A dismal grey week

punctuated by a few brighter moments…  last night I went to our monthly Salt Bay Treadlers meeting and we had a great time.  We had a lot of wonderful food and a lot of laughs.  Pam of Hatchtown Farm brought along her bottle lamb (because she has a cast on her leg) so we had [...]

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The week that was

Never even got close to creating a blog post this past week.  Budget crunch time in my school district, so there were budget and board meetings to attend.  Very exhausting and very tough times.  I am still hoping that I have a job next year, even if it isn’t full time.  But on the brighter [...]

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Bear update

Bear is doing a little better on her new meds and has perked up considerably since we had her to the vet last Saturday.  She seems to be more alert and taking more pleasure in things, so hopefully she is as comfortable as we can make her.  We took her to the vet this morning [...]

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Vacation begins on a low note

We have known for awhile that our Lab, Bear, is getting old.  She has really slowed down, and has lost a lot of strength in her hind quarters over the past year or so.  When you are an 88 lb. dog and you are almost 13, losing weight and slowing down is just the way [...]

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Snowday redux

Another storm.  Another snowday.  More photos that don’t look any different from the last ones I posted.  The sun is shining this morning and everything looks clean and white.  Such a surprise!  I can’t complain, however.  We had a good day yesterday.  It gave me one more day to recuperate from the stomach flu. John [...]

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Dog magnets

Are the words “dog” and “magnet” written over our front door or on our foreheads???  Maybe.  Or just:  2 big animal suckers live here?  We have had a chihuahua and a lab for many years, but then few years ago we inherited a Jack Russell from friends, and now it appears that our son’s dog [...]

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Bear Update

We have finally crossed another milestone:  Bear is  free of her cone of shame!  It’s been a long summer with this poor girl.  Our house wasn’t set up (is anyone’s?) to accomodate a 93 lb. dog with an enormous plastic cone (12″ high and 19″ diameter) on her head.  Her leg operation back in July [...]

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Every dog in place

Having 3 dogs is always an adventure.  We, of course, dote on them like crazy.  Tesser-the-4lb-Chihuahua, the boss of everyone; Josie the Jack Russell, the 12-lb. nudge; and last but not least, our gentle giant, Bear the Lab.  They are quite a crew.  After a summer off without a tight working schedule, I find it [...]

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Alternate Reality, Redux!

Big sigh!  Just as we thought things were getting back to normal, Bear’s stitches began to lose their grip.  So many of them let loose that our poor old girl had to go in and be anesthetized again on Monday morning and have some different connectors hooked up.  So she is home again, with her [...]

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