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Megan Coughlin
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cats, dogs, crows, travel, Seattle
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Look, I love how WNBA fans cheer for former team members and players who went to college or high school in the area, but why is this Seattle Storm crowd cheering so much for freakin’ Sophie Cunningham?!?
August 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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I had a wonderful few days with college friends in St Louis and with friend Bob and family at Warm Beach, and I barely took any photos. St. Louis was an exercise in thinking of air conditioned spaces to visit (both meanings of the word) and escape the 100-plus “feels-like” temps.
Chihuly stork-like installation at the St. Louis Botanical Garden. Glass pieces in shades of orange have graceful curves that evoke wading birds, standing on one support in a pond covered in water plants. Art. This is a set of blue lucite boxes in the middle of a gallery with a large multi-color canvas piece at one end, which is reflected in the bottom, top, and sides of the lucite boxes. A man in a green shirt (my friend) is sitting on the floor to take a floor-level photo of the blue lucite installation. You can see the multi-colored canvas piece on the back wall and reflected inside the lucite piece. A golden gargoyle on a roof as seen through a very high, arched window in a gallery.
August 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Do they, with their big Harvard brains, not know that telling your blackmailer your top price sets that price? “Up to,” indeed.
July 29, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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This chair isn’t really big enough to lounge next to the human, and that is the human’s fault.
A black, white, and brindle cardigan welsh corgi puppy with a freckled snoot is lying on a dining room chair. He is looking up at the camera with a somewhat accusatory expression.
July 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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I guess it is pretty confusing to be a puppy raised by cats.
A cardigan welsh corgi puppy with brindle markings and freckles sits on the first level of a 3-level cat tree. He is looking very alertly at the camera with a bit of a head-tilt.
June 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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I have a bit of a crow family mystery this year. Arrow and 5 yo offspring Flappy Bird are the only ones willing to come get food while I am on the porch. Their mates want nothing to do with me. There are 2 fledglings this year, and both were nearby and begging from these 2 crows (more in comment).
A fledgling crow on a wooden fence that has seen better days has its mouth wide open and is begging for food from either of two adult crows flanking it. You can tell it’s a fledgling by the pink mouth and by its monotone caw, which it mostly uses to beg for food.
June 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Bertie Woofster didn’t seem to appreciate going through this rite of passage, but he’s doing well now and can probably be free of the cone (or donut) soon.
A black & white cardigan welsh corgi puppy with brindle markings and freckles wearing the dreaded cone. His ears are being pushed sideways and forward like the Flying Nun, and he is mid-bark. Since the cone mostly operates as a megaphone, cat-catcher, and shin-bruiser, the black & white cardigan welsh corgi with brindle markings and freckles is now wearing a soft, grey, donut-like collar to prevent him from being able to lick his stitches.
June 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Bertie Woofster went to his first corgi meet-up yesterday at Dog Yard Bar. Sometimes it was a little intimidating — he was the youngest there, and the only Cardigan — but he ended up having fun times and making a new best friend named Twig.
A black & white cardigan welsh corgi is perched on a white couch with gray cushions, next to a woman dressed in black & gray. The puppy is peering down at two pembroke welsh corgis standing below him. One is a tri-color (black, white, and tan) with a tail; the other is your classic, tail-less reddish corgi wearing a black harness. A black & white cardigan welsh corgi puppy with brindle markings and freckles is in the middle of a fun corgi-fight with his new best friend Twig, a tri-color pembroke welsh corgi with a tail. They are mutually gnawing on each other’s necks. A black & white cardigan welsh corgi puppy with brindle markings is snuggling upside down into gray couch cushions. He’s taking a little break from the corgi shenanigans. A red & white pembroke welsh corgi and a black & white cardigan welsh corgi with freckles on his nose drink out of a blue splash pool with cartoon characters as water droplets shimmer all about them.
June 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Another break in the ongoing battle with his tail. It’s not so easy being a Bertie Woofster.
A black & white corgi puppy in an awkward position on a front porch. His butt is in the air. His head down on the porch, twisted so he’s lying on his left shoulder. His right front paw is stretched back toward his tail.
June 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Bertie Woofster found a wonderful toy on our walk this morning. (It’s a pinecone.) He proudly showed it to other dogs out on their morning walks.
A black & white cardigan welsh corgi puppy with freckles on his snoot and feet looks back at his leash-holder. He is carrying a large pinecone in his mouth, and looks quite pleased.
June 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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The problem with being a Cardigan Welsh Corgi is that your tail attacks you out of nowhere! Sometimes you have to take a little break mid-fight.
A black & white corgi puppy sprawls on his back in the middle of a wood floor. His mouth is agape and his teeth are showing. It’s exhausting being a puppy whose tail attacks you without mercy.
May 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Does Bertie Woofster think he’s a cat, or does he think the cats are dogs? He thinks he can get the cats to chase him and tries to share his toys with them. But he also goes where they go, including the back of the couch, the porch bench, and now this cat lounger.
A black & white corgi puppy with brindle markings and freckled nose and feet sits on the lower level of a two-level cat lounger. He seems unrepentant and unperturbed.
May 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Like many corgis before him, Bertie Woofster has discovered the joys of watching the neighborhood from the back of the couch. In this case, he is also hogging the cats’ heating pad.
A black & white cardigan welsh corgi puppy with freckles is lying on a sage-colored blanket draped over the back of a sofa. Behind him are windows that look out to the street, though he is taking a break from his observations to look at the camera with no remorse for stealing the cats’ spot.
May 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Somebody found the guest room bed. Which is mostly orange cat All Ball’s bed, to be honest.
A black & white cardigan welsh corgi puppy with freckles on his snoot and foot is lying on a blue bed spread. He is mid-bark and very excited about finding this new surface in his house.
May 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Something I didn’t realize when getting a puppy this time around: Bertie Woofster has no one but me to chew on. Pokey Jones focused most of his chewing energy on Shrimpy. Got to satisfy those herding/droving instincts somehow!
A black & white cardigan welsh corgi puppy with brindle points and freckles is biting a sandal attached to my foot. He is side-eyeing me with a mischievous look.
May 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Arrow Crow and his offspring from about 4 years ago, Flappy Bird, have been coming around quite a bit to load up on cat kibble when they’re not on nest duty. I can’t really ID them, but they are the only two crows willing to come this close when I’m on the porch. Also, Flappy has a unique call.
A crow with his wings akimbo is taking a bath in a terra cotta bird bath on a black metal patio table. A crow is splashing about in a terra cotta birdbath on a black metal patio table.
May 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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NoNo Buddy is walking through the slats of this gate-to-be like a ladder drill. Though more slowly.
An orange cat stands on a camouflage moving pad on which rests a gate framed in black metal with horizontal silver bars. He is standing on the pad with his feet between the bars, much like an athlete doing an agility drill. Only slower.
May 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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The Seattle Freeze, right? …RIGHT?!
pwhltorrent.bsky.social Seattle Torrent @pwhltorrent.bsky.social · May 5
Happy Monday because SEATTLE WE HAVE A HOCKEY TEAM🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹
May 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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I woke him up at midnight when I got home from the opera and sent him back to bed at one. He wasn’t ready to get up again at 8. This is the first time ever that I have had to wake him up in the morning.
A black & white cardigan welsh corgi with brindle points (markings) and freckles is lying in a crate atop a large stuffed Lambchop toy. He has just finished yawning and his tongue is licking his nose.
May 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Bertie Woofster caught mid-zoomies. Sometimes they involve leaping around on and barking into furniture rather than full-house running.
A black & white cardigan welsh corgi puppy is perched atop a brown ottoman. He is taking a break from leaping about and barking. A black & white cardigan welsh corgi puppy perched on a brown chair. His butt is slightly elevated and his tail is sticking straight up, because I have disrupted his leaping about on the chair and barking into the corners.
May 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Bertie Woofster also found out that this house has an upstairs. RIP the cats’ peace.
A black & white corgi puppy looks down from the top of a flight of stairs. The bookshelf behind him contains a large number of Nancy Drew books. He has figured out going upstairs; going down is a little trickier.
April 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Bertie Woofster found out about stairs. This was the first time he could go upstairs, and he took full advantage.
A black & white cardigan welsh corgi puppy with brindle cheeks and freckled feet lies on a stair, head and paws hanging over the side of the stairwell. He has wedged his head under the horizontal bars of the railing. He has funny little tufts of fur between his toes. A black and white cardigan welsh corgi puppy sleeps on the lowest of two carpeted stairs that lead to an elevated part of a bedroom. His head with its freckled snoot is hanging over the edge of the stair.
April 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Joe Cool.
A black & white cardigan welsh corgi puppy with freckles on his arm and snoot leans out a car window, taking in the view. One arm is leaning on the window sill, the freckled other one on the back of the front passenger seat. He looks very nonchalant.
April 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Bertie Woofster and NoNo Buddy are morning walk pals.
An orange cat walks along a rural road away from the camera while an excited-looking black & white cardigan welsh corgi puppy turns back to see if he wants to play.
April 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Bertie Woofster has already jumped over the back of this sofa twice, against my objections.
A black & white cardigan welsh corgi puppy with freckles and brindle points (markings) looks over the back of a brown sofa. He looks very happy and pleased with himself, smiling with his tongue out.
April 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM