a fun day with christina!

Yesterday my husband and I spent some quality time with our niece, Christina. DH actually even took us to a fabric store and read his magazine (in the car) while we shopped for fabric for her quilt. Then we took Christina to our friends' farm. Christina volunteers at a farm that rescues horses so she was excited to meet Linda and Jim's three horses. She enchanted everyone and we all had a great time together!!! Thanks Christina for such a wonderful day!

By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea...

Linda and I are enroute to the beach. Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

In Memory of Jake

My oldest and dearest friend Linda and I have done most of the important stuff in our adult lives together: raised kids, divorces, remarriages, and then when our kids grew up, we got our empty nest puppies: she got Jake and I got Paddie.

This week dear old Jake passed on. In his young heyday, he was a regular nut boy, bounding here and there and joyfully welcoming everyone to his home. He was full of love. The last few times I had been up at Linda's farm, Jake hadn't been moving well and was clearly functioning with chronic pain. This week, surrounded by his people, Linda and Jim, and in the barn he loved to rest in, he went to the highest heaven where all dogs belong. Be at peace and without pain, Jake. We will miss you.