Abby Sunshine

We traversed the cold of mid-February and Abby Sunshine got to enjoy the thrill winter activity!   We first headed downhill, toward a frozen lake. You can see us walking on what looks like a trail, but really it’s a high speed sledding path! Notice little Abby frolicking happily toward the ice rink. She had already [...]

“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways…” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace. I love thee to the [...]

“It has an air about it of having strolled in from the street with a few tricks up its sleeve, and if everybody would relax, please, it would do its best  to pass the time whimsically.” Walter Kerr

Dog Tricks by Captain Arthur J. Haggerty and Carol Lea Benjamin I’m choosing to recommend this book, though I haven’t read the entire book. It’s the kind of book where you don’t have to read everything- not a flowing storyline; it’s a collection of 88 activities for your dog. I like how the tricks have been [...]

 I was lucky enough to share this blog with some 4th graders via their classroom Elmo projector. This photo of Abby was on a large screen in front of class. How do you think she looked on the screen?  These days many classrooms have Elmo projectors that are awesome for various demonstrations. You can enlarge [...]

This morning, Abby Sunshine was greeted with a wet and gloomy day. The temperature was around 36 and water was running down the street like a stream.  Abby would look into the moving water and try to catch a floating ice chunk. It was thrilling! We don’t usually have a moving river at our finger [...]

Bright and early, we all loaded up and headed South for a swim meet- (not like South where there are palm trees and warm weather, but South like 19 miles from home). The swimmers began warm-ups at 7:20a.m. You may not be surprised to hear that we got no “early morning” complaints from Abby Sunshine. [...]

Today was, as we call it in the running group, balmy. I’m not sure what the high temperature was, but it was certainly in the 30s and snow was melting. What goes with melting snow? A dog that gets wet. What accompanies a dog that is damp? A smell that isn’t all that pleasant.   Here you can [...]

I love to walk around an art museum and discover the many works of art that include dogs in the imagery. Throughout time, dogs have apparently been a good friend. I guess they have that reputation for a reason. Let’s take a moment to look at this painting. What is the young boy thinking about? [...]

 This morning, Abby was fortunate to be greeted with one of her favorite smells. Though I’ve mentioned that she enjoys begging from time to time. We have noticed that she takes a keen interest in bagels! Yes, she perks up with more begging energy than usual when there’s a bagel near.  Here she begins to [...]