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Scrapbook updates

Scrapbook updates

I spent some time over the weekend building some new scrapbook pages… and then I found some older ones that I had forgotten about. It fascinates me as I look through the images and see how much they have grown, and how much I have yet to document so that we can...

Four Generations

Four Generations

I hope Genevieve will know all four generations: Martha (great-grandmother), me (grandmother, Martha’s oldest), Marie (mother and my daughter) and of course, Genevieve. My grandmother (Martha’s mother) was really big on multigenerational photos — so...

From the past…

From the past…

The Barnett children -- as young children My brother has a nice scanner, and has been scanning some old photos of late. These were taken in front of "the little house" in Florence. I am the oldest, with Leah 2 years younger and Bob 2 years younger than Leah... so,...

East of Katrina

The slow motion train wreck of a hurricane has passed west of us. Two tornado warnings this afternoon sent us all into an interior hall in the library. It didn’t hit so close, but the funnel clouds have been hanging around the neighborhood all afternoon. The air...

North East of Katrina

We’ve been watching the weather channel a lot today. As this monster storm approaches landfall it’s rather like watching a train wreck in slow motion. This morning as I was about to get up John had already turned on the weather channel. I knew something...

Travel, travel, travel

This month is proving to be on for the road. JP, Marie and I spent a week in Paris starting Easter night (This is the rough draft – unedited, no captions, etc). I hit it lucky – the 2 and a half days I was free to go touristing with them the weather was...

The pups are moving on

The pups are moving on

It’s been interesting, this process of sending my pups away to new homes. I have one left, not yet spoken for. Grazie (named after her mama Grace) has gone home with a new family. I should be so lucky as to have a family to love me like these folks love her....

Puppies at play

Puppies at play

  You can start the video by clicking on the arrow below the picture. There are 7 of us – 2 salt and pepper males, 4 black males and a black female.

Puppies – almost 2 weeks

All 7 pups seem to be doing just grand – like little, plump sausages that sometimes wiggle and squeal. Mama Grace is still doing the Mama thing so well, while coming back around to the lovely dog who runs to the door to greet me at lunch and at night. By the...

Puppies

Puppies are born pretty helpless: their eyes won’t open for 2 weeks, their ears won’t open for 4. But, they can smell Mama and they know how to eat. I tried to take pictures, but they are so tiny and black (and Mama Grace is black as well) – so that...

Schnauzers and Howling Wolves

NOVA Online | Wild Wolves | What’s in a Howl Listen up! and let the dog(s) listen with you. Interesting: Grace and Charlie respond to the Lonesome Howl and the Wolf Pup howl by chiming in and singing along. However, play the Agressive Male (warning off others),...

IVAN – here we sit

IVAN – here we sit

Currently there is a tornado warning out there, it’s windy and raining. The glass doors on the fireplace blow open from time to time. We got the Auburn University central computers down last night at about 11 – the library servers were shut down before we...