Sunday night, Sarah and I had a spontaneous mother/daughter outing.  The ocean-washed air was soft and clear and  was laced with a message to all photographers: Come outside!  Bring your cameras!  Shoot! Now I’ve never been one to disobey the commands of ocean-washed air, so I grabbed my camera and my own personal photo subject and she and I made our leisurely way to the…

Snowy had an absolutely great weekend. We will find out from the vet today which meds to start weaning him off of and then we’ll see what happens from there.    On the other hand, I am having one of my semi annual bad back pain episodes and am trying to get this post written and get into bed before the heavy duty muscle relaxers kick…

Since I’ve posted so much sad news about Snowy recently, I thought I would post some happy pictures today. These were taken a few months ago while we were giving him a bath.  (And while he was a bit hesitant about me posting nekkid pictures of him on the Internet, he did give me permission to do it . . . just this once.)  By…

I’m happy to report that the Dog of the House is doing splendidly on his new medication regimen. Pain is being kept largely at bay and he’s resting a lot.  When he is awake, he is happy and ready to hang out with whichever human happens to be closest. In many cases, that humans happens to be me.    (And although I look sad in…