Oslo + Mies. , originally uploaded by callieo!. I love this photo of Mies (in the foreground) and Oslo. Our two beautiful Weimaraners.
(untitled) Oslo. June 11, 2004 to August 5, 2017. Oslo (a.k.a. Ch. Nike + Eden’s Seabiscuit), 13, passed away quietly on August 5, 2017 in his favorite Chesterfield leather armchair at his home in Seattle, WA. After an extended period in hospice, he was euthanized due to complications of
When you're in love with a beautiful dog. Photos by Callie Neylan. This is Mies, the younger of my two Weimaraners. To make a long story short, he was returned to our breeder when he was six months old. She posted his picture (along with a few choice epithets thrown in to describe the idiots returning him) to
Dogs as users and humans as iPhones. They say that intelligence can be measured by a species’ ability to use tools to accomplish goals. Alexandra Horowitz, in her book Inside Of A Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, And Know, theorizes how dogs use their favorite tool, a flesh and blood Swiss Army knife if you will – the
On dogs, R2D2, C3PO, + beautiful interactions. Beauty is mathematics. Beauty is objective. Or subjective if you insist, but only within a range of mathematical objectiveness. But it is not perfection. On the contrary. There comes a point, actually, when perfection is not only not beautiful, but weird. In Donald Norman’s Emotional Design: Why We Love
Write, then. I am inspired by Orangette. I want to write. I really do. And what this means is that I need to start writing every day. Even if it’s just a paragraph. But speaking of paragraphs, I now hate how the ones on this blog look. Thanks to Ellen Lupton,
No, these are not baby zebras. weimaraner puppies just born from Grey Fellow on Vimeo. We’re going to North Carolina for a few days. I’ll post more when I get back.
Why dogs are better than children. Another video to keep you entertained while I’m writing the next WZT; a perfect illustration of why one should always use condoms and raise dogs instead of children. Of all the times I’ve taken Oslo and Mies into the store or bank, NOT ONCE have they ever acted
Weims in the Nude. I’m getting ready to write the next WZT, I swear. Until then, here’s a little Weim-related entertainment for you.