Tag Archives: dogs

Duke and His Little Sister

Posted on August 2, 2012 by russtowne

This post started out as a comment on an earlier post, but I decided to share a revised version of it with all of you. My six year old Chocolate Lab is named “Duke”, which is short for “Duke of … Continue reading →

Posted in Dogs & Other Wonderful Creatures, Humor, True Stories I've Written | Tagged beloved, Cadbury, Daisy, Daisy Duke, dogs, Duke, Dukes of Hazzard, Sadie, Sean Connery | 8 Comments

Dogs on Rainy Days Too!

Posted on July 16, 2012 by russtowne

I saw the quip below and wanted to share it with you! It is funny and true. — Cleaning with kids in the house is like brushing your teeth while eating Oreos! — The same thing is true about trying … Continue reading →

Posted in Dogs & Other Wonderful Creatures, Family "Fun", Humor, Parenting | Tagged cleaning, dogs, house, kids, muddy, Oreos, rainy | 2 Comments

Family Nights

Posted on June 15, 2012 by russtowne

Picture if you will all the noise and people during rush hour in Grand Central Station, the commotion and energy of a busy dog park, the love and joy of a raucous religious revival, the laughter and entertainment of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Abundance, Dogs & Other Wonderful Creatures, Family "Fun", Grandparenting & Grandkids, Gratitude, Humor, Parenting, True Stories I've Written | Tagged circus, daughter, daughter-inlaw, dogs, Family, Family Night, Family Nights, Grand Central Station, king, Love, son | 6 Comments

This Sunshine Award Warmed My Heart

Posted on June 5, 2012 by russtowne

GinaV of http://professionsforpeace.wordpress.com/ recently honored my blog with the Sunshine Award, and included the following: “Hello Russ, your heart-warming blog has become a favorite place for me to visit for uplifting and thought-provoking material. You are an everyday hero to … Continue reading →

Posted in Abundance, Awards: Sharing The Love, Dogs & Other Wonderful Creatures, Gratitude, Nature, Praise | Tagged aleafinspringtime, award, dogs, Duke, everyday hero, Facebook, favorite, favorite place, FB, fern, fern garden, ferns, Gina, heart-warming, Hero, honored, humbled, JanBeek, pawstotalk, redwood, redwood grove, sunshine, Sunshine Award, thought-provoking, Twitter, uplifting | 4 Comments

Eight Lanes Of Danger

Posted on May 30, 2012 by russtowne

Eight Lanes Of Danger Aug 8 2011 Before this blog morphed into what it has become today, it was started as a convenient way to share songs and stories that I’d writen or co-written. So I thought it was high … Continue reading →

Posted in Courage, Creativity, Dogs & Other Wonderful Creatures, Songs I've Written or Co-Written | Tagged Dog, dogs, Eight Lanes Of Danger, freeway, Love | Leave a comment

The gift that keeps on giving {beautiful blogger award}

Posted on May 22, 2012 by russtowne

Today this blog was honored to have been nominated for the Beautiful Blogger Award from reader and fellow blogger, Jolyn of The Jolyn Project fame. The Jolyn Project is dedicated to anyone who wishes to change the world for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Abundance, Awards: Sharing The Love, Creativity, Generosity, Gratitude, Inspiring, LIfe Lessons, Making the World a Better Place, Observations, Optimism, Praise, Unexpected Pleasures | Tagged award, beautiful, Beautiful Blogger Award, Bella and Di Di, dogs, fun, funny, give yourself away, GYA, inspiring, Jolyn, kind, kind-hearted, kindness, lift while climbing, Love, loving, Paws to Talk, Shian, standard poodles, Touching | Leave a comment

Without Him, I’m Only Another Human

Posted on May 20, 2012 by russtowne

A friend sent the following to me because he knows how I much love dogs: Observations About Man’s Best Friend No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich. — Louis Sabin … Continue reading →

Posted in Dogs & Other Wonderful Creatures, Forgiveness, Friendship, Healing, Humor, Observations, Praise | Tagged affection, attention, best friend, bonnie Wilcox, canine, Caring, Dave Barry, devotion, divine, dogs, Dorothy Hinshaw, E.B. Whilte, Edward Hoagland, Friend, Gene Hill, George Bird Evans, healing, Henry Wheeler Shaw, John Steinbeck, kindness, Louis Saben, Love, Milan Kundera, Rick Horowitz, Rita Rudner, understanding, vigilance | Leave a comment

What A Great Idea!

Posted on April 27, 2012 by russtowne

I am often touched when I see “Welcome Home” video’s of mlitary servicepeople coming home from long deployments. I’ve just discovered a blog/site that is devoted to sharing such joyous moments with the world: WelcomeHomeBlog.com. What a great idea! To … Continue reading →

Posted in Courage, Dogs & Other Wonderful Creatures, Fun Vids, Gratitude, Humor, Inspiring, Vids & Stories That Touched Me | Tagged Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, daughter, deployment, Dog, dogs, family reunion, father, Marines, military, Mother, Navy, reunion, service, servicemen, servicepeople, servicewomen, soldiers, son, touched, Touching, videos, welcomehomeblog, welcomhomeblog.com | Leave a comment

“Dogs Welcome”

Posted on March 20, 2012 by russtowne

A friend just forwarded the message below to me. I got a chuckle out of it and thought you might too. “A man wrote a letter to a small hotel in a Midwest town he planned to visit on his … Continue reading →

Posted in Dogs & Other Wonderful Creatures | Tagged Dog, dogs, hotel, motel | 1 Comment

Hope For The Human Race Comes From An Unlikely Place

Posted on March 3, 2012 by russtowne

Awhile back I saw an amazing video of a dog who ran out onto a busy highway to to attempt to pull from danger another dog that had just been hit by a car. As cars whizzed by barely mising … Continue reading →