Sue and I attended Kaypo's last "Puppy Pre-School" class last night and she was given a ribbon and an award certificate. They had us do several things with our puppy's including a "Team Relay Event" where they split us into two teams and you had to detach your leash and walk to the end of the building and call your dog and have her sit in front of ( Read more... )

Sue and I are safely home after a most wonderful weekend at OVFF. This was the first Con in a while where we could relax and enjoy the music and hang out with friends. Lots of old frieinds and plenty of new ones and some surprises like Katy and Steve :-O We got to see Tim the school teacher who we last saw at Conchord where we were Interfilk Guests ( Read more... )

We plan to leave tomorrow for OVFF after dropping off Kaypo at our sitters. Looking forward to seeing my old friends again and having a fantastic music  weekend.  We plan on getting in Friday afternoon.

Attached are a few pictures of Kaypo  I took at the cottage a few weekends ago.  She had a fabulous time discovering the forest and nature for the ( Read more... )

Sue and I have been under the weather for the last few days and I thought I would fill you in on new puppy news. Kaypo is signed up for "Puppy Day Care" and she starts next Wednesday. They will be teaching basics like sit, come, stay and down. She already sits on command for us and waves and comes when we call her most of the time and she is only ( Read more... )

 Hi Everyone! Just  note to say we are doing well and the puppy is healthy and has been to the vet for her next series of shots. Starting next week, we will be able to take Kaypo outside for walks now that she is completely vaccinated. Next shot is rabbies. We also plan to take her out to the cottage for the first time maybe next week. Oh and we ( Read more... )

Ok  I guess I have officially joined the "Pet Posting Crew" and I hope I am not boring everyone to death  but here is another update on Kaypo.  Today is Day 5 and she slept all throught the night till we got up this morning around 7:30. Yesterday we took her to the vet for her check-up and she was perfect for the vet and they all loved her. The Vet ( Read more... )

A further update on our new Havaneese puppy Kaypo. She slept most of the night and cried around 6:00 am but we ignored her and she went back to sleep till Sue got up around 8:00 am. She had used her puppy pad and was ready to play and greet the day. She is only 10 weeks old and she sits on command for us as well as waves and lays down. Teaching her ( Read more... )

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Thought I would show a few pictures from Karen Linsley's return to the stage taken from movie footage I shot at her concert for the Hudson Bay Group a few weeks ago. She was fantastic and did a number of new songs she has written along with some of her classics. Joining her on stage were a lot of the local filk community here in Toronto and Phil ( Read more... )

Are you going to ConChord in July this year? We are!!!!! The Stone Dragons have just been announced as Interfilk Guest July 1-4 2010 at Conchord www.conchord.org in Pasadena California. Wahoooo!!! We are sooooooooooo excited and thank you to the Interfilk Committee and especially Judith for calling us with the good news. Thank you to ConChord ( Read more... )