Ahhh, digging in the fresh spring dirt! Is there anything more relaxing?<br /><br />I’ve been kinda preoccupied lately with things (see above) but wanted to offer a few WAG updates.<br /><br />Stop by the McDaniel-Tichenor House in Monroe this weekend, Sunday, May 4, to check out the fun pet show. There are always good crowds…

<a href=”http://bp0.blogger.com/_GGzq-xpWRuI/SBARsmNoUuI/AAAAAAAAAFU/HELuQYThO80/s1600-h/car.jpg”><img id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192669828227814114″ style=”FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand” alt=”” src=”http://bp0.blogger.com/_GGzq-xpWRuI/SBARsmNoUuI/AAAAAAAAAFU/HELuQYThO80/s200/car.jpg” border=”0″ /></a><br />What’s more dangerous to fiddle with while driving – Fido or Nextel?<br /><br />Apparently California officials think dogs are. They’ve introduced a bill that fines people for driving with pets in their lap. Police officers spotting Fluffy in the…

<div><div>Well, the fleas were hopping at our market this weekend! WAG early-risers got things cranked up at 8:30 am. Crowds were steady despite the morning drizzle, but the afternoon really perked up. Here’s a few shots:</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><img id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191569802990342802″ style=”DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center” alt=”” src=”http://bp2.blogger.com/_GGzq-xpWRuI/SAwpOs3iUpI/AAAAAAAAAFE/ZzJ3BEr_nSQ/s200/carry.jpg” border=”0″ /></div><div><a href=”http://bp1.blogger.com/_GGzq-xpWRuI/SAwpCc3iUoI/AAAAAAAAAE8/HiTL7HkpVBQ/s1600-h/shop.jpg”><img…

Countdown to the Fleas Market – one day and counting. Please, Mother Nature, be kind in your weather decisions.<br /><br />We’ve done a great job of collecting cool stuff. In fact, WAG members keep circling the goodies like vultures eyeing roadkill. But there’s no buying ahead of time – they’ll just have to get in…

<a href=”http://bp2.blogger.com/_GGzq-xpWRuI/SAOvicAQoBI/AAAAAAAAAE0/A7ZUKV8HwhI/s1600-h/wet.jpg”><img id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189184201828638738″ style=”FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand” alt=”” src=”http://bp2.blogger.com/_GGzq-xpWRuI/SAOvicAQoBI/AAAAAAAAAE0/A7ZUKV8HwhI/s200/wet.jpg” border=”0″ /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div>”Through rain, sleet or snow” might be the postal workers creed, but it doesn’t seem to apply to potential adopters. Another bout of gray drizzly weather on Saturday doomed our April adoption day. Unfortunately, all the animals who…

I haven’t been very good about keeping up with the new members coming on board. But here’s a list of some who joined us over the last month or so: Maureen Lee, Diane Allen, Barbara Postlewaite, Bob and Shirley Guhl, Allison Cremeno, The Kevin Kerpics family, Donald Osborne, Samantha Craig, Joanna Cory, and Wayne and…

Check out Oprah’s show today – an expose of puppy mills. 4 pm on WSB-TV, Atlanta.<br /><br />Not pretty, but a valuable story. We forget where those adorable $600 pet store puppies come from.<br /><br />B.

Don’t forget to bring your donations for the April 19 Dogs and Fleas Market to Loganville this Saturday, April 5, from 12 – 4 pm. The address is 6050 Ga. Hwy 20 – take Hwy 20 from Loganville toward Conyers. The house is a few miles down on the left, look for the WAG signs….

<a href=”http://bp0.blogger.com/_GGzq-xpWRuI/R_Wt_tO3N0I/AAAAAAAAAEs/6prLIzfZwc0/s1600-h/PetraSwan2.jpg”><img id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185241855972292418″ style=”FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand” alt=”” src=”http://bp0.blogger.com/_GGzq-xpWRuI/R_Wt_tO3N0I/AAAAAAAAAEs/6prLIzfZwc0/s200/PetraSwan2.jpg” border=”0″ /></a> When swans fall for a mate, it is for life. So imagine the predicament of a swan who fell in love with a peddle boat.<br /><p>That is what happened to a rare Black Austrian swan in Germany named Petra…