fall knits

On a countdown to a big sheep and wool festival... knitting away on a very popular pattern, the Soldotna. I was also creating my own percolating purple poncholet because I wanted to enter the poncho category of the knit along contest to win a Nerdbird Makery Baller bag - and I ended up winning!

helper pup

This sweet girl mostly helps me get work done by taking a snooze, but sometimes she wants to be right on my lap in the keyboard action ;)

rocks

So much heavy stuff, but I'm always brought back to reality by the generosity and uplifting attitude of my neighbors... My friend's throat cancer diagnosis has shown how much people truly want to rally behind hard times. These rocks were painted and placed around her house to help her through her rough treatments. 

puppy buddies

Zoe is everyone's best friend... but she especially loves to wrestle with Archie (left) and is trying to win over Sushi (right)

Am I ever going to get over the cute head tilt as I talk to her?

cuddles

This cuddler is the best lap and foot warmer I can imagine...

mosaic

A favorite easy weekend afternoon at Mosaic... The bottomless small plate brunch may be the best idea yet!

mosaic arch

We have been visiting Mosaic probably close to weekly since we moved close by and this topiary arch was always a favorite spot. The tiny little toddler guys coming from story time would run through over and over and giggle fit the whole way.  But now just as these daddy long leg boys are growing up, this arch is now enormous! It is so grown in right now and just seems to be trying to keep up with these big guys.

sunny puppy

This sweet sunny girl loves to go out with us... She is peeking out the car window waiting to pick up the boys from AFYP Saturday afternoon acting class... they are getting ready to do Shrek in December - Aiden as Pinocchio in his older cast and Keaton as Shrek in his cast!

mt vernon

We visited Mt. Vernon on a very pretty day and completed their spy quest (on a new app). It happened to be the anniversary of George's mother Mary's death... I asked around about it because I was curious what they docents would know about her and it turned out they don't know much...oh well...I'm hoping the two books coming out on her this year will fix that.

pup

Zoe, the glamour fluff...

waterfront

Zoe likes any adventure... Alexandria is so dog friendly. We even stopped by to get her some treats at the Dog Park - her favorite cheese pup popcorn.

sculpture

A nice afternoon visiting the art installation on the waterfront in Alexandria...

puppy

A silly attempt at Zoe puppy as Mary Ball Washington...

Before her post surgery haircut and after - she is still pretty short where they shaved her for the spay so sometimes it looks like she has a back mohawk.

luck dragon

Zoe after a haircut looks like a cuter Luck Dragon from Neverending Story?