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  • Jeannie, Our Foster Cat

    Birthdays and Foster Cats

    Eleanor and Brandon both celebrated birthdays last week. There were phone calls and Zoom meetings with friends, and the best…
    May 6, 2020
  • Oscar and Lily

    Meet Lily! (Plus Oscar’s Doggy DNA Results)

    We've added another puppy to our family! Meet Lily. We adopted Oscar in March, and several of his littermates were…
    August 10, 2018
  • The Balch Family!

    Back from Wisconsin

    I'm back from Wisconsin! (I kind of wish I wasn't! I have a whole lot of tiling and repair work…
    June 27, 2018
  • Oscar Danger Balch!

    Meet Our Puppy, Oscar Danger Balch

    We adopted a puppy! (That deserves all the exclamation marks!!!!!) He is supposedly a Bernese Mountain Dog mix — mixed…
    March 23, 2018
  • Murray

    Murray

    We had to say goodbye to Murray yesterday. We adopted him when he was about six months old. We went…
    October 12, 2017
  • Garden Trellis and Gate

    Garden Gate Inspiration

    When I was a kid, we had a dog that would escape our yard every chance she got. Each time,…
    July 14, 2016
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  • Jeannie, Our Foster Cat

    Birthdays and Foster Cats

    Eleanor and Brandon both celebrated birthdays last week. There were phone calls and Zoom meetings with friends, and the best surprise birthday serenades from the…

    May 6, 20206 commentsMy Life, Pets
  • Oscar and Lily

    Meet Lily! (Plus Oscar’s Doggy DNA Results)

    We’ve added another puppy to our family! Meet Lily. We adopted Oscar in March, and several of his littermates were available alongside him. I was…

    August 10, 201810 commentsMy Life, Pets
  • The Balch Family!

    Back from Wisconsin

    I’m back from Wisconsin! (I kind of wish I wasn’t! I have a whole lot of tiling and repair work ahead of me, and it…

    June 27, 20183 commentsMy Life, Parenting, Pets
  • Oscar Danger Balch!

    Meet Our Puppy, Oscar Danger Balch

    We adopted a puppy! (That deserves all the exclamation marks!!!!!) He is supposedly a Bernese Mountain Dog mix — mixed with what, we don’t know.…

    March 23, 201824 commentsMy Life, Pets
  • Murray

    Murray

    We had to say goodbye to Murray yesterday. We adopted him when he was about six months old. We went through obedience school with him…

    October 12, 201787 commentsMy Life, Pets
  • Garden Trellis and Gate

    Garden Gate Inspiration

    When I was a kid, we had a dog that would escape our yard every chance she got. Each time, she’d be found blocks away.…

    July 14, 20165 commentsExterior & Garden, Pets, The Victorian House
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