Let There Be Light

Lisa K is always so generous with her wonderful photos — and so we have these to share. This is F Litter Girl Maddie strutting her stuff at age 11+ — THANK YOU, Lisa K!

Well done, Team Maddie!

“Small wink.... The sign of silent love... “ (Shailly Mishra)

And speaking of love — but not silent…

Yep, Sparkle and I came down to Boise to give the parents a bit of a break.

Unfortunately, Berkeley’s blood sugar has been a bit wonky for a few days — ugh. Her parents are on top of it and we all hope it is just a quickly passing reminder of what happened a year ago. In the meantime — juice…

In honor of today, a reminder from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr….

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

Life Lessons from a Three-Year-Old

Dream Big.

Make Your Mark.

Eat the Popcorn.

And the Cupcake.

Wear that giant bow — or whatever else you want.

It is your life, after all.

Do You.

Who could possibly do it better?

The Plan & Boise Fun

I decided to check Claire when I got home on Friday because I got this message from Suzanne, who is now living about 12 miles north (that is a close neighbor in Montana):

“Lol, are you sure Claire is not in heat? Sundance has been howling a lot with his nose facing south 😉🤣”

I texted back:

“HOLY CRAP! I just checked her and Sundance is right! She IS in season!!!!!”

Isn’t that funny?!

GOOD JOB SUNDANCE!

Someday I hope we have Sundance babies because he is a wonderful dog — and has a great nose apparently 😉but not this time. We love Sundance so much but the goals for this breeding pointed in a different direction (south and west — not north).

So what’s The Plan?

We will begin progesterone testing later this week and will check daily or every other day, depending on the value. It will start off under 1.0 and if it is way under, we can skip a day.

When the value is between 1 and 2 we will know it is time to start making plans to get the show on the road, so to speak. My best guess is that we are about 12 - 14 days from the breeding dates.

In the meantime, I made my planned trip to Boise. Sparkle and I stopped on the way to do a short mountain bike ride in Stanley.

The weather could not have been more perfect and it was a nice way to break up the drive.

Even though I see them at least once each month, the changes in children in a matter of weeks is really incredible. Lincoln is nine months now and look at this…

Pulling himself to stand! He is a cozy, thoughtful, and active little human.

Berkeley got her first haircut! She is charming, chatty, and clever. She is talking in complete — mostly intelligible — sentences.

Berkeley remains easily hypoglycemic, but they manage her well with diet. There is still no known explanation for this.

Today’s adventures involve Sparkle and photos that Galen wants to do, Trader Joe’s (we do not have one in Montana), fun with small humans, and an evening with our friends-like-family.

I hope your day also includes fun adventures, no matter where you are.