so long apart

I write to report that our digital camera sprouted legs and snowshoed off into the setting sun. What a cute scene it was, our little Canon sd450 toddling off down the trail. To be honest, if I'd have seen the scene, I would have nabbed the camera mid-get-away and put him back in his place...in my pocket. But the end result is I have had no new photos to post for quite sometime.

We spent a long holiday on the East Coast, caught up with family and friends, ate sushi, checked out the Eric Carle Museum of Children's Book Art, caught a couple of movies, ate sushi, walked in the eerily warm and muggy New Hampshire woods, aggravated and were aggravated by many a Delta and Alaska Airlines agent. I even got to visit with some former students and families in Seattle, which was a fantastic hour or so for me.

It was a long time away from our house, and more importantly our dog, who held court in the cabin--judging many a blanket, mitten, hat, shirt, and sheet unworthy or further existance. The mess we returned to after twenty days away was pretty horrendous, but two days of cleaning got us back in shape, and Furball forgave us for leaving her alone. Her chi seems to have regained some sort of balance, and with the warm spell we're enjoying she's back outside and finally making good use of the Fort Yukon Furball Hilton contructed months ago by Minnucci and CO. (CO. only stands for his tools and some trees...no one else really lent a hand...in fact our neighbor offered to shoot the dog and use the house for firewood).

In any case, another camera will arrive shortly in our hands...and no snowshoeing lessons for this guy...

Unfortunately in the interim you've missed a few choice moments....read on(up) to create a mental image.