Tag Archives: Golden Gate Park

Sparrowday Supplement: Dark-Eyed Junco?

I’m not much of a birder, but I think (?) this little tweeter I ran into last Thursday was a dark-eyed junco.

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Dog of the Day: Kimi the Taiwanese Rescue

Kimi (girl, 4) came over from Taiwan when she was just 1. She’s still recovering from some pretty harrowing experiences, both there and once she got here: she ran away within the first week of her arriving in San Francisco … Continue reading

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Dog of the Day: Rocco the Labrador Retriever German Shepherd Mix

I ventured forth into the wide world today, in search of a vaccine (which I got!) and some dogs (which I also got!) Rocco (9) is one of today’s catch. He was very well-behaved: he didn’t try to leap up … Continue reading

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Sunday Switchup: Piggie Piggie Pig

Guinea pigs aren’t from Guinea, or New Guinea. Nor are they pigs. Kinda cute, though.

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Sunday Disapproving Switchup: Bunneh

Disapproving Bunneh! Actually he’s not all that disapproving, is he? He just looks kind of tired to me. Perhaps that was because he was handled by dozens of people through the course of what was for him a very long … Continue reading

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Sunday Switchup: You’re Hairy, Potter

So I went to a pet fair in Golden Gate Park a few weeks ago, and this happened. Apparently they are highly educated and eminently employable goats. Apparently they used to be hired out to provide constructive criticism on people’s … Continue reading

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Sunday Switchup: A Rat In A Hammock

(PSA: if you’re viewing this on facebook I’m afraid you’ll just have to visit my site for the full experience of this one. I think.) So I’ve been trying to figure out what to do about Apple Live Photos, which … Continue reading

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Dog of the Day: Mexican Hairless

A Mexican hairless dog, in celebration of my Mexican vacation. I am not sure how it never occurred to me before that a dog with no fur and black skin would be really well-adapted to a very hot climate, but … Continue reading

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Lots-a-dogs Day: Corgis etc.

I was just reminded (thanks, Matthew!) that I had promised some corgi pictures. So here they are.

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Double Dog Day: Corgi Teaser

I’m a little low on time today, so here’s a teaser for a group of corgis that I will be posting sometime soon. Dad doesn’t seem to be entirely happy with them, I think because the one on his back … Continue reading

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