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Happy Halloween!

I carved this Jack-o-lantern with my friend Kristin, on the night of the Full Hunter Moon earlier this month.  Ben named him ‘Bobo’. Bobo rotted after a few days, but he was a fierce guardian of the front porch while he lasted. Happy Halloween!  Happy Samhain!  Happy All Souls Night! May the ancestors deliver blessings [...]

goobers

Playin’ with Photo Booth.

jerbers, part 2

Ben: After you change my diaper, will you go get a jerber house? Nathan: Yeah. Ben: ‘Cause that’s where the puppies sleep. Nathan: Puppies sleep in a jerber house?? Ben: Yeah. Nathan: Where do the jerbers sleep? Ben: In a bed.  That’s Maddie’s rule.

Ben and Maddie, lately

Sunday morning

bath hair

missing Sam

the most?  Is Ash. He cried and howled a lot today.  He’s usually very quiet. We made the right decision for Sam. I know that, seeing him at the end.  Seeing his body relieved of the pain, remembering what he looked like that way.  It had been a long time since I’d seen his body [...]

saying goodbye to Sam

This afternoon we will lay our gentle Sam to rest. Sam’s mobility has been declining for months now.  As of yesterday morning, he can no longer stand on his own.  It’s heartbreaking to watch him try and fall down.  It’s time. The photo above is one I took of him a couple of years ago [...]

Sam and Ash

Ash

On Monday we adopted a puppy.  We named him Ash.  (We love the small helpless creatures around here, apparently.) He looks like a shepherd mix to us.  He was abandoned with three other pups. Our old Dane Sam enjoys the young company, I think, and is being very patient with Ash. So far, Ash is [...]