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One Year Birthday

January 18, 2009 Elizabeth

Quincy turns 1 year old today!  It is amazing how far she has come.  She is learning to come back so well.  We still want to teach her to “Rollover”.  We didn’t take any pictures on her one year birthday, but here are a couple in that time frame. … [Read more...]

Dogs Quincy

Snow and the First Mouse

January 17, 2009 Elizabeth

We’ve had 5 – 7 inches of snowfall in addition to what is on the ground.  Here is a picture of Quincy playing on the Snow Mounds Steve built her with the snowblower.  Rain, our friend Brian’s German Shepherd, here he is. Quincy, found a mouse out by the stump near the … [Read more...]

Dogs Quincy, Rain

Toads & Lizards Oh MY!

September 12, 2008 Elizabeth

Today we caught and released a baby Snapping turtle. Unfortunately, we didn’t measure the diameter of the Turtle, but I would say it was about as big as a silver dollar.  We found the turtle at nearly midday simply walking down the cement walkway between the house and the … [Read more...]

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