Springtime in Paris

I'm going to toss out another personal update today, because my birthday was last weekend.

I decided to go on a day trip to Paris. This amuses me because I've spent lots of birthdays in Paris, it just wasn't Paris France.

A good friend went along with me to be my tour guide and interpreter and that was the best part of the day. Because it wasn't so much about the touristy stuff as punctuating tourism stops with wine or beer stops.

So here's a little of our day.

The requisite Eiffel Tower shot.

Jim Morrison's grave in the Cimetière du Père-Lachaise.

A glorious sign of spring.

The shopping corridor where we found Malabrigo yarn.

Arènes de Lutèce, a Roman amphitheatre.

Birthday dessert, cheese, red wine & vieux calvados.

Taking a photo of Cinderella's carriage and horse.

For anyone that might be concerned, the Brindle had a lovely weekend with Uncle Jerry and Uncle Mark.

Jade

Today's post is all about Joanne Lukashal's Jade, in Joanne's words.

I am impressed with the number of BMLers who are able to get costumes on their dogs.  For St Patricks day, I tried to get Jade to wear a St Paddys hat - as you can see  she wasn't too happy about that, but after quite a few times we managed to get a picture.  

Jade has a new friend - his name is Clifford!  Although he is ok to sleep with, he doesn't do well running around the yard. 

Jade also has another friend that she has been teaching to play like a boxer.  This is Bella, a bulldog pug mix, who is about half of Jades size, but can sure keep up with her.  Jade likes playing with her, and especially pinning her down.  The one thing that Bella isn't too good at is using her paws like Jade. 

 

Max Welcomes Spring

I took these photos of my own guy last weekend as he was enjoying some welcome warm weather.

It's kind of bright out today.

 

Time to give the moose a workout.

Have to shake off all the winter dust.

That should about do it.

 

Taking a break in the hedge.