Sunday Switchup: Window View

Posted on March 8, 2026 by Adam Lang

I had a kind of a pretty view out the window of my Vancouver hotel room. The hotel was, well, let’s just say it had seen better days, but the price was right, the view was nice, and the location was great, so who am I to complain?

I have arrived home, about 50 minutes ago. Now it’s time for my scheduled two weeks of crushing depression and wishing that my entire life could be staying in posh hotels and hiking and seeing cute animals! Maybe I will live long enough to retire, and there will be enough country left for me to retire in. Here’s hoping!

View With Two Lit Cranes In Vancouver, BC
The two funky-looking things are cranes. It took me an embarrassing amount of time to figure that out.
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Caturday Supplement: Kitty In A Compromising Position

Posted on March 7, 2026 by Adam Lang

I just spent about an hour trying to figure out how to edit a chain link fence out of a few big cat photos. Photoshop might be able to do it, but right at the moment Pixelmator, Luminar Neo, and Apple Photos aren’t quiiiite up to the task, and after Adobe went to a subscription model for their main programs 15 years ago or so, and after the rest of their software basically became viruses that were impossible to uninstall, I gave up on them. I’ll wait until the other non-Adobe tools can do what I want.

In the mean time, I caught someone on the potty, and he was very very not amused.

Grey And White Tiger Tabby Sitting In A Litterbox
Silly cat. That is NOT a sit box!
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Alma Mater Dog of the Day: Justice the Long-Haired German Shepherd

Posted on March 5, 2026 by Adam Lang

I visited my old stomping grounds — not technically my Alma Mater since I never, you know, graduated, but close enough — Reed College, while I was in Portland. And on that lovely campus I ran across a couple of dogs, one of whom was Justice, the German Shepherd. I don’t have his age recorded, but apparently he was born on the 4th of July, so I guess that’s where his name came from.

Fluffy German Shepherd
German Shepherds shed a lot already, I can’t imagine what a long-haired one is like.
Fluffy German Shepherd
Got all that German shepherd attitude though, right enough.
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Honorary DoSF of the Day: Koko the Chihuahua

Posted on March 4, 2026 by Adam Lang

I grabbed this picture of Koko on January 26th, in Seattle, and my notes say that he turned 2 on the 14th of January. It’s a bit belated for a birthday celebration, but happy unbirthday to you, Koko!

I’ll be back in San Francisco in a few days, and will do my utmost to edit and post some of the nature photos I took with my super giant big new spiffy long lens. Hopefully this time it will take me less than a year to get around to it!

Man With Chihuahua In His Coat
I feel like ‘is that a Chihuahua in your pocket’ is the start of some kind of dirty joke.
Chihuahua
A very soulful expression.
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Honorary DoSF of the Day: My Friend Ruby the Labradoodle

Posted on March 3, 2026 by Adam Lang

I made a friend up in Seattle! I ran across Ruby (4) and her mom while heading down to Pike’s Place Market, and asked if I could say hi, and her mom said, “Well, she’s very, very shy, so you oh she never usually does that!” And Ruby looked at me for a second and then ran over and sniffed my hand and then licked my face and I scratched her butt and she wiggled happily. Sometimes being a dog blogger has its advantages: the dogs can tell!

Black Labradoodle With White Medallion Giving Side-Eye
Strong side-eye game!
Black Labradoodle Apparently Raising One Ear
She MUST have shaken her head, right? Labradoodles can’t raise their ears like that, right?
Black Labradoodle On Hind Legs
Mom trying to get her looking in the right direction.
Black Labradoodle
I TOLD you she had a strong side-eye game.
Black Labradoodle With Little White Goatee
I love the little goatee!
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Sunday Switchup: Kai the Blue and Gold Macaw

Posted on March 1, 2026 by Adam Lang

I ran into Kai in the Pike’s Place Market in Seattle. Funny thing: Kai was also the name of a boss of mine at a previous job, and a former coworker of mine at my current job, but both of those Kais are younger than this Kai: he’s 44! Which isn’t actually all that old for a macaw: some of them have been known to live 80 years. I wish dogs lived that long, although I realize that would make a dog a hell of a commitment.

Anyway, no captions or hovertext, despite temptation: there are just too many cute pictures of Kai.

PS: How’s this for funny: there are several pictures on my roll of me holding Kai. But they all came out blurry: I was the one moving around too much!

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Caturday Supplement: Juno the OSU Cat

Posted on February 28, 2026 by Adam Lang

While I was visiting Anne down in Albany, Oregon and environs, we dropped by the OSU campus where she works. And while we were there, we ran across Juno, who also works on the campus, presumably as a therapist. She has an instagram, too!

Marmalade Tiger Tabby Cat
I got a LOT of blurry photos. It was pretty dark outside. I’m going to be replacing my phone pretty soon, and if I get what I expect, I might start carrying around a better low-light camera with me. I’m tired of making excuses!
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Double Honorary DoSF of the Day: Anya the Flat Coat Retriever And T-Bone the Golden Retriever

Posted on February 26, 2026 by Adam Lang

It’s a double-retriever sort of day, and Anya (8) and T-Bone (1, a girl!) were happy to provide.

Golden Retriever And Flat Coat Retriever
Tell you what, I don’t know what to make of this. The one year old golden looks somber and the eight year old flat-coat looks goofy?
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Shipwreck Dog Day: Conrad the Goldendoodle

Posted on February 25, 2026 by Adam Lang

I ran across Conrad (3) yesterday while he was exploring the wreck of the old Peter Iredale, near Astoria in Northern Oregon. He thought it was pretty neat, and so did I.

(Sure was a pretty day here yesterday, huh?)

Goldendoodle Sniffing At The Wreck Of The Peter Iredale
Conrad found it fascinating. Possibly because it smelled a bit like fish.
Goldendoodle On A Beach
The tide was coming in. Lucky I wore my boots!
The Wreck Of The Peter Iredale
No, there is no dog in this picture. I just thought it was pretty enough to add.
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Honorary Double DoSF Day: Otis and Richie the Pug Puppies

Posted on February 24, 2026 by Adam Lang

Otis and Richie are brothers, both 5 months old in these pictures. (Otis is the one in the orange.) I ran into them in Seattle, right outside the Pike Place Market. They were almost certainly quite interested in all the yummy things available, although I’m not sure whether they would have preferred to eat or roll in the fresh fish.

Two Pug Puppies In Jackets
I get a lot of different reactions to the funny noises I make from adult dogs, but the puppies almost always give me a nice head tilt.
Pug Puppy In Jacket Giving Side-Eye
Someone’s side-eye game is very strong.
Pug Puppy In A Jacket Sitting On The Sidewalk
Pretty good trick, getting a five month old pug puppy to sit on command. Even briefly.
Pug Puppy Staring Into The Camera
I occasionally think about dabbing my camera with raw meat. I like to think I’d get more pictures like this.
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