Cactus Blog

Portait of a Benjamin
Photo by Aunt Rachel

I forgot to whippet-blog yesterday, so Danielle sent us this lovely and lively photo of Amica in repose.

Borrowed from <a href="http://cactusjungle.com/archives/blog/exit.php?url_id=1864&amp;entry_id=1690" title="http://superflys.de/2007/12/05/jimi-und-jutta/" onmouseover="window.status=’http://superflys.de/2007/12/05/jimi-und-jutta/’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;">Superflys Whippets</a><br /><br /><img width="400" hspace="5" height="259" border="2" src="/blog/uploads/whippets/jutta1.jpg" /><br /><br />Jutta mit Jimi<br /><br />

<img width="432" hspace="5" height="325" border="2" src="/blog/uploads/whippets/Benjamin_idaho.jpg" /><br /><br />Benjamin visiting the grandparents in Idaho last month.<br />Photo by Aunt Rachel<br /><br />

<a href="http://cactusjungle.com/archives/blog/exit.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hcGFydG1lbnR0aGVyYXB5LmNvbS9zZi9wbGFudHMtZmxvd2Vycy9jYWN0dXMtanVuZ2xlLTA0MjA0Nw==&amp;entry_id=1634" title="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/sf/plants-flowers/cactus-jungle-042047" onmouseover="window.status=’http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/sf/plants-flowers/cactus-jungle-042047′;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;">Apartment Therapy</a> came by and took this picture of Benjamin relaxing in the sun on a cold day.<br /><br /><img width="405" hspace="5" height="540" border="2" src="/blog/uploads/whippets/2-520cactus3.jpg" /><br /><br />Photo by Shayna Roosevelt<br /><br />

<img width="432" hspace="5" height="370" border="2" src="/blog/uploads/whippets/lulu.jpg" /><br /><br />Benjamin met another whippet, Lulu, at the park. She was fast and in motion. She’s pretty.<br /><br />

<img width="432" hspace="5" height="324" border="2" src="/blog/uploads/whippets/zephyr.jpg" /><br /><br />Benjamin meets Zephyr at the park, with Jax in the back.<br /><br />

<img width="432" hspace="5" height="324" border="2" src="/blog/uploads/whippets/benjamin_and_amica_turn_5.jpg" /><br /><br />Benjamin and Amica at Pt. Isabel last week on the occasion of their 5th birthdays, before the storms moved in.<br /><br />

Benjamin Speaks<br />
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<img width="311" hspace="5" height="432" border="2" src="/blog/uploads/whippets/benjamin_and_matthew2.jpg" /><br /><br />Matthew and Benjamin at play. At least Matthew seems to be at play; Benjamin looks very serious as he’s being thrown in the air.<br /><br />

<img width="327" hspace="5" height="432" border="2" src="/blog/uploads/whippets/benjamin_and_matthew1.jpg" /><br /><br />Benjamin and Matthew at the nursery on a cold day.<br /><br />

Not sure what to get the Whippet fancier in your life? Well, there’s always kitsch. For instance, here’s a Foundry Bronze Whippet Sculpture w/Standing Female from<a href="http://cactusjungle.com/archives/blog/exit.php?url_id=1717&amp;entry_id=1520" title="http://www.k9gifts.com/bronze-dog-statues/whippet.html" onmouseover="window.status=’http://www.k9gifts.com/bronze-dog-statues/whippet.html’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;"> K9 Gifts</a>.<br /><br /><img width="216" hspace="5" height="347" border="2" src="/blog/uploads/whippets/whippet.jpeg" /><br /><br />They have a full selection of <a href="http://cactusjungle.com/archives/blog/exit.php?url_id=1718&amp;entry_id=1520" title="http://www.k9gifts.com/dog-gifts/whippet.html" onmouseover="window.status=’http://www.k9gifts.com/dog-gifts/whippet.html’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;">whippet kitsch</a>. And every <a href="http://cactusjungle.com/archives/blog/exit.php?url_id=1719&amp;entry_id=1520" title="http://www.k9gifts.com/doggifts.html" onmouseover="window.status=’http://www.k9gifts.com/doggifts.html’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;">other breed</a> too. Good luck to you.<br /><br />Oh, and did I mention the Whippet Trivets? How could I have forgotten.<br /><br />

Found this old picture of me and Benjamin and his littermate Waverly. I don’t know who took it.<br /><br /><img width="432" hspace="5" border="2" src="/blog/uploads/whippets/peter_ben_waverly.jpg" /><br /><br />