Don’t you just hate answering the telephone sometimes? Just as I was settling into the routine with mom and her health issues, the wind picked up my mother-in-law and dropped her on the tarmac. She fractured her hip. So…now what. I’m not answering the phone any more. Tomorrow morning is the operation to insert pins to hold the hip [...]
February is the shortest month. It goes by quickly. Weather wise, it is the longest month of the year. Mom’s life is like February, a long, winter journey. Spring is not in the cards. We are both tired, very tired. If you stay with me, there is a wonderful puppy photo to lift our spirits…
I’ve been blogging for two years now. I chose February 14, 2009, Valentine’s day, an easy date to remember. The purpose was…well, it doesn’t matter now, things change. The best part of blogging are all the wonderful and talented people I’ve discovered. Some I may never meet, some I’ve met, and some are dear friends.
My cousin Geri and husband, Ken adopted an Airedale from Calgary last year, rescued her from neglect. Gracie is a beauty and a little skittish around strangers. She will bark upon meeting you for the first time, not sure of who you are or if you will be a threat. And don’t wear sunglasses. She likes to see [...]
Road trip… time for a weekend to meet the new Airedale puppy, time to let all the ‘mama’ worry fall off the shoulders, and just have some fun with Geri and Ken. A quick trip to meet the new puppy – Mack, aka – Mack-attack. He is a delightful Airedale puppy, sweet, gentle and learning his manners. [...]
I often describe Geri as my sister/cousin because she is more a sister than a cousin. She is blonde. I am dark. She has blue eyes. I have green. She is petite. I am not. We both got in trouble for lying in the pea patch picking sweet green peas. Somehow we thought our mothers could [...]
So … visit with mom yesterday was full of laughter and I brought her a new drink “iced tall no whip mocha” with some fresh fruit. I thought the “tall no whip mocha” disappeared quickly. The iced drink was even faster, gone in a flash. We had a very good visit while I was curling mom’s [...]
Saturday dawned cool and cloudy and I had plans. Big plans. To get that front garden whipped into shape and the grass cut! Breakfast at the Steveston Hotel – usual “deckhand” omelet, of which I bring half of it home. Huge Omelet! Finally the sun burned off the clouds and I was all set. Here [...]
Today is a spring day, so beautiful it almost hurts your eyes. The sky is very blue. The trees have that brilliant yellow green vibrancy as the new leaves burst forth. Ahhh! Once the sun heats up the earth a bit more, it was be a fine spring day! So… today is a day for updates. Gracie [...]
Good morning world! Do you remember on March 25th, I wrote about Geri and Ken’s beloved Airedales, Katie and Robbie Dog? They both had cancer. Sadly they both passed away. Now, I have heard there appears to be an epidemic of cancer in pets lately. Have you heard of many pets getting cancer in your area? [...]
