Even More Puppy Porn

I promise this blog will eventually have non-puppy pictures one day. Until then. here are just a few more photos of our puppy, Dinah. Please do not view them if undergoing a test for Diabetes in the near future. 

Dinah posing in our neighbor's yard. That's our house in the background and the Lupine are in full bloom.

Sleepytime.

Yes. She is a bit spoiled. 

Somebody thinks they are a lapdog. 

No. This is not Olivia Newton John singing "Let's Get Physical." This is the leotard she wore after she was spayed a week ago today. She came through with flying colors and is doing great. 

What a tramp... (this was pre-surgery).

Our Dog Dinah... The Early Months

 Wow! I was so surprised that I got three comments on yesterday's post after 7 months of not posting anything. Thanks to everyone who provided comments! To be fair, posting a pic of the new puppy is hard to resist. We love Dinah more than I thought possible. I thought I would post more pictures of her. First up are the early months. These are from Many and June of this year. We think she is beyond adorable. 

Some more info about Dinah: Her father was a Golden Doodle and her mother is our friend's Labradoodle, Elenor, who we have babysat in the past. The seven puppies were born on March 15, the Ides of March. We got Dinah about 8 weeks later in May. Because of the pandemic, we were not able to visit the pups until about a week before we took her home. Dinah was the smallest of the litter and looks the least like a doodle than any of her brothers and sisters. We were hoping she wasn't going to be a shedder, but it looks like she will be. At least we'll save money on grooming. She is the most Golden looking pup of the litter.  

Dinah and me the first day we met.

Dinah's first lobster.

Dinah on our stone bench in the front yard.

Dinah just being Dinah.

Her ET moment. Most of these toys are now destroyed.

Cuddling with Shane.

Back to Blogging Cuz We're Taking a Road Trip

Today is a new start to this old blog. I had previously created it a couple of years ago and it kind of fell by the wayside. Since Shane and I are about to do a cross-country trek in a few day, I thought this might be a good time to restart the blog to make a record of the trip.

That is me, Mark, on the left in the photo above. I'm with my husband, Shane, in a recent shot. We have retired to Stonington, Maine. I retired from the Federal Government in August 2017, and Shane retired November 2018. We officially moved to Maine on January 1, 2019. Yes... we are very young to be retired, but retired we are.

We are considering getting a dog soon and decided to drive across the USA before we get one. We are leaving on Tuesday, February 4. We have no reservations or set agenda except stopping in Kansas City to visit Shane's step brother and his wife, Trent and Laurie. Trent, a trumpeter, is playing a gig with Michael Feinstein on February 9, which we will be attending. In addition, we plan on going to Santa Fe, NM, the Grand Canyon, Sedona, Palm Springs, Las Vegas, and LA (Shane wants to see the Griffin Observatory that was in Rebel Without a Cause and La La Land). On the way back we will be going through Texas, New Orleans, Memphis (Graceland), and Nashville.

Shane and I are volunteer DJs at a local community radio station (WERU). We do a 3-hour eclectic music show on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. called On the Wing. Here is a link to listen online. If you are in Downeast Maine or the Bangor area, you can hear the show live at 89.9 FM. We will be taking several weeks off from doing our show while we travel across the country.