Why, oh why, does Roxie wait to do her business until we are at the farthest point from home on a walk? Does she intentionally want me to have to carry a bag of poo for as long as possible??
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Hanukkah-palooza!
So, finally the story of our traditional Hanukkah-palooza! Our little family of four has many traditions. One of the most important ones to us involves another family who is very, very special to us. Background information: We used to live two houses away from this family in a neighborhood just about 2 miles from where we are now (we’ve been in this house for 7 years now). Although we only lived in that other house for about 2, maybe 2 1/2 years (we were renting), we met this family who will be friends for our lifetime. There are seven of them (the five kids ranging currently in age from 7…
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Miscellanea on a Snowy Day
Happy Snowy Day! Note that I did not say “Happy SNOW Day”, much to my kids’ dismay. (I am a poet and didn’t know it!) The news people are broadcasting that we have now had the first “major” Winter Storm of the year here in Chicagoland. I say, “HUH?” and “not really”. The first winter storm, yes. I’ll give them that one. Major? Not by a long shot. A mere 3-5 inches, depending upon where you live, is really nothing for this area. I remember the Blizzard of 1979, when we couldn’t even get out the back door. Now THAT was a major storm. Anyway, I think the people the…
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Holiday Photo Outtakes
Had some fun trying to get a photo for our holiday card this year… The twelve-year-old and sleepy dog are just warming up before the arrival of the fifteen-year-old… Wake up!!! Okay, this is getting ridiculous. Not using this one, but definitely a keeper!
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Before Fall Is Technically Over…
I posted this photo the other day at my NaBloPoMoFo page, but since I am fairly certain that nobody reads that page, I’m putting it up here too…just because I think it’s so lovely! This tree is in my neighborhood (not in my own yard: wah!) and the colors were so gorgeous about a week and a half ago that I walked Roxie over there just to capture it on film. I took photos of Roxie the Beast as well, on her cute little walking harness. You see, when she was a puppy we discovered that she is one of those annoying dogs that pulls and pulls on the leash…