Month: November 2010

  • I got these photos yesterday of Widget "mining," which is what we call this particular daily habit of hers.  Please notice the white bobbing tail sticking up from underneath the bedding.  First, some background:  At our house in Montana, we finally put up a doggie gate to close off the kitchen and dining area so…

  • I was sitting in the living room Sunday night reading when I looked down to see this sight on the floor just in front of my chair.  That's blind and wobbly Briggs the Beagle with his face pressed under blind Madison's head.  Both were sleeping soundly.  When I saw this, the expression "cheek by jowl"…

  • With the fall colors gone, a new color has arrived — and our view of the White Mountains is beginning to live up to the name!  Alayne got this shot a few days ago after a nice dusting of snow covered the tops of the nearby peaks.  Mount Washington, which we can see from the…

  • First Helen, now Callie. Well, we had hoped to have more time with Callie than this.  Just about 18 months after she developed a brain tumor and then had successful radiation treatment for it, we had to say goodbye to our plump little Dachshund yesterday.    A couple of months ago Callie started having seizures…

  • About 30 minutes after we let the dogs out on Saturday morning, I was walking down the hallway between the two wings and looked outside to see Spinner apparently trying on a new costume for Halloween.  I guess when you're pure white, the best disguise is to simply smear mud on yourself … but on…