Entries from August 2007

August 22, 2007

My favourite cup…

HAS ANYONE SEEN A CUP LIKE THIS?
(click above link for slideshow of my cup)
This is/WAS my favourite cup.  It’s a silly cup with pictures of border collies on it.  I don’t have border collies, I have regular collie dogs, but I love this cup so much.  I am heartbroken that IT is broken.  I knocked [...]

August 15, 2007

Picnic Anyone?

Anyone up for a picnic?  I’ve got the cooler all packed and ready to go.
Love,
Kip

August 12, 2007

Making progress…

 
When Kip arrived here on the 30th of June, he weighed 19.5 lbs.
Today, the 12th of August, he weighed in at a whopping 34 lbs.
I guess that’s progress, but then I don’t know how much a puppy should be gaining at first.  Anyway, he’s getting heavy when I have to lug him in from the [...]

August 3, 2007

Tommy Makem - we’ll miss ye!

One of my all time favourite singers, Tommy Makem, has died, I’ve just learned. 

His Obituary reads as follows:
Tommy Makem, known around the world as “The Godfather” of Irish music, age 74, of Longmeadow Road, died Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007, after a yearlong battle with lung cancer.
Born Nov. 4, 1932, in Keady, County Armagh, Ireland, he [...]