Harley and Spirit

Thank you Zupko, for not minding me riding your pony. I promise to never let anyone else ride him and if I do, he said he will strike or call Caroline.

If only winter could only always be just like today!

winter nights

It is cold, we're snowed in. the dogs are bored. the boy is working and cuddling with his new cat and we live in our bedroom. why? but we are cooking french toast and watching old movies and the snow out here could be in a calendar. and the neighbors aren't riding motorcycles because of the snow, so I'm happy.

the whole story

is really long. but when Shawnna and I went to pick up Harley from Kenyon yesterday, we found this puppy on the highway. I was going to keep him because he was lovely and sweet, but then the puppy saw the grandpa and it was true love. So now the puppy is clean and warm and has been named Jack and sometimes things just happen the way they're supposed to.

And zillions of pics of Shawnna's pony coming soon. We are already fighting over him.

grrrr....zupko....me want nice slow trotting pony.....

Incidentally....

I should mention that Marc, Spyder and I all fractured back teeth and in the same week, we all had to have them removed.

Oh yes, and I got Marc a cat for Valentine's Day. Her name is Valentine.

And Shawnna's new horse comes tomorrow! And I think that Alexis is buying Spirit!

Spring is coming, I can tell.

more happy things...

Examining Spyder's wound...



Exploring old barns that might just be haunted...




Sunsets....I get to see so many beautiful sunsets...

Happy things

X-Ray gross faces



Seeing the world from the back of a horse with really good music playing on the i-pod



Trying to take pictures of horses who like to cuddle



Watching newborn baby horses ice-skate

Oh, Spyder...

Well, today was the big day. Of drop-off at least. We went to Woodland Run in Grove City, where Spyder will be staying for the next couple of days while he recovers from his fancy tooth extraction (scheduled for tomorrow).

His travelling coat got a bit dusty, but other than that, I thought he looked quite nice. He was not happy about going until he learned that Woodland Run give free choice hay - a three-day, all-you-can-eat buffet for horses.

Crossing my fingers that he comes out of GA okay.

Other than that, just trying to stay warm and getting ready for a fun weekend!

Happy Valentine's to my Valentine

Not only is Marc the cutest student at PS30 in Queens, he is also completely amazing for other reasons.

1. He went to the High School of the Performing Arts in Manhattan, right after FAME, which was based on his school.
2. He drove electric trolley buses as a bus driver in Seattle for TEN years!
3. He organized labor - lots of it.
4. He worked the graveyard shift at Kinkos a long time ago, and stole copies, something for which he still feels guilty.
5. He has a Brooklyn accent, but only when we go to NYC or he talks on the phone to his mom.
6. He is a geographer who doesn't know anything about maps. Not even that Greenland is the same size as Texas!


Oh, this is fun. Marc has been converted to a horse/dog/parrot/goat/pig country person thanks to ME!


Happy V-Day everybody!

My grandma's 85th

If I ever had a daughter she would constantly be compared to Maddie, who is probably the coolest person in the world...



All of us



My two favorite ladies...