No More Seats Left in the Truck...

Some friends of ours needed to give their dog away, and so we aquired Ginger a few days ago. Ginger is 9 months old, weighs about 60 pounds and is a border-collie/german shepherd/boxer cross. she is a lovely, quiet dog who is (usually) well behaved and well socialized. she did run away today as she saw a deer in a yard down the street and took off after it. (Man she's fast!!) she is also loves being with the family and always wants to be in the same room with you. We are very excited about our "new addition" to the family!

Like Master Like Doggy

Well, After a long "wrestling" match in which Ginger accidentally gouged Daryl's eye with her paw and rendered him blind for several hours, the two made up and decided to have a little nap together. We think she realized she hurt him as she's been sucking up ever since. Daryl currently looks like he got punched in the eye as it's swollen closed. Karen found an eye patch at the local drug store, and Daryl is trying to convince her to sew a skull onto the front of it. (Pictures to follow)

A few of my biker buddies

This past weekend Daryl attended the 23rd annual Port Albernie Toy Run. There were 1018 bikes that registered and at least another 200-300 that weren't officially counted. This was Daryl's second time on the ride and it was more fun the last. Unfortunately Karen was in Tennessee and had to miss out again but there is always next year. Here are just a few of the people Daryl rode with. Each person must bring a new toy to donate at the end of the ride. The toys are then distributed to the less fortunate, and hospitalized children at Christmas.

By The Sea

When Julee and Chris were here, we thought it would be the perfect opportunity to have a photo taken of the family. As we quickly viewed it we thought: "Great! Everyone is looking at the camera, everyone has their eyes open! It's a good picture!" However, on closer inspection, we noticed that each child was doing something randomly silly. Oh well, this is as good as it's ever going to get.

Family Visit

This weekend, Karen's sister (Julee), brother-in-law (Chris) and nephew Sam Elliot (a.k.a "Smelliot") came for a visit. While it was much too short, we had a great time showing them the house, sitting by the fire, taking walks, getting to know each other better and trying to rope them into building us some fences/stacking some wood. Julee also got to go for her first ride on a Harley Davidson and had a blast.

Completed projects

Well, we finished the garden enclosure and the new woodshed. Now we just have to move the rest of the wood in so we can knock down the old eyesore and plant grass which will make the yard larger.