Sage: President for Life

Sage is definitely President of this small "country."  She runs us like a well oiled machine.  We know when we're supposed to get her outside, what time the "mommie Secret Service" is supposed to show up, when the President's chef is supposed to have the meals laid down....

So tonight, she is throwing another inaugural ball.  We'll all dance to Springstein, Alicia Keys, the Supremes, and celebrate her election (although I think she is the only one who could vote) to President for Life!

If we can get a copy of her speech, we'll post it.  I suspect it is something short, like: "woof."

Murphy's Day.

Ok, So Now Do We Get to Go to the Snow?

Dog impatience.  Willa is fully capable of initiating a riot (isn't there a law against that?) when she wants to go to the beach, the ball field, on a walk, or to the snow.

This is about a patient as I see her....

Murphy's Day.

Muddy Fields

It's actually been quite nice having the cold weather.  It dries out the ball fields and Annie doesn't get into my car looking like this.

There is nothing better for a lab than diving into a mud puddle, no, I mean a mud hole, chasing a tennis ball.  Nothing.  Well, except snow.

There are not enough old towels in this world to clean off Annie when she is on a roll!

Murphy's Day.

Our Friends

Over the holidays friends of ours gave the girls lots of presents.

This picture is of the girls on Christmas morning enjoying hand made biscuits from our great friends Tad and Pam.

You can tell they didn't want them....haha

Murphy's Day.

Our Visitors from the North

And another thing that has been wonderful about the city this year has been the visit from Snowy owls. Contrary to many who think they migrate south because of global climate change, it's because lemmings are not very smart.  They breed like crazy, then crash, then breed, then crash.  And every year since time began, when the lemming population crashes, Snowy owls head south to find food.  So, there are two of them in my neighborhood!  It's very cool.

And when I say my neighborhood, I mean literally a block or so away.

They have been a spectacular way to enjoy this season.

Murphy's Day.

Sometimes Walks in the City Can Be Fun

Didn't go out of town this weekend.  Decided to stay and really try to get myself back to at least 80%.  This has been a long haul.

So, on our late afternoon walk on Saturday we were greeted with the most amazing sunset.

I'm not much of an urban person anymore.  Traffic, hipsters, traffic, "being cool," traffic....but sometimes staying in the city can be fun.

Murphy's Day.

Snow?

Well, now that we're over all the flu and various ailments, we've watched Downton Abbey several times...we're ready to bolt for the weekend.

Looking for snow, of course.

It keeps the girls happy and that makes me happy.

Time to stack the labs in the back of the truck!

Murphy's Day.