Continuing on with May…

Continuing on with May…

Hmm, as usual the month seems to be slipping away. While I was trying to clean up the hot tub room at the beginning of the month, Les felt that the mos comfortable place to lie down was on top of this tub lid full of dirt. We had more lilies of the valley than ever before blooming in front. I love them and wish they'd last a little longer. This mix of plants that my family got me a couple of years ago had been over-wintering pretty well but once I put it outside, the fuschia went crazy. I love that flower, not quite as much as a bleeding heart, but it's a close second, plus it keeps blooming...

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the day that Chester first showed up…

this is a post from Tuesday Sept. 27th, 2011.  we had found Les Paul in June, and on Saturday Sept. 24th i was getting ready for a wedding celebration for our friends Janice and Garrick. at the end...

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we are fortunate…

we are fortunate…

that we got to enjoy the company of our charming chester for six years. yesterday, our vet, dr. kris myers, found that his kidneys were grossly enlarged, meaning lymphoma. such an incredibly caring...

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p.s. that new photo on the banner

in the photo on the left, chester is patiently waiting for les to quit eating so he can hop up and polish off les's food.  he's always ravenous, and the vet did say he still has a big appetite, a...

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chester update

well...as of right now, 9:50 on wednesday morning, we have some hope. early yesterday morning kevin picked up chester from the emergency vet and took him to our vet, dr. kris meyers.  during the day...

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ending the year on an anxious note…

ending the year on an anxious note…

yesterday morning, the last day of the year, i woke up to see chester lying on the bathroom rug in front of the shower.  chester never, ever does this, and i knew that something was wrong.  he was...

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ok, it’s really, really time to stop

ok, it’s really, really time to stop

decorating.  i must stop.  now.  we are all decorated up around here; it was an exhausting weekend, and i still have a few more things i'd like to put up but it's not necessary. i even put up a...

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wrapping up november…

wrapping up november…

Mom got an iphone!  a big one, and she's very please with it, and is doing a great job of figuring out how to make it work. lester scaling a stump on a november walk. another beautiful lake view. a...

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well….

well….

christmas.  coming right up.  here's what i've done thus far, christmas-decorating-wise:  i've gotten the new artificial tree out of the basement.  yay, me. oh boy. it's not that i don't want to...

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an excursion!

an excursion!

we haven't taken many trips recently, but on nov. 18th we drove up to davenport Iowato see Harry Potter in Concert.  This is a worldwide phenomenon, where a live orchestra plays all the music from...

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