I thought I'd share our Christmas card with you all today. I got the idea for the card, based on the immortal words of Louis Armstrong, ...

In Monday's post I mentioned we went hiking last week in red-rock country (Sedona to be exact). On one of our hikes, I noticed a heart-s...

We took Rita on a little hiking vacation last week. On one hike, we saw three javelina, which, according to Wikipedia, are also called pec...

A while back, I wrote about the one bear in my mom's collection that was "Rita's" - she would run and snag it every time ...

Why do people say someone's a "dog" if they think that person's unattractive? Makes no sense. Dogs are gorgeous! I mean,...

I hope all of you in the States had a great Thanksgiving! Ours was very nice, if a bit complicated logistically. Because my mom is in reha...

Rita is apparently blowing her summer undercoat out at the moment. She normally sheds a good bit all year long, but now it's just nutty....