Photo Friday
Dad and Daisy II

Dad and Daisy II

Cookie relaxing after a hard day of eating, napping, chasing rabbits, barking at the mailman, barking at the UPS truck, and playing Kong.

Photo Friday returns after a long holiday break with a picture of our Christmas tree.

Ever since she was a puppy, Cookie always wanted to be around her Ellie. When Ellen would be in the kitchen working, Cookie would have to find someplace safe to keep out of the way. Usually, it would be under the table, but sometimes she'd find somewhere a little more secure.

Many, many years ago, my brothers & I used to play with those little, green army men. A few years ago, I came across the massive collection and decided to give them to my nephew. Ellen & I sat down at the kitchen table with colored pencils and a roll of brown wrapping paper and made our own camouflage pattern for the box. I don't know how many troops were in there, but the box was packed.
Now, that's a Christmas present.

Back in 2000, I lived in an apartment in Lawrenceville that had a pink kitchen.
Really pink.
Really, really pink.

The picture really doesn't do it justice. As my brother Joe said when he was helping me move in, "That's a right hook to the optic nerve."