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2014 year in review

2014 in Review: Blogging

January 2, 2015

It would seem to be silly not to have a review post about blogging … being this is a blog.

I definitely didn’t do as much as I wanted to do in 2014 with the blog as I had hoped and planned, but I still think it turned out to be a solid year. I still need to set more time aside to visit other people’s blogs as I do it in spurts and know I am missing good stuff. I have a few plans on how to do that better in 2015.

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As for me, it was a pretty solid year.

I had some posts I was really happy and proud of, as well as a few that may have been better off by me hitting the publish button. I tried to do more photos and such and I kept up with certain other aspects and features, such as the Photo Blogging Challenge.

At the end of each year, WordPress also sends you an e-mail with a wrap of the year. That usually reminds me to figure some stats of my own.

  • 226 posts
  • 25,539 views

Overall, I think that was pretty solid for a personal blog. I do think, if I applied myself to certain aspects of blogging, I could get bigger viewing numbers. That being said, I am not looking to make money on my blog and it’s hard to gain a full-fledged audience when a blog goes all over the place.

The total views is down from 2013, though. I’ve kept stats since 2011, with 2014 being the second-highest total views I’ve received.

  • 2011: 20,669
  • 2012: 23, 925
  • 2013: 26, 017
  • 2014: 25,539

The busiest day of 2014 was January 14, when I got 353 views. That was helped by a post I put up about AAA responding to some issues I had when I had gotten a flat tire. The blog was also visited from 128 countries, which I thought was really pretty cool. Like last year, the top three countries were the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. It’s definitely neat to see, by hovering over the map, to see where all the hits came from.

Those 226 posts also grew my total number to 1,760, which means 2,000 is right around the corner. If I have 240 posts in 2015, that milestone could happen this year.

I also didn’t do the best with my blogging pledge, which I set in September 2013. I’ll be working on this in 2015. The reality is that I haven’t been the best with this, but I intend on correcting that.

The longest streak of the year was 36 days, running from Nov. 26 through the end of the year. That streak, as of this post, is still going on and growing. The best day was Saturdays, when I posted 44 times. That should be 52, considering I do the Snapshot Saturday. But sometimes they get missed.

One thing that truly did help me at times was having a blog planner. The one issue with it was the size of it. Sometimes I didn’t thing to carry it with me as it wasn’t the most portable. I know I had several ideas I missed out on because I didn’t write them down (thus not utilizing all aspects of the blog planner I used). This year, I have a different planner — it’s smaller and more compact overall, so hopefully I’ll be able to utilize it even more to grow the blog.

Shout outs

The stats also showed me who the top five commenters were to my blog. I’d like to make sure to give them a shout out and link to their blogs. They all have great blogs, so go check them out and enjoy!

  • Phil at The Regular Guy NYC
  • Paul at A Photo a Day
  • Katherine at Shoot Me Now
  • John at No Named Dufus
  • Boom Boom at How to be a Cat Lady Without Cats

Thanks to the above five, as well as everyone else who has come and read, commented and shared my posts. I am grateful beyond words!

Favorite posts

Below are links to my favorite posts from 2014. These are listed in no particular order other than month.

Though I enjoyed the blog throughout the year, these were my favorites and I hope you’ll have a chance to check them out if you haven’t seen them before.

  • January: Rising to the top: Dreams come true in the zany wrestling world
  • March: A heart and foot surgeon walk into a bar…
  • May: Coming clean: The battle with diabetes isn’t an easy one
  • June: Hotel shenanigans: A letter to those under the thin floor
  • July: Paint Nite brings out the inner artist in a fun and creative way
  • July: 2CW’s rise: A winding road to fulfill dreams
  • July: Watching surroundings gives kitten a second chance
  • September: Softball still fun after 25 years
  • September: Don’t charge my card, pal
  • October: Goodbye, Molson
  • November: One year later: Still smiling
  • December: “How do you feel about dogs?”

I also did a series on Internet Love and being phished… and truly had a good time with it. It’s a several-part series, so if you go to the wrap post, there are links to the whole series. Give it a read… I think it’s worth it and you’ll hopefully get a bunch of laughs. Click here for that post.

Overall, 2014 was a pretty good year for blogging. I had a few months early in the year where I wasn’t too active, but I’ve gotten into it again quite a bit. I just need to find the time to write a bit more … and have to make sure I remember to write down ideas so I can constantly have things flowing. I’m going to keep pushing ahead in 2015 and like where it’s going.

It’s also been nice to be part of a couple of blogging groups, and I’d really like to try and get involved with a blog conference of some sort this year, so we’ll see.

But it’s now time to flip the page to 2015 on the blog. And it’s an exciting one. In July, I’ll celebrate 10 years as a blogger with this one (in one form or another), so that is exciting. It’s hard to believe it’s been that long and I look forward to the future to see what it brings!

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2014 in Review: Looking back (part 2)

January 1, 2015

Earlier this week, I took an overall look at 2014. But I’d also like to dive in a little deeper with a few things from the year. There were some fun things that happened, and other items I am starting to look into doing more of in 2015 and beyond.

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As noted — the year wasn’t all perfect. That being said, it’s kind of funny that when I sat down to write these posts, I only remembered the negative things when I looked through the blog archives. That’s a good thing because I believe it shows 2014 was a good year overall and the positive things definitely had a greater weight.

I’m going to take a peek at a few things more in-depth with this post.

Geocaching

It’s hard to believe I’ve been caching for seven years.

Turns out this year was the weakest (number wise) since I started!

I really want to get back into caching -- placing and finding -- like I used to be.

I really want to get back into caching — placing and finding — like I used to be.

I had needed just a bit more than 400 finds to reach the 4,000 finds mark. If I don’t find any more caches before the calendar flips to 2015, I’ll end with 221 finds for the year. That’s an average of 0.6 per day! I also only had 37 days of caching and had two months — February and March — where I logged no finds. I also had two months — April and December — with two and one finds, respectively.

That’s something I had never done.

There were some good things, though. I still got out and found caches. There were events (three Megas), and some fun times without a doubt. I didn’t place as many as I would like, so I am going to fix that. I have a box full of caches (all different sizes) I need to place, so that will definitely be on my radar.

That being said, it’s harder to cache around where I am. There are fewer cachers it seems, well at least placing caches. Some of the more active cachers in the past don’t seem to geocache as much. There are a handful I need to grab around here, so hopefully I can do that soon and continue on.

Before 2014, the lowest total month I ever had was five finds in August, 2011. In fact, of the 82 months I’ve been caching, I’ve had fewer than 10 finds in a month 14 times — six of which came this year!

There are some reasons for this, though. The foot issue that took up the first part of the year, as well as the Summer of Baseball Tour that took up many weekends were part of it. Some of the people I cache with, too, don’t cache as much (and, honestly, it’s way more fun to cache with others than by myself).

I intend on changing this in 2015.

My goal is to hit four Mega events, so that should give me opportunities. I also want to start planning some caching trips just to get back into things. I want to place more caches, find a bunch (and, obviously reach 4,000 finds) and just remember why I enjoy the game so much.

I truly want to hit some more New York State parks this year for reasons beyond geocaching, but this will be a benefit as well. The reality is geocaching, when done right, can be a tremendous source of exercise and a way to relax. I need things like that in my life, so I look forward to letting these items become a major part of my life once again.

Summer of Baseball

One item that was a true blast was the Summer of Baseball. A friend had return to the area for work and we decided to hit many baseball games this summer — mainly minor league games.

Always armed with my scorebook, prospect book, passport and other items, the Summer of Baseball was one heck of a fun time.

Always armed with my scorebook, prospect book, passport and other items, the Summer of Baseball was one heck of a fun time.

We discovered many fun and cool ballparks, and at the same time found a few older and nostalgic ones that weren’t the best experiences in the world. But in the end, it was about baseball, which was a lot of fun.

Armed with my Baseball America Prospect Guide, we saw many top prospects and solid ballplayers. We saw MLB players rehabbing and youngsters starting their journey. Eventually, I still need to finish a post wrapping up the Summer of Baseball, which will have some statistics and such. I haven’t finished all of those, so that will be forthcoming.

Beyond the baseball, it also gave us the chance to find some really cool places to eat, some fun brew pubs and some other interesting places to stop. Both of us had other games we caught this year, but together we saw more than a dozen games in 11 stadiums, as well as going to a day of the Little League World Series in Williamsport.

There were some amazing stadiums (Lehigh Valley) and some not-so-great stadiums (Williamsport), as well as some amazingly good times (State College, Pa., on July 4). There were short trips and long ones as well as quick games and ones that didn’t seem they’d ever end.

But in the end, it was baseball. A summer full of America’s pastime and so worth the time.

This was also my main travel for the year, sans a few geocaching trips and, one to Pittsburgh in January and a jaunt to South Jersey (which I try and do yearly) in October. I had hopes for a few other spots, but they didn’t happen. Maybe in 2015, right?

Softball

This was one of the most fun years of softball I’ve had in a while. It probably helped that I played more than I had in recent years. I hit well, which made it more enjoyable than just running a team.

We also had a really memorable run.

Champs!

Champs!

At the end of the year, we only had one blemish on our season — a loss in Game 1 of the finals. But we turned around and won the next two games to win the league championship, completing the sweep of the regular season and playoff titles. In the end, we finished 18-1.

The nice part of the season was having the same group of guys there. We didn’t change the lineup too often and had people in the same spots most nights. We clicked as a team and got along, which is obviously an important thing when it comes to having a good team.

This is our third championship in five years, but it was nice because a couple of the guys won their first.

I had seriously thought about stepping away from softball after this season, but it was a lot of fun, so I’ll keep going with it. It’s also a good source of exercise. I think, too, that without a Summer of Baseball 2015, the season won’t feel so long as I’ll be around on weekends and not always be on the run.

I also played a handful of games in another league. Though I wasn’t eligible for the playoffs, that team won the league championship. So, it was nice to play — and contribute — to two championship squads.

Home brewing

This is something I didn’t do much of in 2014.

Brewing is something I started to do again at the end of the year and need to continue in 2015.

Brewing is something I started to do again at the end of the year and need to continue in 2015.

In fact, I had a bunch of kits and ingredients and after doing a couple at the end of 2013, I was stoked. Then I started worrying about health things and so many other things piled up that I threw it aside.

Unfortunately.

The thing is, I do small-batch brews. So it’s a tad easier and not as time consuming.  Alas, on weekends, I never felt like it. So I didn’t really do much.

And that’s a shame because the small-batch brews also only produce about 9-12 beers. So it’s nice in that regard.

I never felt like I was going to be some big-time brewer and I know I am far from it. In fact, I just do it because it’s pretty fun. And if I can make myself some decent tasting beer, even better.

I finally broke down at the end of the year and put myself forward to get back to brewing and I did three (with the possibility of one more before the end of the year, or at least early in 2015), so I feel like I ended way better than I started. I look forward to seeing what the new year brings with brewing as I have some goals I’d like to try and get done with making my own beer.

Photography

Talk about stepping back some. Well, not really, but kind of.

I took quite a few photos in 2014, just not with my main camera. Most of the photos I took this year (non-work related) were done via my iPhone. And that’s not always a bad thing because the 5S takes some great images.

The iPhone can take some cool images, but I need to get back into the DSLR more.

The iPhone can take some cool images, but I need to get back into the DSLR more.

But it’s not the same.

I am not sure why I always leaned on it. Maybe it was convenience. Maybe it was that sometimes I just didn’t enjoy carrying my camera around. Maybe it was just that … well, I was always afraid my main camera was going to falter because of how old it was getting.

It could be many things.

But in the end, when I did come up with photo stuff, it was usually via the iPhone and, more than likely, Instagram. And though I am always going to use these two items (I love the social media aspect), I’m going to have to change this up as I truly miss taking photos with my actual camera and working on different aspects of photography.

So, in 2015, that hopefully will change. I have some goals and plans for the year (more on this when I do my 2015: Looking ahead post) that will hopefully not only make me want to use my camera more, but put some oomph in my love for photography again.

Final thoughts

In the end, 2014 was a pretty good year. I’ve started to find happiness again and, despite some setbacks and down times, I can’t can’t complain. As always, there’s good and bad.

Life gives you some great turns and curves. Hopefully, this year, I took more good turns than bad and that I keep pushing forward.

When people ask me how I am doing, I often say “I am living the dream.” I’ve said this for a long time, and even more when I worked at a local baseball summer camp a year or so ago, but it’s something I truly believe. My health is getting to be decent (mostly), I smile more, I enjoy my job, and I have good friends and family. It’s hard to complain. One always needs to keep things in perspective and look around and understand what one has. I’m truly lucky to be where I am and look forward to 2015 and beyond to see where life takes me.

I still have a few things to write about for 2014 and 2015, so here’s the upcoming schedule on the blog for the next few days:

  • Coming Friday: 2014 in Review: Blogging.
  • Coming Saturday: Snapshot Saturday
  • Coming Sunday: 2015: Looking ahead
  • Coming Monday: The start of the 20 Days of Chill Writing Challenge

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2014 in Review: Looking back (part 1)

December 29, 2014

It’s pretty common for people to talk about time flying and such.

But, seriously, where did 2014 go?

It seems like last week that I was settling in to my new job, turning the page on 2014 with a lot of hope and promise and some goals set on this blog.

Baseball was a big part of this year... as I went on a Summer of Baseball tour.

Baseball was a big part of this year… as I went on a Summer of Baseball tour.

Now, here we are, almost a full later and looking back on a year that I would consider a solid one. Was it perfect? Not by any stretch. But was it better than I have experience in several years? Without a doubt. In fact, I have a hard time looking back on this year and not smiling.

That being said, let’s remember where I had been the past three or so years — in a darker place with unemployment. And before that, I was stuck in a job where the company didn’t take care of its people too well (four weeks of unpaid furloughs was a norm), so I had gotten into a pretty deep tunnel where being happy was difficult.

Not so much anymore.

Though there are a lot of things I still want to work on and change in my world, I feel like I am starting to get back on my feet, both personally and financially. As noted, there’s still room to grow and I am excited for the future.

But the future comes soon enough, let’s take a peek back at 2014. And that needs to start with whether or not I reached my goals I set in a post last January.

Better my blog (push)

I didn’t quite reach the full potential of bettering my blog as I didn’t really change the asthetics at all, and I didn’t get to 275 posts. I did, however, tend to get more photo stuff up and I have been working on feature items. Alas, the giveaways didn’t happen as I had planned, but that happens. I kind of was in the middle on this one.

Photography (push)

On one hand, this could be a fail. On the other a success. It all depends on how one looks at it. I did a lot with photos on Instagram and such, but I didn’t visit the state parks as planned, or get back into Flickr. Photography will be a goal for me, again, in 2015 and I plan on taking it much bigger.

Geocaching (fail)

I have to call this a fail. It’s not that I stopped — I didn’t. But I needed just 416 finds to reach my 4,000th find. That didn’t happen. I also didn’t place caches as planned. I did cache and had fun doing it, but I fell off a bit with it because of other things. I plan on getting back into it a little more in 2015.

Travel (push)

Again, it’s a bit of a push on this one. I didn’t take any major trips this year, but with the Summer of Baseball, I traveled close to home to watch baseball, visit some cool places (like Ben and Jerry’s), visited some cool brew pubs and found some wonderful places to eat. There were trips I wanted to take — Montreal, for example — that didn’t happen. The Summer of Baseball, though, was a once-in-a-lifetime thing, most likely, so it was well worth it. I also got to go to Pittsburgh last January for the Royal Rumble, which turned out to be a fun two-day trip as well.

Disc golf (fail)

This is as big of a fail as possible. Take the foot issues, then the lack of a close course, and then the baseball summer and … well, I think I played two rounds of disc golf in 2014. During the year, I also shut down (well, it’s still there, but we’re not adding anything else) RattlingChains.com because it had become just too much and if the quality couldn’t continue, I wasn’t going to let it keep going. I hope to play a tad more in 2015, but it’s going to remain a casual and fun activity for me more than tournaments and competition.

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With that out of the way, let’s look at some other aspects of 2014.

One thing I remember about the start of the year was how freakin’ cold it was. It never seemed like the warmer months were going to get here. Those months bring back a cruel reminder about what, likely, the worse part of 2014.

The foot saga.

I don’t want to re-hash it all in this post as I’ve discussed it in-depth in other spots. But it was such a major part of the year, I’d be remiss if it wasn’t mentioned at all.

Later in 2013, I stepped on a rusty nail. Being a diabetic, that didn’t work out well. I went through checks, and antibiotics, and trips to a podiatrist. As 2014 started, things seemed OK. But then the injury relapsed and I visited the podiatrist, who sent me to get an MRI on my foot. Later that day, I got a call from the hospital saying I needed to see this foot surgeon that Monday, first thing.

Take into account here that I had only been on my job for a couple of months. So taking this time off was tough for me … well, at least in my mind. The reality was I needed to do this because it was going to make things better in the long run.

What followed was a whirlwind of craziness. I was told I needed surgery, fought it a little before accepting, then on surgery day, I had an anxiety attack. For the next month, they did cardio stuff with me, which included a heart catheterization (turns out my heart is fine) and clearance for the surgery. Turns out I shattered some bone in my foot. So they had to remove those pieces, clean it all out and then I needed six weeks of home IV antibiotics.

Eventually, things were fine, but it was one heck of a crazy trip. And, for the record, thank goodness for insurance.

That situation all ended as the warm weather started to arrive, which was nice. The situation also made me realize — and come to terms — with being diabetic and that I needed to really start taking care of myself. I hit “rock bottom” at one point with blood levels at a high and crazy level. Since then, I’ve worked pretty hard to make things better and that has, ultimately, made me happier because I know I am doing better for my health.

We had to let go of Molson this year, which was a tough part of 2014.

We had to let go of Molson this year, which was a tough part of 2014.

The summer was fun with the weather, a lot of baseball, a crazy fun softball season, and just being able to be out and about. I’ll touch on a bunch of things more in-depth in part 2 of this post tomorrow.

One thing that was good was how much closer our family has become this year. Despite a speed bump (or a blip) in one aspect of it, the family is much calmer and easier with one another. My niece is going to graduate in 2015 and head to college. My nephew/Godson is now 1 and is a fast mover. My one brother always is beaming with pride with his wife (just over a year) his son and her two kids as well. My other brother seems more calm and relaxes than he has been in several years and as a whole, things are improved all around. I think my mother probably likes the lack of fighting among her kids, that’s for sure.

The best thing about 2014? I was happy.

I haven’t been able to say that in a long time. Whether it was going for a geocache, or playing softball, or getting together with old and new friends to play board games on a Saturday night, I smiled. Going to pro wrestling events, or playing disc golf, or checking out Quinnipiac hockey beat the defending national champions was that much better this year.

Much of that is because I am in a job I love, feel semi-secure in this world and have worked to better my health and personal standing in life. I don’t let things bother me as much as I used to (2.5+ years of unemployment gives you a new outlook) and I look forward to the future a bit more knowing I am working hard to stay happy.

I’m fully ready for 2015 and look back at 2014 with fondness.

There were some bumps in the road, but I continually worked to overcome said bumps and I think I’m a better person because of it. The year wasn’t full of roses and candy, but I did my best to turn any negative into a positive, despite it not being easy at times. Things were tough at times, such as when we had to put our cat, Molson down in October. That was one of the toughest parts of the year, but at the same time, it was hard to look back at the 16 years Molson was with us and not smile. I still miss her like crazy, but I also know what kind of joy she brought us for all those years.

Tune in Thursday (Jan. 1) as I look at a few things a little closer from 2014. I’ll have my look at my 2014 in blogging later this week, as well as a look ahead to 2015.

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2014 in Review: The photos

December 28, 2014

I’ll admit that I was pretty bad in regard to taking photos this year.

Well, at least with my regular DSLR.

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What I did this year was rely heavily on my iPhone, which is fine in certain aspects, but not so much in others. Part of the issue was taking photos as part of work, the other was because my camera has been slowly going down. And hey, it’s understandable — it’s nearly five years old with many images snapped.

I am going to hopefully change that in 2015.

But, for now, we’re dealing with 2014.

Last year, I started doing something as part of the Year in Review with making a video of images. I split it into a few videos, but this year, it’s all in one. And, for the most part, it’s iPhone images. And, also for the most part, the photos are in order of when they were taken from January through December.

It is fun to look back at everything from the year in photos, especially iPhone ones where I captured many of them on the go. Alas, I will be leaning way more heavily on the regular camera in 2015, and learning the new one that I just got.

For now, enjoy the video below!

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Coming soon: 2014 in review

December 22, 2014

It’s that time of year.

Where in the world did 2014 go?

In the past, my Year in Review posts have been different. One year it’s a post or two. Last year it was videos and photos and a post or two.

Then I looked at the calendar and realize… holy cow! I need to work on this year’s post(s). I am honestly not sure where I am going to go with it this year. It might be a couple of posts with photos trickled in, or it might be a video or two.

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The issue there is that I haven’t really taken enough photos or video to do it.

One thing is for sure, as I looked back at my goals for 2014 — I failed miserably. Well, kind of. I did much of what I wanted to do, just not to the extent. All of those will be covered in the looking back posts.

My plan is to have a few Year in Review posts covering a variety of topics. Last year, I set up a schedule… and then botched it. All I know is I need to have these done by January 4 because, come January 5, the 20 Days of Chill Writing Challenge starts.

I’ve started leafing through the blog and other things to take notes … and I’ve realized this year was interesting. I did a bunch of things I find cool, but at the same time … I didn’t do several others. It all evens out, though.

And as I continue to move forward in my life and career, things will surely start working out in different ways.

I’m also working on my goals for 2015. I have some things where I will be challenging myself. Hopefully, if all goes well, I’ll be able to work at actually finishing all of them this year.

But as the holiday season rolls in, it’s a time to start looking back. I look forward to seeing where my mind goes when I write these posts and I hope you’ll be along for the ride.

Until then…

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You know, of course, Santa Paws travels with Santa Clause, making sure to find treats and toys for all the good little doggies! (We know they are all deserving, right?) So, Harper put out some milk for the big guy, carrots for Rudolph and the reindeer, and special cookies for Santa Paws! She is ready! 

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One of the best parts about having Harper as my be One of the best parts about having Harper as my best friend… ❤️
Couldn't resist stopping on the way to work to sna Couldn't resist stopping on the way to work to snap this shot. The colors in the sky were fantastic and the scene was nice looking (though, to be fair, I drove by what I think would have been a better scene -- the valley and hills full of snow etc.)

#Snow #Winter #Sky #Color #InstaLove #photooftheday #picoftheday #iPhoneography #nature #love #instalove #photography #happy #smile #photo
The best of times??? 🤪🤪🤪 The best of times??? 🤪🤪🤪
Just a break on our morning walk … #goldenretri Just a break on our morning walk …

#goldenretriever #dogsofinstagram #mydogharper
Tired. Tired.
Harper is ready for tonight! Let’s go Phillies! Harper is ready for tonight! Let’s go Phillies! 

#phillies #ringthebell #baseball #dog #goldenretriever
I look at her and sometimes still can’t believe I look at her and sometimes still can’t believe I have her. It’s been a year and four months and she makes me smile and laugh more each day. It’s amazing how much a dog changes your look on life, and how much joy they can bring. 

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I’ve recently realized how many photos I have to I’ve recently realized how many photos I have to post here, as well as on Harper’s (@harper_dublin) account). So, as I start to transfer photos, I’ll try and catch up. So photos coming could be from all seasons and who knows when. 🤣

This one is recent from the courthouse square in Delhi. We had some pretty good fall colors this year. 

#fall #delhiny #seasons #iphoneonly #love #photography #photooftheday #instagood #happy #picoftheday
From a few weeks ago. I was trying to get Harper t From a few weeks ago. I was trying to get Harper to put her paws on the bridge and looked out, but she was more content jumping on me and looking up. I do love the way she seems to be looking at me.
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Couldn’t resist a quick stop this morning with t Couldn’t resist a quick stop this morning with the fog and frost settled in. 

Hamden Covered Bridge 

#coveredbridge #coveredbridges #bridge #fog #frost #nature #upstatenewyork
Harper’s friend Lucy is around this weekend! #g Harper’s friend Lucy is around this weekend!

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So… @harper_dublin wants to know why she can’t So… @harper_dublin wants to know why she can’t have @mallons_homemade_sticky_buns.
This is why we can’t have nice things. Saw this This is why we can’t have nice things. Saw this on me morning walk Friday with Harper. Likely some college kids, but also as chance at local hooligans. I had Harper so not a lot I could do, but I managed to get the cart off the chair. (See second photo) This was in a local park.
Harper is ready for #nationalfetchday on October 1 Harper is ready for #nationalfetchday on October 15! @chuckitfetchgames 

Should be fun! @discgolfdarren @harmm23
Starting to feel like fall! #fall #nature #autum Starting to feel like fall! 

#fall #nature #autumn #colors #foliage #instagood #seasonchange #leaves #leaves🍁
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A video looking at my first year and a half of owning a golden retriever, my first dog. It's had its ups and downs, but I've truly loved the ride and look forward to the future. 

Music: Happy before we get old by Michael Shynes via Artlist. 

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When these boxes come, there usually some excitement. But this one ... is the ultimate unboxing! 

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Music: Happy to be Happy (Dapun)

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I hate being in front of the camera, but also realize sometimes it's not the worst thing in the world. So, I'm getting better with it. Week 4's theme was all about us and having us in front of the camera, so I tried to come up with a creative way to do it. 

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Music: Infinite Wonder (Ben Fox)

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