Ruby is one year old today. We told her she was, but she really can't quite believe it herself. What she does believe in,however, is her...

My sweet sister-in-law, Barb, sent me this Texan ornament. It's part of her diabolical though brilliant plan to recruit Doug and I to Te...

Today's prompt is wide aperture, and although I took this photo January 1st, I decided to use it. f/1.8; 1/100; ISO 400. Used external...

Poor little Saxon (Scott and Elizabeth's four month old Cockapoo), valiantly tried to hold his own with the older woman, (Ruby, 11 month...

Sometimes it's tough to choose just the right attire for special events. And SOME friends are pushy about their ideas. First, they tack...

Kind of like play therapy, only different: She's great at removing the body parts . . . . . . but I don't think she'd be good at...

What a day! As I write this, Ruby is at the vet getting her reproduction capabilities nixed (spayed). And it seems to fitting that this sho...

OK, I know it's silly, but here's a video of Ruby gutting a platypus, with Doug, in his special "video-voice narration" ta...

She's learned a lot of things in her obedience training classes and approaches all the lessons with great gusto. She shoots through the ...

Have I mentioned lately how totally cute little Ruby is? Here are some late June photos of her. . . . She's learned a new trick! It'...

Like the kind who can who can, in the amount of time it takes you to brush your teeth, unroll the toilet paper, swallow a button, and eat pl...

Yesterday, we went to our first obedience class with Ruby at the Grand Forks Kennel Club. This class is so much better than the crazy experi...

April showers bring. . . . wind chills? (And the wind actually blew down our basket ball hoop, hitting the back window of my car! It didn...

Now this is a title that REALLY demands an explanation! Doug and I are now Petco Puppy Kindergarten dropouts, after one day. We had an exper...

. . . . those of you who are quite bored may have asked. Well, I went to three places, two of which are not for the faint of heart. First, I...

And is she ever keeping us busy! 8 weeks old and running on all engines; Meet Ruby, aka Ruby Baby.

I won't be able to post much in the way of my photos for awhile, but I managed to snag this hint through my phone!!!!