My Other Half

Philip with Shep and Mischa the day we brought Mischa home. We brought Shep home 2 weeks later,as he's 2 weeks younger -- but you can't tell by this photo! Currently he is weighing in at 61 lbs. while Mischa is only 38.

My dear husband has consented to allow me to post his photos on my blog at last, so I thought I'd post a few with him and some of our animals (and me).

Mischa and Philip on Soldier

I had to post this photo of Mischa riding Soldier. It just goes to show you how patient both the dog and the horse are! She rode like this on the trail with Philip for about a mile.

Philip and Shep Trudging through snow.

The above photo was taken as the dogs and Philip trudged to the center of the yard to pose for a picture for me. At this age (they were only 6 months old), it is very difficult to get them to sit still for a picture; especially both of them together. The following pictures are the "set up" for the final picture.

Philip almost lost his balance in the picture above. :o)

Finally sitting and sort of looking at the camera. This pose lasted all of about two seconds before the two bounded off for more play. Somehow I caught them right before they moved and while Philip was smiling.

Below, you will see Shep busting the trail back to the porch. (Well sort of -- he had already busted the trail earlier, but not enough to keep him from having to leap his way through the snow, as you can see by his "flying" ears.)

Well, that's it for today.

Philip and I took a trip to California to visit his son and his wife, however, because of problems with photos right now I will wait to tell the story until I have some photos to post.

Meanwhile, I'll post some pictures of our ski trip last year with Philip, his son, his son's wife, his son's half-brother, and me, to hold you over.



Signing off!