Archive for the 'Animals' Category
Oh the joys of my work as an editor… this week, I’ve been on the phone with Tahoe athletes vying for a spot in the coming 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. And while I’ve been trying to figure out how to list all their accomplishments in a consistent manner, and checking the writer’s stats [...]
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Tags: mascot, Olympics
calendar pup
Is your dog this happy? And adopted? Then enter him or her in the Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe’s photo contest for their 2010 calendar. Dog(s) must be pictured livin’ the good life in the Truckee/Tahoe area.
Email entries to dale@hstt.org or click here for more info.
And speaking of calendars… since no one can have enough of them [...]
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the mascot and me
So my first Reno Aces game last Thursday was uh-mazing. Why? One word: Archie. Sure, the new ballpark was great and the game was exciting—especially when the Aces rallied to score 4 in the fourth inning—but the amorphous mascot took the cake.
Maybe I am just a sucker for furry animal-like creatures, but I loved him, [...]
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Tags: baseball, mascot, Reno Aces
may i present the monkeys…
Here are the pics you’ve (*cough* I’ve) been waiting anxiously for—of my stencil-born monkeys and leaves, which decorated the best baby shower ever.
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Tags: monkeys, stenciling
where the wild things are
It’s that time of year again for Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care. The time when nature’s babies are born, and the unfortunate circle of life leads some of these critters into helping hands. As of last week, the South Lake Tahoe center was caring for 6 baby western gray squirrels, 5 chipmunks, 7 raccoons, 5 great-horned [...]
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bear in the woods
Saw my first bear of the season this morning on a walk down near Skylandia Beach in Tahoe City—quite a strange place for an ursine encounter as the industry on Lake Forest Road was bustling, and the bear (a big, honking coffee-colored guy) was not even an eighth-mile from the road.
In other bear news, Li’l [...]
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