We picked up Danny's ashes today. Danny will be buried in a peaceful spot along side our two other dogs. When we find the perfect bush ...

This post was going to have pictures of the house with it's roof half done. But as you can see, Rick's Main Roofing was able to ge...

It's been one long week since our Danny boy passed to the other side. First the remainder of his food was tossed. After a couple days ...

The house was way too quiet last night. As violent thunderstorms raged through western Fairfield county, I expected to be nudged by my boy, ...

Danny had surgery today. When the vet opened Danny up, he found that the cancer had spread to most of Danny's organs. At best, they said...

This is Franklin. Franklin was made by a family friend and arrived at our doorstep several years ago during a very dark time. The first time...

With only two of us in the house and not eating too many meals at home this week, it took a while to fill up the dishwasher. I finally ran a...

The radiologist read the ultrasound and said that Danny's tumor is either in the spleen or omentum. The recommendation is to have surger...

Danny had the ultrasound today. The vet said he was a great patient, no need for anesthesia. Danny just laid down and let the technician do...

Cancer. One word, one moment and everything changes. Danny has cancer. Danny has been skipping meals and we decided that he should see the v...

I let Danny out this afternoon and he immediately rolled over and over in the grass. When Danny stopped, he just stretched out on his side w...

I read an interesting article in Business Week (6-9-08) about how people divide their estates before/after their death. Estate planning has ...

Maddy and Paddy have disappeared. I assume that they have migrated to their summer home. The last few days, the ducks were coming 3-4 times ...

The most precious bush in our garden is now in bloom. Our first weigela was planted at our first home in NC. We have moved twice since then ...

Our new dishwasher has been delivered and installed! The installer said we picked a good one. He has a Bosch dishwasher and loves how quiet ...

Bev, an IAMS representative, left a response to the blog entry about Danny not eating his IAMS food. Bev said there was a satisfaction guara...

Danny decided that he no longer likes his chicken based IAMS dog food and stopped eating it. I thought Danny was sick, but Jeff pointed out ...

I received two new hummingbird feeders as an early birthday gift. I put this one out last night and wondered how long it would take before h...

We spent Memorial Day weekend with family in upstate NY. While we were there we met two Golden Retrievers who were visiting from Tennessee. ...

Our Maytag dishwasher has major problems and needs to be replaced. Those who regularly read the blog will know that this was the last remain...