Pip Pip!!!

Our new pup is named 'Pip'. OK, her covergirl days are over but what she lacks in orthodontics, she makes up for in positive attitude. She dances like a circus dog, cuffs Nigel in the head and eats worms...yup, just like a robin!!

New View

This was the view out of my office window at College on day one. It's been a long/short five months. The trees are now snow-covered, my desk is heaped with books and papers and my brain is constantly churning. I check my ears regularly to make sure nothing is falling out. Teaching is filled with amazing rewards and I'm here to say that each and every one is well deserved. Aside from bearing children, never have I been so consumed by one activity. If you ever have the opportunity to teach...anything....DO IT. My friend, Lynn, who teaches at the same college says I'll never feel smarter than this June. Waiting, hoping, filling the brain....

Light My Fire!

Our backyard is blessed with a most productive firepit, which we load up on a regular basis. One minute I suggest a bonfire, and the next minute I look out the window and see this. It's only recently that I caught the magic happening in the form of bar-b-q lighter fluid. Who'd have thunk that a man of such seniority on this planet would resort to such cheap and dangerous flashes of fancy? One man's woodsy wonderment is another man's fiery fulfillment.

"I Think I Left the Schnoodle Behind my Ear!"

When my son, Kyle, was small we used to read a book called, 'Where's Goldbug' - It was his favourite. Page after page we'd search for the elusive goldbug in a myriad of busy traffic and crowd scenes. Kyle would shriek with delight when he found the hidden bug illustration. Now, twenty five years later, he finds himself in a photo with our hidden schnoodle. Where's Nigel???