After the Fire: Bear Creek
A favorite hiking area decimated by fire last summer. It was the first time I’d seen the damage. The Canyon and water fall at Bear Creek Deep in the canyon a couple of Canadian Geese set up home away from … Read More
Baby’s Ears Bounce Back!
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Confessions of an Old Boston Bull Dog Mother:If you remember back to a previous post, I mentioned taping Pablo’s puppy ears upright because the tips flipped over backwards. I read that sometimes this is necessary to help them develop. Well, … Read More
In Defense of the Cyberstuffy
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Missy Fuzzy-Buzzy and her husband Keith Enchilada Walter Macaroni reading to old Uncle Horace Hippoworth The residents of Hippoworth Estate:R-LMissy Fuzzy-Buzzy, Walter, Yatta, Horace, Keith Shigami and Sam (on stool). Thanksgiving Hawaiian Vacation These are some of the colourful cyberstuffy … Read More
Pippi’s SInging Contest
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Pip and I and our duet to David Bowie’s “Rebel Rebel”-Pip’s choice. Don’t judge my outfit- I literally just walked in the door from teaching Zumba and was handed an invite to the singing contest that commenced immediately. Mist and … Read More
So Long Cyber World!
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Ready to go, bright and early (7:30 a.m.) off to UBC to defend my thesis (Pablo looking on): I passed my thesis defense. Happy, relieved. The biggest surprise was that I passed with a #1 recommendation. That means all I … Read More
Are We There Yet?
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My darling dog boys: Pablo and Fernando on a recent car ride. Fernando’s (little black dude in back) expression cracks me up! This blog post is a little lesson in procrastination. I have the entire day to prepare for my … Read More
Beautiful KiKi
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The above pics are of my beautiful daughter, our dogs and me. My daughter’s nickname is KiKi because when my youngest daughter Pippi was learning to talk she couldn’t pronounce Misty. It is funny, Misty is a nickname too–Mistaya is … Read More
The Sun Shines Within
I listened to the song Brighter Than the Sun by Colbie Caillat and decided it was the perfect song to welcome in the spring. I was inspired to quickly choreograph a Zumba dance. The dance is a calypso/merengue. I literally just threw … Read More
A Cinematic Assault of the Surreal
Ready For Our Surreal Date The following story took place on Wednesday night of this week: I desired to see a film, Pina, a documentary about Pina Bausch–a German modern dance choreographer. My dear daughter Tabitha (who also loves dance) was … Read More
The Elusive Human Body
Please forgive the bathing-suit pics. I am not very modest so I don’t care one way or the other if I’m in a bathing suit or a floor length gown. But still, it takes courage to post them as I … Read More