Long Beach

Alas, I am not in Long Beach nor did I go.  But in light of the upcoming ice storm I thought it would be nice to reminisce about a warmer place.  Early in December John was invited to the AKC Agility Invitational as his dog Laura was one of the top agility Bouviers in the country.  They took a flight out and thoroughly enjoyed themselves and the weather as all I ever heard when he called home was, "The weather is so nice here!"  What a great way to end a great year.  John and Laura both deserved it.
They qualified 4 times with one clean run.  Here is a video of the clean run:

Awesome action shots, Great Dane Photos.

Best friends:)

A Mystery

No, not the book but there is a mystery surrounding it.  A couple of days ago I received this book in the mail but I didn't order it.  Did someone want me to read it?  Could the key to my future lie within?  OK maybe not that but it IS intriguing and now I am compelled to read it!  I am about 40 pages into it, so far so good, and English Angoras make an appearance!  Thank you to the very clever and thoughtful person who sent it. I like your style!

What a job!

If someone told me years ago I would get paid to play with cats for a living I would say, "Are you kidding me?!"  We got this sweet little fellow in today and I immediately forgot everything else on my to-do list. 


"Are you my new masseuse? There's this spot on the top of my head..."



"No, wait...  Try here..."

"Hold on.  A little to the left..."

"Ah, that's it.  There...  I think you got it:)"

A Best in Show

I know, I know, it's been ages since last we spoke but no news is good news...  But this news is even BETTER!  Today at the New Year's Eve show held in Wilmington, Ohio Delilah got a best in show.  It was such a nice surprise as you always dream about the big win but it seems so elusive most of the time.  The show started around noon and ended shortly after 6PM.  Those are some great show hours as you get to sleep in and get home at a decent hour.  The weather was beyond great at temps near 60 degrees.  Geez, someone pinch me- all this sounds too good to be true.  Here are some pictures just so you know I wasn't dreaming.

"Hey!  Don't forget about me, K?" Delilah waiting to be judged for best 4 class.  No room left on the table!

Delilah after getting the once-over by Judge Mike A.

Judge Kevin deciding between the Californian and Delilah for Best in Show.

Delilah sitting pretty waiting for her turn.

Two happy rabbit owners.

Another good reason to go to the show: meeting up with good rabbit friends Annette and Lisa.

First Snow

It seems we are having a year of weather extremes.  First, a very hot summer which was unbearable now extremely cold temperatures that have arrived early this year along with the snow.  We got about 2 inches yesterday and thankfully it didn't stick to the driveway.  Maybe it was retaining the heat from the 61 degrees we had several days before!  I will just be thankful I didn't have to go out and plow.  Here are some pictures of Angus and Wesson enjoying the first significant snowfall.  At least someone was looking forward to  it.

Angus pondering the origins of snowflakes.

Wesson playing with a frozen toy.

Angus can't catch the little red head.

"Wanna make a snowman?"

A blog entry about an article featuring a blog

Well, that was a mouth full.  My friend Betty is at the rabbit convention in Minnesota and this article was written about the experience featured on her blog.


http://www.examiner.com/pets-in-oakland/the-fun-never-ends-2010-blogging-the-87th-arba-convention-review

You've got to love technology, information travels at the speed of light!

Pretty....

Now that summer is a thing of the past I have more time to play with my fiber.  Here are three recent completed hanks.  The one on the left is Too Sexy's fiber which almost met an untimely end when Wesson decided to take it outside.  I found it a day later full of leaves and rained upon but it was salvageable.  The other two hanks have been dyed with commercial dye.  I like the natural color fibers like tort and black as dying fiber always makes me anxious.  What if I don't like the color after all that time I spent spinning it?  These two turned out lovely, though.