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in the summer of '04 ben & erica moved in to 12
vacation lane.
found here will be details of ...
written mostly by erica and photographed a lot by ben,
however like most things in life there are exceptions....
for instance ben wrote that last useless sentence.
More of the Blizzard '05
the dogger is longingly gazing out to where the path
to the bogs should be...
ben did not take his car out until thursday after the
storm. here, he gets picked up by clayton to get to work on monday
afternoon.
pete snowblows the driveway at seacoast. (curvy path
on right is my shoveling out from the porch.)
Australia Day!
We celebrated Australia Day on January 29th, although
it is really on Jan 26 in Australia. Considering the hemisphere
differences, it would have been difficult to celebrate at the
exact same time as the Aussies anyway. Most Aussies BBQ on this
day since it is summer down there, but we decided to have a 18.5
lb turkey and full thanksgiving day feast! Unfortunately, we were
so busy, we did not get a picture of the turkey when it came out
of the oven.
i am really proud of my very first applie pie from
scratch! YUM!!!
the party included two guests who lived in Australia,
Foster's, Tim Tam, AC/DC and our old skool dart games. we had
so much fun making our first turkey dinner and were so glad everyone
made it from near and far.
Jan 31
the dogger went to acupuncture and has been doing trottingly
(dog equivalent to swimmingly) ever since!
Feb 19
today, clayton and lydia came by for pancakes and brought
along the mucho anticipated PropFan! you can see another
shot of the prop on a way earlier page (#2.) clayton ingeniusly
attached the wooden propeller, a beautiful gift from odranch,
to some sort of motor and handcrafted a gorgeous metal "art
deco" nose to complete the objet d'art and function! above,
clayton installs the item and voila! it spins! it is just about
as silent as can be!
here is a closeup! AGAIN!!!! what can we say!?! we
are blessed for all our beautiful friends and family who have
made our home a unique place!
FEB ?
I finished reading Fast Food Nation and we made our
own french fries and tried out the Free Range Australian hamburgers
from Trader Joe's.
SATURDAY March 5th!!!!
we went to Bristol, RI to pick up our new pal from
the Bristol Animal Shelter. Her name is LB (Lil Bear.) She's just
about the sweetest pup you could ever imagine!
St. Paddy's Day!
Elbers is starting to relax in her new home. She has
been to the vet and they pronounced her A-OK, despite her two
supposedly benign belly tumors. TOOMAH! She peed in the house
almost everyday for a week although she is certainly house trained.
And although parties in the house are split as to which is worse
to clean up- #1 or #2... I will say that I prefer to clean up
the solids. Well when she peed on our bed twice, and possibly
in her crate, we thought we might have less of a doggie with behavior
issues and more of a physical problem. Alas, to save our sleeping
quarters from further destruction, we purchased a goddarned ^@&!?
baby gate for the stairs. There are only three moving parts on
this thing but it never fails to be a pain in the arse as they
would say in the old country. Fortunately we have not had one
pee incident since it's installment!
LB can sit, stand, shake paws and sometimes lie down
and fetch. She is a quick student and although she seems to prefer
her food with some yogurt mixed in, she is gaining weight and
her coat is improving. She was picked up on the street so we don't
know anything about her previous life. We found her thru Petfinder.com
and the vet we saw thinks she is approx. 8 yrs.
So, now the girls only go upstairs when we are home.
Elbers has her own bed, even though the two have not quarreled
over her stealing of Cygnus' bed too. Phew! Cygnus needed some
consistent reprimanding to stop her snapping (when food and affection
were concerned) and has since become a good doggie roommate.
Mostly, the girls don't interact. Elby is old enough
that she doesn't pounce on the elderly dogs for too much play.
She has a few times gone to greet Cygnus in the morning and to
our delight there have been no altercations.
And for all those worried over whether Cygnus is still
getting enough lovin, well, she is! Both doggers even got brand
spankin new nametags! Perhaps the funniest thing about our twin
mystery husky mixes, both strays from RI, is that their left ears
both have a little bend at the top corner! Cygnus attacked a skunk
which resulted in an ear infection and subsequent deformation;
we can only speculate about our little LB.
April 7
ELBERS!
I think she loves us! She has really come along way
this past month! She got another bath and her coat has lost its
greasiness! Her personality is still coming out and she is ever
more playful! She loves to play when we get home from work, and
did I mention how she can RUN!?!?
LB and Cygnus get along better than ever! Cygnus has
even gone over to sniff LB's face and LB has shown some spunk
and bared her teeth when Cygnus got too close to her beloved bone.
LB likes to be protective of us and here she keeps
an eye out last weekend as we get a dirt delivery. We have implements
of grass construction and though we do not crave a perfect lawn
or anything, we hope to remedy the barrenness of the sandy construction
site yard! I planted some trees today that I got by sending $$$
to the ArborDay.org people. They are little twig tree seedlings
at this point so I hope they make it!
In the meantime, we have planted some wheatgrass at
the base of our flourishing orange tree. We have loads of miniature
oranges and some sweet-smelling blossoms. Stay tuned for some
pictures of my *new* Hombre!
APRIL 28
this is my blue light and flame motif hombre!!
here is a view of Cygnus in the back of the hombre-
perfect for taking the girls to chappy beach!
careful not to get caught in the tangle! they are mischievious!
LB loves to play!
Cygnus and I love to look silly! b& e are off to
Dc for the weekend. the doggers will stay here at home with their
pal Bren!
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