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Ella un-a-cyst-ed

I've been so focused on my book for the past year or more that I can't even remember the last time I posted an Ella update here to the blog. I find that unconscionable, so I'm here to remedy that....  read

Ella throws for home, not for the runner

It's been several months since I posted an Ella video, so I figure we're overdue. Here's one I took this past Saturday at Astoria Park during off-leash hours. Ella spies a squirrel foraging far out on the meadow. For a...  read

When you wish upon a squirrel

The other morning I truly thought for a moment that Ella had at long last caught a squirrel. We were walking in Astoria Park in Queens, as we often do, where dogs are allowed to roam off-leash before 9:00 a.m....  read

Just resting

Dead squirrel lies prone, Chin resting on its two paws. Looks like it's sleeping. Crossposted from Inhuman Swill  read

The squirrel and the hawk (not a parable)

There are moments when you just can't get your camera up in time. Tuesday morning Ella and I went to one of her favorite haunts, Warren Park, for an extended walk. Tennis ball in mouth, Ella bounded up the south...  read

More incredible feats of squirrel parkour

I think I've finally figured out how Ella can be all the way at the front end of our apartment and detect the presence of a squirrel in the back yard. Birds are the key. When a rodent invades their...  read

Almost fall

Squirrels chasing each Other up and around trees Like on Benny Hill Crossposted from Inhuman Swill  read