Saturday snapshot...Amber R.I.P.

We lost this beauty this Christmas too.  Lovely Amber.

Saturday snapshot is hosted by Alyce from At Home with Books.

Pets forever...

Enjoying the afternoon sunshine on a cold day...

I like to keep my library books between the spindles of the staircase, that way I remember to read and return them, Kehan had other ideas.

Family Trees...

This card was part of a little bundle, Nancy  sent me, isn't she great. It's always such a pleasure to get mail. I've been reading posts on family trees, and anxiously awaiting the completed pages of my husbands lineage, one his cousin and I have been working on for a couple of years now. Of course this has nothing to do with dogs. But even dogs have family trees. Nancy is part of my blog family tree. For many of the talented ladies I have met over the years, blogging is how we know what's up with each other, and this is how we meet others through their branches, if you will. I read a most interesting post the other day on one of the branches of Nancy's blogs. Eat Write Create, Lennie is talented photographer and photo shop guru to many. The Nancy's branch I discovered through Carmi, our clever paper artist, and Carmi or course I discovered through Leslie, a gifted decorative artist. Carmi's Napoleon Obsession led me to Post Card Friendship Friday. Do check it out, and add to your "blog" family tree. It can only enrich your life. My tree keeps growing.

P.S. I've had dogs on my mind lately, wonder how my cat would feel about that?

Who's the Boss?

At this time of year I like to cut back my Hydrangea plants and bring them in to dry. They look particularly nice in this swan basket I've had for years. Well Keehan had other ideas. It seems the minute I pull the basket out he finds it and off he goes to sleep in it, hydrangeas or not. I read Leslie's blog about the article in the paper she read about a cat depriving it's mistress of sleep. Nothing new, us cat owners are quite used to that one. At present Keehan is not adjusting well to Daniel moved out, Sasha having longer classes and me away at my mom's most days. We each get quite a scolding if not a beating. I think Andy probably gets abused first thing in the morning. I've had a bruise or two from him, and Daniel gets a proper 15min. scolding each time he comes home. Who' the Boss?

HAPPY CANADA DAY

I don't have many childhood memories of Canada Day Celebrtions I don't think we ever bought fireworks and set them off around our neighborhood. I think I remember hearing them being set off at Battlefield Park, in Stoney Creek, but I'm sure we never attended. When we moved to Mississauga fireworks were set off here at City Hall. Daniel was a little more than a year old, my husband was working and the dog was terrified. So I sat in my basement, where the widows were smaller, and the sound muffled with the baby crying in my arms and the dog trembling between my legs. The following year, the dog had died, and the baby watched out the window at the display. For a number of years after that our neighbors would have a little party and invite us and we would all enjoy a little neighborhood display. At this point the city decided not to do the big display at the center, so we often had spectators at the gates watching us do it as well. We don't do that anymore, partly because the kids have all grown up and go to Ashbridges Bay or Wonderland . But my little baby, now 22, is an aspiring Piro Technician. He invites his own little clan to view his masterful display, and I suppose someone quite enjoyed it and took this great picture. (Obviously a well trained scrapper) He is seen here setting off Allen Gardens. He keeps quoting Apu "what better way to celebrate the birth of your country, than by blowing a little piece of it up." Happy Canada Day eh! do sing along.