Akiva on 3-2-2011, looking up at the camera in his blue boa. He always knows how to get my attention.
Those big eyes and that fluffy face are tough to resist. He’s been my little sidekick for years.
I picked up a couple of new houseplants from the clearance rack at Lowe’s. I potted one up in a woven basket and dropped the other into a copper pot. Here they are settled in by the window: a big split-leaf philodendron in the basket and a colorful croton in the copper pot. They should…
“Princess is a Shih Tzu/Shepherd mix. She is very loving and loyal. She is very loyal to my husband who takes her on her daily walks. Her father is a Shih Tzu and her mother is a Shepherd. She has her daddy’s personality — she is very determined.” Princess is a remarkable mix of two…
Here’s Bae (left) and Vasco (right) on Christmas morning, dressed up in their holiday sweaters and surrounded by wrapping paper. The boys always got into Christmas morning, especially with presents to investigate.
This is Bella Hernandez. Bella is a very special dog — she’s very sweet, kind, lovable, and very playful. Bella is a very lucky dog because she almost died. One day when we took her to get her shots, she got really nervous or scared and then she fainted in my mom’s hands. I got…
Some things you just have to go see in person, even if you are watching from a distance. Saturday night I went down to Oshkosh for the closing night of EAA AirVenture. If you are not from the Fox Valley, AirVenture is the big one. Every July the Experimental Aircraft Association takes over Wittman Regional…
“Choppy came to me when he was 1 year old. He was with a family that loved him but were too busy to take proper care of him. My son knew that I was wanting a dog and he overheard a man he worked with say that he wished that he could find a good…