Spike

Spike had another major seizure the night after we took him to be groomed. I don't know if it is a coincidence, but it happened a couple of months ago after he'd gone to the groomer.  My sweet doggie is 16, partially blind, and almost totally deaf. He spends most of his time in the closet where he feels safe.

Pretty Kitty

T.R.O.T.

Me

I'm so glad Doc relented and went through the gravity gate because we finally found the lake in the Laguna Mountain forest! We've been looking for it for a really long time and even thought it had dried up. But as you can see, the lake is still there, if a bit diminished by the drought.

It's really, really hard to take a photo on horseback. Joyce cut off Doc's body and I cut off her horse's head. Not on purpose.

Joyce

Big Laguna Lake

Jennifer Marie Brown b. 9-28-11

My great niece, Jennifer Marie Brown, sister to Amanda and daughter of Kristy all lined up in Kristy's hospital bed. Angie and Mom are in the picture, too.

Bill Homer's 70th Birthday

Mom, Dennis & I attended Bill Homer's 70th Birthday Party on September 30. Bill is married to Joanne, who works in our office. It was a really nice party.

Doc

 Joyce and I were going down the trail in Laguna and we had to go through a gravity gate, which is a swing gate with a bar at the bottom, elevated about a foot or so. Doc wouldn't go. Mind you, he has been through plenty of gravity gates, but he didn't want to go through this one. Probably he thought he would bump his legs or something. I don't know, except he sometimes gets something in his head and then there we go.

Here are some photos of Betsy taking Doc over some small jumps to give him confidence. After a few lessons like this, he finally went through the same gate when we went on the trail again.

Rain

The last time I took a walk on the trail I took this photo of the creek full of water.