Standing

New Beer

Pretty excited about finding a very good local beer... They are just a little North of here. I only found it in 64oz (1.9L) "growlers". It'll have to do. :)

(the glass is a souvenir from a trip)

Dusting

Woke up to a little dusting: another 2 inches of snow or so.

Julia stayed in her pajamas and put on some music (these days, she's really digging "Stay or Leave" by Dave Matthews).

Then we all took Duke for a walk again. He was scared to leave the house a week ago, but he's getting used to it.

Julia likes to walk on the snow banks...

Stella:

Home from Work

This is what (sometimes) happens when I get home from work... :)

Body Parts

Girls and Dog

The nieces came over this week, and met Duke. He seems to really like kids.

Sena in particular seemed to really get along with him.

Lately...

Roxi & Stella having quality time:

Teaching the girls to cook.

Stella:

Dark and stormy night:

More Stella:

Dukey-Duke

More from last week.

More snow

Duke is loving the snow

And he also loves a good nap

Weekend

Duke is starting to get used to our house and us, and vice-versa. Here he is running back home on Friday morning, after his first walk in the yard of that day, while I was getting ready to go to work.

This weekend, we had some visitors. Here is Stella with vôvô.

And Julia with vóvó.

The best way to describe Stella in the past few weeks is:

More Stella & vôvô:

Julia:

Julia and Duke, playing in the yard:

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Time flies. Stella is one.

Here are the girls, with a birthday (pumpkin) pie.

3 happy faces:

(her hand wasn't as close to the flame is it appears to be...)

And a bonus picture of Duke doing what he does best:

(btw, he's really getting used to us and vice-versa. He goes out in the yard for a half hour at a time, and hops around in the deep snow. Who knows when he last had a chance to do that. Based on the paperwork, he was picked up in the South more than a month before we picked him up, and probably only had access to the shelter's paved outdoor area)