Every afternoon at the lake

Bummer don't know if you can make this big enough to see, but Petey is way over past the big logs over by the trees running about and then races toward Wood and then passes him by and runs like a race horse past me. He has so much room and freedom to just charge about there and he could care less that it is only 35 or 40 degrees. Me, I am good for about 20 minutes and then I want to get home by the fire. This morning we went for our normal walk in the woods- 21 degrees when we got up and about 28 when we went for the walk. We bundled up and it was fine, but I forgot to cover my face and it was beet red when I got home from the cold!

A week of haps

Last week Anne came to visit to see Emerson and to celebrate her birthday. We had a great time hanging out and shopping and cuddling with Emerson :-) These geese were on the shore when we arrived, but guess they didn't trust us to leave them alone so made their way into the frigid lake waters.Every afternoon (earlier and earlier it seems these days) Petey insists on going over to the park and running about on his favorite beach. Thought this picture would let you see just how low the lake has dropped. I am going to try to post a video next of him running about. He just LOVES it. Almost as much as his favorite pearch, which you see below :-)

Wow!!!

I LOVE stuff like this. Found this by following some stuff that Jill had been reading (thanks Jill)

And this is when it all began

Wood's affection for motorcycles that is. He is on his cousin Billy's Indian :-)

Betcha can't eat just one

We took Hoss to Fudruckers for his birthday this weekend. Wood thought he ordered a 1/2 burger. Melissa and I think he got a 1lber by mistake. I have NEVER seen a burger this big in my life. Wood made about 1/2 a dent in the burger! :-). Look this picture even has two bites gone already!

It's raining...

Leaves that is. In just one weeks time our maples went from brilliant red to leafless. Now the gorgeous goldens are taking over. Our lake is down 10 feet and although we should be getting some rain this week our drought is still very severe. If you make this picture larger by double clicking on it, you can see the depth marker across the lake and that it is totally out of the water!

I am dreaming of a white...

Well we had our first fire in the fireplace this season while listening to Christmas music, reading the Sunday paper and smelling Taco soup cooking in the crock pot. What a glorious way to spend a Sunday morning. Petey is having to wait for his walk a little later today when it warms up from 38 to 50ish. Oh and as for Petey, we had to take him to the Vet on Friday. He has a fungal ear infection. Let me tell you he does not like either of the type of drops we have (read I) have to put in his ear. One kind is to change the ph in his ear and smells like rank apple cider (which is why I get to put them in... the smell makes Wood sick). The other is the medicine and it has to be refrigerated and even though I try to warm it up before plopping the little drops in his ears, he is still thinking I am doing some kind of slow torture on him. Poor little guy... doesn't seem to have affected either his appetite or desire to play though :-)

Ever so much fun

Monday I broke a tooth on a nut that had been cracked (the tooth not the nut). Boy was I glad that I was home and not on the road. Today the dentist was able to work me in to start the crown process. Once before I had to have a crown on the opposite side of my lower jaw... same tooth. 5 shots of Novocain. I made this dentist promise that he would not give me 5 shots of novocain again (really hard on my body all over, not just my face and mouth0 Well he had to break his promise and he would have given me another shot if I would have let him. I guess my lower jaw is innervated really uniquely (ie I am weird). So it just hurt, even though he tried really really hard not to hurt me and to make it feel like he was drilling right on a nerve. but in the end it is done and I have a temporary crown and I have had a couple of shots of Brandy to deal with the pain tonight and all will be well when i get I get the permanant in about a month :-)

Lost

After a week in a different city, I can't tell you how glad I was to be home. To see the fall colors and trees and woods and lakes and rivers and streams and just to be in my own little sanctuary. The tapestry above that Wood and I bought when on our last Sept vacation really does sum up what I LOVE most. I would rather be lost in the woods any day than found in the city. We rode the beastess over this afternoon to visit Emerson (and his parents). He really had grown LOTS in the past week, at least to my grandma eyes!And finally one of my very talented colleagues and friends, made a jack o lantern out of our FSA post its to welcome everyone to our conference last week. Isn't he great? He whips these creations out in a matter of minutes. :-)