Someone was watching out for us here in our little corner of the world today. Our home is at the top of a fairly long curved driveway, which is pretty steep. The driveway is paved and curls around the back, for easy access to our shop. I left my truck there right at the corner …
A Challenging Day
This morning, shortly after Haley was dropped off at school, the teachers were outside tracking down all of the band kids to bring them together into one room. They had to tell these kids that the school had just been notified that their band leader, at 41 years old had died suddenly of a massive …
1 Puppy 2 Puppy 3 Puppy …
It’s 4 am when I hear a very faint whining coming from somewhere. As I walk in to check on the puppies, the whining stops, but I continue on to check anyway, not trusting that Sassy isn’t sitting on one. I see a bunch of sleeping puppies. 1 puppy 2 puppy 3 puppy 4 puppy …
Puppies Are Everywhere!
It’s been a little over two weeks now. As much as I like to complain that we have puppies everywhere, I have already fallen madly in love with these brats. You can’t help but smile from ear to ear when you spend any time at all watching them. With faces that only a mother could …
Nine Screaming Puppies
Sassy was fascinated with motherhood for all of two days. Or, perhaps she was simply too tired those first two days to argue about the whole thing. In any event, her intrigue with the puppies is over. She spends every waking moment finding ways to hide nine different puppies in nine different locations and then …
A Special Gift or Two
When our dog Sassy adopted us, I never imagined the joy and companionship she would bring to our lives. Yes, my wording here was intentional. We did not initially choose Sassy. She chose us. Stray animals just seem to find their way to our house. It took Sassy all of 15 minutes to work her …
Me and Stray Animals
I am not much of a dog person. I have always been a cat person. For many years I had a HUGE pure black, long haired cat. He had an attitude that is a lot like mine. Every major challenge I faced in my life, he was right there beside me. He just seemed to …
