Friday, April 30, 2010
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Flyball Power Recall - side view - 17/04/2010
Power recall at flyball practice today. This is a different view of another power recall. Tilly is the first dog again. She is single striding between jumps which is good as it means she is running fast! Thanks to Kim and Paul for posting the video on youtube!
flyball training - power recall exercise 17/04/2010
Power recall at flyball practice today. This is a training exercise that helps to build up speed and endurance. 8 jumps spread over approx. 80 ft. Tilly (my dog - aussie mix) is the first dog in the run, followed by Ruby (mix?) C-ya (Jack Russell Terrier) and Tiny (Parsons Russell Terrier).
Monday, April 12, 2010
Rain Barrels
I bought a rain barrel from Quinte Conservation last spring. It is just great and I was able to use the collected water to water my flower beds throughout the summer. My rain barrel was $40.00 and I saw the exact same one at home depot for $95 so I know it was a quite a deal. I received an email at work today advising that the city's Green Taskforce is selling rain barrels this year, the same model and again at the bargain price of $40 bucks. I'm told they will even deliver your rain barrel for you. They only have 200 of them and they just advertised on Kijiji so you better get one before they are gone!
Here is a snip from the email I got:
"The City of
