It's The Easter Beagle

Sorry I haven’t posted in awhile. My master has not been home much lately. Here are some items you should enjoy.


Space Dog

There are some GREAT upcoming opportunities to see the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station. For the Amarillo area here are the next sighting opportunities.

(click on the chart for a better view)


You will notice that the 3 best durations are on March 25th, 26th and 29th. The 26th it will fly almost directly over head! This is really cool to see. All of these times are in the evening so call your friends and neighbors and watch the space station and docked space shuttle fly over head.

If you don’t live in the Amarillo area click Human Space Flight, then click on your state and then on a city near where you live and it will give you a viewing chart for your location.

Country Dogs

Yep, country dogs are special. This is a great read on a blog done by a friend of my masters. Click Panhandle Poetry to see the story.

Nothings Better Than Nap Time

I don’t mind sharing my chair with someone who is warm and loving.

They say I snore when I sleep. I don’t think so but watch the video below and make your own conclusion.




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Abby

Check back next week!

Free Range Cats

Science Dog Update On
The Holmes Comet

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Comet Holmes refuses to fade. The unusual comet that surprisingly brightened nearly a million-fold in late October continues to remain visible to the unaided eye from dark locations. Night to night, Comet 17P/Holmes is slowly gliding through the constellation Perseus, remaining visible to northern observers during much of the night right from sunset. The remarkable snowball continues to retain a huge coma, but now shows very little of a tail. How much longer Comet Holmes will remain visible to the unaided eye is unknown.

Here is a sky chart to help you find the comet in the night sky.
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Nobody knows why Holmes erupted, but it underwent a similar explosive brightening in 1892.

The recent display, which began Oct. 24, brought the comet from visual obscurity to being one of the brighter objects in the night sky. It has since dimmed somewhat as the material races outward from the nucleus at roughly 1,100 mph (0.5 km/sec).

The Hawaiian astronomy team writes in a press statement: "This amazing eruption of the comet is produced by dust ejected from a tiny solid nucleus made of ice and rock, only 3.6 kilometers (roughly 2.2 miles) in diameter."

The new image from the Hawaiian observatory also shows a modest tail forming to one side, now just a fuzzy region to the lower-right. That's caused by the pressure of sunlight pushing on the gas and dust of the coma. But the comet is so far away — 149 million miles (240 million kilometers), or about 1.6 times the distance from Earth to the Sun — that even Hubble can't resolve its nucleus.

The offset nature of the coma, seen in ground-based images, suggests "a large fragment broke off and subsequently disintegrated into tiny dust particles after moving away from the main nucleus," Hubble astronomers said in a statement Thursday. The comet's distance, plus all the dust, prevent Hubble from seeing any fragments, however.


Once this land was home to large herds of free range cats!

Watch the video below to see one of the great cat roundup's.


click for link to cat herding video


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Abby

Uno - Number 1

You Go Dog!

Barking and baying up a storm, Uno lived up to his name Tuesday night by becoming the first beagle to win best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club.

The nation's new top dog was clearly the fan favorite, and drew a roaring, standing ovation from the sold-out crowd at Madison Square Garden when he was picked.

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Click here to see the Uno interview on CNN
















Congradulations Uno!

Abbythedog Political Thoughts

~~ If voting could really change things, it would be illegal.
~~ If pro is opposite of con, then what is the opposite of progress? Congress!



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Valentines Day Dog

Ah yes, the season of love is upon us!

That time of year when we make great efforts to attract the attention of someone special in our life and let them know we love them.


This is the valentine greeting I receive this year. Woof – Woof!

It’s always nice when you find a sole mate that is the perfect match for you.

"There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread." ~ Mother Teresa

Have you ever asked yourself – Why do we celebrate Valentines Day in February? – I think it is because there is nothing good on TV and it’s still cold outside.

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Abby