Data At Home » tula http://blog.brettmickelson.com The daily lives of Brett, Julia & Data Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:27:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Tula & Meatball http://blog.brettmickelson.com/index.php/2009/11/21/tula-meatball/ http://blog.brettmickelson.com/index.php/2009/11/21/tula-meatball/#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:47:18 +0000 Brett http://blog.brettmickelson.com/?p=349 Today we brought Tula to the dog park for the first time.  Our friends Lia and Richard, from puppy class, brought their bulldog, Meatball, along.  I’m testing the SmugMug plugin again, so hopefully it works this time…

Tula & Meatball

Tula and Meatball at Waveny Park in New Canaan.

View photos at SmugMug

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]]> http://blog.brettmickelson.com/index.php/2009/09/06/tula-swims/feed/ 1 42.0149803 -72.7270050 Tula Likes Towels http://blog.brettmickelson.com/index.php/2009/08/24/tula-likes-towels/ http://blog.brettmickelson.com/index.php/2009/08/24/tula-likes-towels/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:17:13 +0000 Brett http://blog.brettmickelson.com/?p=328 Here are a bunch of photos of Tula playing with a towel.  Yep.  That’s about it.

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]]> http://blog.brettmickelson.com/index.php/2009/08/23/battle-of-the-kongs/feed/ 1 41.1054764 -73.4554749 Tula Takes To The Stairs http://blog.brettmickelson.com/index.php/2009/08/20/tula-takes-to-the-stairs/ http://blog.brettmickelson.com/index.php/2009/08/20/tula-takes-to-the-stairs/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:47:19 +0000 Brett http://blog.brettmickelson.com/?p=324 Tula has learned to climb stairs.  In other news, she learned to open the sliding screen door.

]]> http://blog.brettmickelson.com/index.php/2009/08/20/tula-takes-to-the-stairs/feed/ 1 41.1054764 -73.4554749 Tula Photos By Request http://blog.brettmickelson.com/index.php/2009/08/19/tula-photos-by-request/ http://blog.brettmickelson.com/index.php/2009/08/19/tula-photos-by-request/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:59:33 +0000 Brett http://blog.brettmickelson.com/?p=322 I’ve been asked by several people to post new photos of Tula, so here you go, get off my case!  One photo of Tula and one of Data.  They can also be seen at my SmugMug.

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We picked up the new puppy yesterday from breeder Gretchen Boss of Breckin Labradors and she is beautiful.  We were going to name her Tasha (long story short, Data’s first girlfriend in Star Trek: The Next Generation is named Tasha), but ultimately were dissuaded due to that name’s frequency.  So, her name will be Tula (\ˈtü-lä\), as chosen by Julia.

She met Data briefly last night, but today was the first chance they got to play together.  Of course, photos were taken.  Click “there’s more to…” to see them all or visit my SmugMug.

And here’s a bonus animation of Data struggling with some grass:

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