dogs and cats living together...

jerry had me take a pic of all the fuzzies at mealtime. i showed him the result, of which he approved--but said what was missing was the sound track---munch, munch, crunch, crunch! here are manny and miles (tabbies have "M" monogrammed on their foreheads), jack (breed--unique jack hound of inscrutable cuteness), and dizzy (he came labeled "standard poodle", but compared to our last poodle, max, i'd say he was an "irregular poodle"--we love him dearly anyway...)

settling in with snow...

having shoveled twice--so far--and having received cancellations from most monday students (private violin lessoners), i am turning my attention away from anything i needed to get done before the kids started arriving and toward a new venture. a blog...me? well, i do run across things i find interesting. i love sharing..."thank you for sharing"...perhaps this is a tool for extending and expanding--as opposed to retreating and contracting (so easy to do in a long minnesota winter). so here, for your perusal, is something i enjoyed very much yesterday...episode 3 is by gene roddenberry...