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Elizabeth & Kabe

Mearle — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:39:46 +0000

Elizabeth and Kabe were united in marriage at the Gibson House in Centralia today. Melodie and I had the honor of doing their comprehensive photographic coverage from getting ready to the reception. As always weddings like this have a serious burden of responsibility to reliably capture everything that happens and everyone that it happens with, yet there still remains time for some creativity.

Pictures taken by Mearle and Melodie during the wedding may be ordered from Elizabeth and Kabe’s on-line photo gallery.

Man’s Best Friend

Mearle — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:59:48 +0000

Let me introduce you to my loyal sidekick Schooner. Schooner is named like other springer spaniels I have had – after my good home brewed beer. Before Schooner there was Barley. I have Porter also, but he’s another story. All are field-bred. That means instead of being bred to look pretty for dog shows, they are selected for their lust for upland bird hunting, well balanced with a desire to please their master.

When they can’t hunt, the instincts shift to an obsession with carrying around a shoe or teddy bear – and hoping I’ll throw it to retrieve. Schooner does this constantly! In the middle of the night I’ll sometimes hear him whine a little for me to wake up and throw the teddy bear for him.

The retrieve is what he lives for. No treats or atta’boys are nearly so good a reward in training as just a chance to make another fetch. He’s just a born work-a-holic!

Schooners’s normal behavior: Highly attentive and waiting for something to fetch.

Go Seahawks!

Mearle — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 19:46:51 +0000

The Seattle Seahawks won today against the Washington Redskins 35 – 14,

YeeeeeeHaaawww!!!