrieved when they leave. I will chew cardboard and tear up newspapers to get your attention when I'm bored. Tug of war and de-stuffing toys are two of my hobbies. I LOVE to eat -- carrots, snap peas, chicken, bananas, peas...and oh yea my food isn't bad either. Big dogs are scary, but I'll play with ones closer to my size. I find the most comfortable places I can to relax. In short -- I'm glad that people recognize I'm in the sighthound family, but I do not fit into the above two categories.

I also am a fan of sunbathing

Checking things out...

This is how my ears look day to day...

This is how an IG's ears are supposed to be....if you're being all "technical"

Time for a walk! Let's go people!

A little break...hey, I have little legs!

Water for you....and some for me...

Where's Meli? Betcha can't find me!

October revisited

A few from October when Tim visited. Better late than never!

Field trip

A few pictures from Scott's flight to the Big Island and Maui the past week...

The Big Island, Part 4 (without photoshop)

And they just keep coming...I told you I had a lot! All of these are from Mauna Kea -- pretty close but not all the way to the top (which is a little over 13,000 ft.). That night we stayed up there for the sunset and then drove down to the visitors center and checked out some stars/planets they had set up on telescopes. Scott may not have looked cold but he stayed in the car for most of the time we were hanging out. He just got out to chase a receipt that blew out of the car when I opened the door. We aren't fans of littering -- on the sidewalk or a mountain!

The Big Island, Part 3 (and photoshop part 2)

The Big Island

Here are just a few pictures from our trip to the Big Island....we took a lot. There was lots to see! We stayed at the Kileuea Military Camp, which was right in the Hawaii Volcano National Park. So, we saw lava, went to the top of Mauna Kea, drove by lots of old lava (drove a lot period!) and saw as much as we could in a few days. More pictures to come!

Steam from the Kileuea caldera...they say the lava is now 100 meters under the surface...something's coming....

The caldera floor, we hiked down there..(don't worry, it's huge!)

The steam from the caldera floor

Ginger -- apparently in the national park its a nuisance and is constantly trying to be eradicated. Its similar to, but not the ginger in the store

Windmills on the south shore

Farmland on the south shore...we even saw cows & horses!

Lava going into the ocean

More lava...it was so neat to see!

The crowd oooing and aahing...you can see approx. how far away we were

8.31.2008