In our apartment

Dan and Barbara plan the oboe cane shopping strategy

St. Tropez Boats

modest
humongous

Nous Sommes Arrive

First Class Flight

Can you believe how much legroom there is?

Oops our deaf stewardess got in the photo.

Studying for Finals

Puppy Pose

Matching jamies

Smaller than a Cat

In case it appeared that our puppy only looked small in yesterday's post because she was next to a big dog, you can see that she is also smaller than your typical cat.

Itty Bitty Pup

Look at how tiny our puppy is.

Twins on Orcas Island

Love these Math Problems

It Could Have Been Worse

Romantic weekend idea, Orcas Island, bicycle to Eastsound. Driving rain, freezing cold. Let's take the scenic route. Miles of uphill. Unpaved road. More uphill. 1000ft. Start downhill. Mud flies off my wheels and covers me. My eyes get gritty, so I put on sunglasses. Adding to the dimmer view, the rain and mud and steamed up insides, I know what it is like to be a blind person riding a bicycle.

Socialized Kitty-Cats

I donated to cat world. I'm not sure what it it, but whatever it is, we need more of it.

Haircut

I disrupted Dan's relaxing evening to make him take a picture of my new haircut.
Mary, is it ok?

Puppy on Hold

We have put this puppy on hold. Someone will be traveling to California to fetch it from the breeder.

Twins

New twins at Dan's office.

Phinney Ridge Dogs

These dogs are not only trendy in their coordinated jackets, they are well behaved.
They followed their owner down the street without leashes and waited obediently outside the store.

Tuba Polishing Day

Ailing Dog

Colin

Cleo in Anacortes

Cleo visited all her friends at Fidalgo Care and then her favorite spot in Washington Park.

Getting Comfy in the Evening

X-ray

This x-ray shows a large mass in Cleo's chest. No wonder she has been whining.

Mt. Vernon landscape facing the other way

Adopted Cockatoo

Other people have cats or dogs who adopt them ...
but Jackie and her boyfriend Luke, had a cockatoo who adopted them when they were in Seattle. They posted an ad and other people called who had lost cockatoos (how does this happen?), but no one claimed this one. They have named him Nigel.

Making Dogfood

Cleo is feeling so much better with her homemade dogfood!
Maybe this whole infirmity and refusing to eat was a way to get us to adopt the diet that she found out Otis and Cosmo have. (I'm not going so far as to get a special jigsaw for cutting up chicken necks, though.)
Go to the recipe section for instructions on how to make your own delicious dogfood.

Office view

in darkfield illumination

Mt. Vernon landscape facing one way...

Doing the Crossword

New Year's Day Polar Bear Dip in Puget Sound

We all anticipate the traditional jump in our own way.