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I received several things today, Mother’s Day, which I’m sharing below.

I’ve been playing with slideshows this weekend. They would add a nice dimension to the blog, another dynamic piece. PhotoShop Elements makes it easy enough to create a slideshow; it’s file size, quality and length of load time that I’m experimenting with. Eventually I’ll get it all figured out, in the meantime come along on my learning curve! You’ll just have to be patient and allow the slideshows to go through that buffering process - whatever that is! - that computers do.

Damon’s slideshow.

Echo, Whisper and SiKu’s slideshow.

Ginny wrote…

Happy Mother’s Day !

I thought about it this morning and not only are you Nate’s Mother, but you have been “The Mother” of all those Lhasa Apso’s for these many years.

Here’s Kathy’s Pete (litterbrother to Ginny’s Moonie). I love how Kathy photographed Pete next to Lhasa Lore.

Because of your dreams,
I was born!
Thanks Mom!
Sweet Pete

And Alma sent this. Isn’t the photo great!

See Damon’s slideshow.

The painting of Raji Susan mentioned in her comment yesterday… 

Katy sent this to me, along with the following note:

 A photo of Lily Joy taken a day after her birth…

Lily Joy’s birth was bittersweet, as her sibling didn’t live. Life, glorious, often big, is fragile…particularly the process of entering this world, whether you be goat or dog. Katy’s words:

What a great day it was! Kathy arrived first…in her front wheel drive car. Indeed, she deserves the title Trailblazing Kathy. It snowed twice the day before. Not a total of 8″ like Minnesota, but enough to pose a problem for the faint of heart…or those without four-wheel drive. Spring snows up here are deceiving, tricky, extremely slippery. Trailblazing Kathy didn’t let any of that keep her away. Promptly at 10AM, she was at the top of my driveway. Ginny and Rose arrived shortly thereafter.

After coffee, pastries and Snickerdoodles, we trekked out to the kennel, where I had lit lots and lots of incense.

After greeting the dogs and letting Tango have one last romp around his soon-to-be-former-stomping-grounds, back to the house we went.  Tango and Rose got acquainted.

And we celebrated with…what else…more food. And wine.  

Not just any ol’ wine. Big Ass Chard.

And Our Daily Red.

Katy called during the festivities. What a nice surprise!

Here’s a couple of photos, taken by Kathy, of the Gompa puppies..

This is a pinwheel Kathy gave me last year for St. Patrick’s Day. Don’t think she knows it spins and spins on an outside post in one of the dog yards. Since she stayed in the house, setting the table for lunch and doing some last minute preparations, I took this photo for her.

See more photos…

..from Roman and Josie’s practice day, along with this note:

 

The latest regarding Saul - aka The Great White Squirrel Hunter!

We would like to have the “do” that his mother has in her picture that you gave us.  Dave and Saul have out doors for about 2 hrs this morn.  Saul loves it but is is full of dead debris left from winter, so Dave is grooming him.  Again he is really a sweet dog.  He took to our 8 year old grand son and wanted more that anything to sleep with him.  (our couch pulls out into a bed) and our grandson, Joey pulled it out about 7:00 and Saul wanted to be on the bed with Joey.  It was real cute and sweet.  Joey and his family have 2 dogs.  Joey is a very sweet and kind boy, maybe Saul picked up on that.  Where ever Joey was Saul wanted to be.  Again it was a very sweet thing to watch.  I can’t wait to see how the great squirrel hunter looks in his new “do”

This is Zeke’s favorite spot in my studio.  I made the “mistake” of letting him cuddle there when he was a baby.  Nevermind that there are two nice comfy dog beds in the studio. Sadie occupies one most happily.  Zeke insists on squeezing himself behind my butt on this little chair!

I just had to share how pretty this is! Painting by Katy, of course. One of these days, Kathy and I are going to trek on down to New Mexico and pick it up!

One month a three day sweep, including Best Bred-By Exhibitor in the Non-Sporting Group, to become a Champion.

The next month Saul Gets Lucky! That’s what I tell my dogs when they’re leaving for their forever home. Sauley Man, today you Get Lucky! Obviously, his new owners felt the same. Here’s a note I received Tuesday night from Charlene:
I am so excited!  I feel like a child at Christmas, and this is Christmas Eve.  

Here’s Saul with his new owners, David and Charlene on Wednesday afternoon… 

Charlene wrote this last night:

We have had a wonderful day.  Saul has been tethered to one of us all day.  We took him on 2 walks.  He loved it!  I was afraid to give him much in the way of table food, but I did give him a little bacon, a little bit of sausage.   I was worried it would up set his tummy. He is really so sweet, and I am sure we have very many fun days ahead.  I am sure that Dave will want to e-mail you with his take on the day.  We are going all ot what we have read and it seems to doing well.

Willis is a brother to Ginny’s Ethan and Chloe, Christi’s Ruby, Goliath - aka Peanute - and Tango.
Tango will soon be going to New York to live with Rose’s parents. All In The Family! This delights
me! And Ginny, I’m sure.