Snow Puppies

Here are my two dogs Cooper(left)and Thatcher playing out in the snow we had yesterday. Well, they took time out to mug it up for the camera.

SOPHIE HAS GONE TO THE LIGHT

Our dog Sophie passed away today. She had just turned 11 a few weeks ago. She had been battling cancer for the last year or so and I guess it finally caught up with her. She was the sweetest dog you could ever have and she will be really be missed. The photo below is one I took about five years ago and one that I hoped I never had to post. But no one lives forever; I really think it symbolizes God's light shining on her; I know she is by God's side now. Godspeed Sophie...we will miss you.



This is my wife's favorite photo of Sophie.

Birds

I took a photo of these birds in my backyard this week. Sorry for the quality I wasn't going to post them but I figured bad photos are better than no photos.


This guy is the reason I trotted out through the snow to take a photo. He is a Pileated Woodpecker, they are big, about the size of a crow. I don't see many of these in this area.


This is a Robin. It is said that they are the first sign of Spring; well this dispells that myth. It was 15 degrees when I took this photo; yesterday it was 7 below zero.

Sunny Woods

A sunny spot in the woods.

Deer Tracks

I took the "boys" out for a romp today in the woods and due to the hard icy snow with just a coating of powdery snow, animal tracks showed up nicely. Here are some deer tracks that we saw on our walk.


Here you can see where a deer was walking to the woods.


A nice closeup of the tracks.

Snowy Woods

Here is a photo of the snowy wood. I walk my dogs along this trail quite often.

The Stand Off

Preston the cat has his sights on the squirrel in the top right hand corner of the photo.

Our New Son Cooper

We have a new addition to the family his name is Cooper. He is Thatcher's brother from a different litter.

Breakfast with Santa 2008

Granville, MA - The Granville-Tolland Lion's Club has a "Breakfast with Santa" every year. Here are some photos of the pancakes from that day.

(Note: I am going to try to post more than I have in the past few months. I have not been traveling much so I will be posting some photos I have taken but not posted)


Small pancakes with a side of bacon.


That's one BIG pancake...are you hungry?

Hamburger Crows

I was sitting in the car waiting for my wife to come out of the store and noticed one of these crows pecking at a white piece of paper. I then saw that he was after a hamburger. Then another crow came in and stole the hamburger from him. The original crow then grabbed a piece and flew off (see above). A minute later a seagull came to grab the burger from the second crow...the modern rules of the jungle.