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One of Django’s humans stands atop a large round hay bale as Django the galgo runs in circles around the base.

Django the galgo looks up at one of his humans on top of the round bale.

Django the galgo shown mid-leap - jumping up onto the bale.

Django and human on top of hay bale.

We shouldn’t have been too surprised when Django went full parkour mode 😂 (This is down at the Guzzle in Grand Pré right up on top of the dyke, which extends for about eight kilometres and protects hundreds of acres of below-sea-level land from the Bay of Fundy.) #galgo #greyhound

Django the galgo pauses during an early morning walk on the beach. The sky is brightening in the background as the sun rises.

We’re down at the cottage for our last stay before it gets shut down for winter / and Django quickly went into cottage mode 😂 i.e. ‘wake up, dad, the sun’s coming up’ #galgo #greyhound

Django the galgo sits in an upholstered armchair next to a small, yet-to-be decorated Christmas tree.

Django the galgo shown several years older than in the previous picture - standing on the beach at Grand Pré.

We overshot International Black Dog Day by a bit, but here’s a vintage shot of Django (age about 15 months in 2021), followed by a more recent one from a few months ago (age about five years.) He’ll always be my little black hound no matter how white he gets 😊 #galgo #greyhound

Graphic including statistics on the Great Global Greyhound Walk indicating three records were broken; namely: 16,562 sighthounds 659 walks 47 countries

Django the galgo at the greyhound walk

We tagged along with the Irish Greyhound Adoption Group yesterday for the Great Global Greyhound Walk / check out the final count as well as Django already sporting some of his autumn wardrobe

YouTube video by The Temper Trap The Temper Trap - Giving Up Air (Official Lyric Video)

It’s wonderful to have new music from these guys after such a long break - they’ve still got it! #thetempertrap
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So sorry to hear this 😞 sympathies to all who loved Hunter and are missing him

Django the galgo having a romp in Paddy’s Dog Park, in Annapolis Royal (Nova Scotia). Some tall trees are in the background and the grass is brown and dry due to the ongoing drought conditions.

We almost didn’t make it down to Annapolis Royal this summer, but here we are! First stop was the little dog park behind the town, where Django sniffed and peed and romped and fetched. #galgo #greyhound

Django the galgo and one of his humans stand on either side of a new gate just installed in Django’s back garden.

Django the galgo and one of his humans inside his new garden gate.

We found the perfect garden gate to keep Django in the backyard / for a couple of years we’ve been dragging plant stands or pots in front of the opening to keep him from escaping 😂 / this is a major upgrade in #galgo security plus it might discourage some local riff-raff from trespassing #greyhound

Apologies 😜 if it’s any consolation our previous evening meal featured chicken fingers out of the freezer / the ancient kind with frost on ‘em 😂

A table laden with four different artisanal pizzas.

We have the very good fortune to live about a block and a half from one of the Top 100 pizzerias in the world! I had the Don Camillo with the spicy calabrese, and I absolutely went home with a bottle of their hot chili oil / bravo #LouPecou

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Eddie might be one of his nicknames now 😂

Baptist church in New Cornwall, Nova Scotia. A sign by the road reads ‘we are blessed to live in Canada’

Amen, sister

He says a heartfelt ‘gracias’!

Django the galgo standing on a beach. It’s his birthday!

Young himself here turns 5 today - believe it or not with that grizzled looking mug of his. But his wee Spanish passport proves his birthdate! Feliz cumpleaños, Django ❤️🎂🎉 #galgo #greyhound

A Victorian duplex in Halifax with both front doors freshly painted in bright robin’s egg blue.

Update: looking at yesterday’s post reminded me that we forgot to paint the front doors! I needed something to do today anyway 😂

Facade of a Victorian duplex in Halifax

I’m sure our neighbours think we are the slowest house painters ever 😂 it took about a month to do just this front (both sides). But in our defence, it’s fiddly work plus we are pretty careful 🤷‍♂️ / we had to sacrifice the left garden because it would have gotten stomped anyway so it’s a major reset

Aussie singer-songwriter Vance Joy on stage in Halifax.

My main reason for travel these days is… concerts! I’ve been to Seattle and LA (during Biden era 😊) and Toronto and Montreal for shows fairly recently. So imagine my delight when I was able to walk from my house to downtown Halifax to see #VanceJoy perform tonight. Fantastic show. Love this guy.

A fun experiment today: an improvised water feature fashioned from a waterproof tub, some aquatic plants from a friend, and a few surplus floating solar fountains. (Our friends have a proper pond so we have an endless supply of water hyacinth if these don’t make it) 😂 #waterfeature #garden

This went up during the recent #HalifaxMuralFestival (Falkland St) but we hadn’t seen it until today / we immediately decided that we’ll lobby for at least one side of our house to get this treatment one of these days - imagine someone else painting your house for free plus it becomes public art!

In fact he only looks old! He won’t be 5 until September 1 / our vet thinks he has vitiligo making him prematurely white

His begging face is pretty indistinguishable from his sad face 😂 we’re not too worried about him

Django the galgo looking wistful

We had to farm Django out for a couple of days, as today there’s a big celebration up at the cottage for Robin’s mom’s 90th birthday! So himself is enjoying a getaway with his Auntie Annette and Uncle Darryl (photos by Darryl) / he has probably already had steak 😂 he gets the royal treatment #galgo

YouTube video by LOFTmusic Miles Davis - Perfect Way (Miles Davis with Kenny Garret in Gasteig Philharmonie, 1988)

One of my favourite 80s bands has always been #ScrittiPolitti / and I thought I was pretty knowledgeable however it was only today that I learnt that #MilesDavis covered ‘Perfect Way’ on his 1986 album ‘Tutu’ #sublime
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I had to look that one up - they’re amazing

The ‘after’ shot of several hours work to clad window trim in aluminium flashing. Garden chairs and potted flowers in foreground.

The ‘before’ shot of the previous image, just showing the window trim before the metal cladding was added today.

Another long-neglected little project seen to today… our bedroom windows (which overlook the back garden) were replaced a few years ago and we had just never gotten around to finishing them with the aluminium cladding - until today! Super satisfying job 😊

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Django the galgo sitting on a stone step in the garden

New garden ornament 😂 #galgo #greyhound #Skyhounds

An aerial view of our back garden as seen from the roof. Part of the upstairs tenants’ deck is in the foreground and the greenhouse is to the right.

The fascia - after scraping.

The fascia after scraping, priming, and painting.

Me standing on the rooftop

So we’ve been painting our house since we arrived back in the city from the cottage - and today was the day for some of the highest-up bits which even our 30 foot ladder can’t quite safely get us to. Today is the hottest day so far, so we started early but still miserable up there 🔥 nice view though

It does have a lot of his favourites in / potatoes and tuna and eggs!

He certainly has done 😂 but he quickly trained us to keep our counters free of temptations