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The end is the beginning is the end

Is it bright where you are?
Have the people changed?

Ribsy is mulling. The end of the Snippets is near. He can feel it in his bones.

In the meantime, until the formal finality of it all, Girl managed to snap a couple of iPhone pics of the disappearing duo, sometime during the holidays.

Pesky Mirabel

Handsome Ribsy

Romp n' Roll

Pesky Mirabel takes one last romp n' roll for the season.

Goodbye summer, hello autumnally festooned sweater goodness!

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Squirrel Patrol...seconds later

Nemesis spotted!! Alert! Alert!

Squirrel Patrol

Pesky Mirabel is always on high alert for signs of furry vermin.

Whippin' it Good

If roller derby was a dog-eat-dog world, there'd be no better breed for it than the whippet. Consider the skills needed to excel in derby, which whippets have in spades:

• Speed
• Agility
• Stamina
• Competitive instinct and drive
• Visual awareness of the environment around them
• Balance
• Anticipation
• Quick reflexes
• A never-say-quit attitude

And who would be the superstar of the canine roller derby? Why, Mirabel - aka Mirabutch - naturally.

Photos by wmacphail.