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Our Halloweekend started off on Friday, V's daycare had a dress-up party so she headed out in costume #1. Yes, I am evil and sent my mud-playing, food-smearing child to school in a fluffy white costume:
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Goodbye sweet Sasha-bear
I started writing the attached post in June. As a former foster and current adopter, I had been asked to write a piece for The Howler, the newsletter of the Alaskan Malamute HELP League. We knew at the time that Sasha's health was deteriorating and I feared publishing it, as it seemed disingenuous to write about Sasha as if all was fine ( Read more... ) -
The Good'ol days
While destroying evidence cleaning out my email at work today (yes, I kept EVERYTHING) I came across a bunch of ancient emails that made me smile and sadly nostalgic at the same time. I'm not sure if this post is about the good'ol times or the people I know. Or maybe the people I know are what made the 'ol times so good...in which case I have to ( Read more... ) -
Fall garden (slideshow)
All those showy flowers are nice and all, but doesn't it really all boil down to the seeds? Might be my last set of non-snow-covered pics until next year...
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The Sens may not be winning on the ice these days, but they are winning in my daughter's heart. I have discovered that if there's one thing the Sens organization does well, it's that they treat their junior fans like gold. At SensFest we signed V up as a Sparty's Kids Club All-Star member. For $20 V received her membership card, a cool lunchbox, a ( Read more... ) -
Thanksgiving
Turkey and family were the themes for today...with a healthy dose of cleaning and cooking thrown in. I took part in a photo challenge to take a picture every hour for 10 hours because it was 10-10 today (and you know, I had nothing else going on). Here are 13 of those pics, I actually made it to 12, the wheels fell off at #13 which was 15 minutes ( Read more... ) -
Today was a good day to have a camera in hand
and I used it to stalk my neighbour's tree. I've admired this tree for years, it's spectacular when it finally turns and it lasts a very short time. I've always been too self-conscious or without camera in the past, but when I saw the tree at first light this morning I knew I'd have to return with my camera today:
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