Saturday, October 11, 2008

sammy and the doctor





My Fridays off are devoted to house-cleaning, but sometimes become the day that I schedule appointments. This past Friday was Sammy's yearly check-up. Here we are arriving at our animal clinic. Sam pretends that he doesn't like to see the doctor, but I think he secretly does. He used to yowl all the way to the hospital, but now he just sits back and enjoys the ride.





Now we wait.







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Dr. T isn't really trying to strangle Sammy. She just wants him to look at the camera. She tells him that he is handsome. So do the receptionists. Sam eats it up. So Sammy, tell me true. It wasn't so bad, was it?




























traveling in style


















Arriving at the clinic
























My Fridays off are devoted to cleaning the house, but sometimes become the day that I schedule appointments - doctor, dentist, hairdresser, car repair etc.. This Friday was Sammy's yearly check-up.


































































Tuesday, October 7, 2008

i had a little pear tree


Nothing it would bear. Until this year. No silver nutmegs, but hundreds of golden pears. Two Sundays of work have yielded me 13 jars of pear halves and 11 jars of pearsauce. What's next? Perhaps merlot wine sauced pears, pear chutney, pear jam. I'm starting to enjoy this putting food by.