animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

alice

Meet the newest member of the mutt brigade: Alice. We just got her today at The Somerset Humane Society. As you might be able to tell, she’s a Doberman mix. Mixed with what? Well, that’s anyone’s guess, but the Somerset people are guessing some type of hound. And, yes, her …

on the run

Someone (ahem) left the shop door open this evening and later, Marley was nowhere to be found. I was in the middle of making tuna salad for tomorrow’s lunch (You have to do something with all of those Easter eggs. And to think that we haven’t even colored our eggs …

he loves me

He loves me not. I seem to be the marginal “favorite human” of Marley, the demon cat. He kind of likes me most of the time (well, as much as he’s capable of liking anyone), but it’s not something you can count on. I was the first one to get …

puppy fever

Jake and I caught this ailment this evening when we went to see Grammy and Pappy Law’s new puppy, Maddie (Jake took this photo, by the way. I think we have a budding photographer on our hands). She is a 10-week-old Bernese Mountain Dog (aka a ball of fluff). What …

cat bastard

It’s kind of like a rat bastard, only worse. I made an appointment for Marley at The Dog House–the pet grooming business that we’ve been frequenting for the past 10 years. He has a bunch of matted hair on his back that I’m sick of looking at. Otherwise, I wouldn’t …