The last 5 days or so in pictures... or mostly pictures..

My super impressed face last Thursday evening after being stuck on the train for more than an hour.  A track maintenance vehicle had derailed when it hit a snow drift and was obstructing our passing.  So we had to wait, and wait...

My Friday night visits... Nothing too crazy, just a couple of visits.  Toby is an old boy, a Pomeranian that is insulin dependent and he actually gets excited to get his needles because he knows that he'll get a treat afterwards.  It's adorable :)

This beautiful Dalmatian, my first that I had ever met (I met the family and Ziggy last Wednesday night, they invited me over to meet him before they were actually going away and wanted to ensure that we were all good and Ziggy was behaved). 

Hamish, aka Ham, aka Barky McBarkerton.  Loves to bark this boy, he's so comical.

This is Parker, a four year old Standard Poodle.  Very sweet boy, attentive and affectionate as you can see.

Parker lives with Stanley and he is a big version of my mom's dog, Quincey.  Very sweet, loving and calm.  The Standards share the house with Harlow, an old Golden Retriever and she's just a darling.  Great pack in this house hold.

Here's Ziggy on Saturday afternoon at my second and last visit.  His pet parents were only gone for the day and back in the late afternoon.  Such a smooth, soft coat and a sweet boy, complete opposite of the Dalmatian stereotype.

And here's Mr. Jagger, the only Greyhound I've looked after (well he had two sisters, Sunshine, she passed away last year at the age of 11 and they had another female that the owner was fostering but she was returned to the breeder for reasons I don't feel like posting) and I always look forward to seeing him when I see him on the schedule.  He gets super excited when you walk in the door and likes to jump up and give you kisses but because of his long snout, he can poke you in the eye or bop you in the face and I've got a bloody nose before - totally my fault), but I know how to handle him now.  He's just a sweet boy, and really beautiful to watch, he's like a small horse.



This would be Hamish again, as I mentioned above.  He's about 11 I think.  Still very energetic, bouncy and zest for life.  Loves going for walks. as you can see from his happy face.

And here's Quincy, I've posted pictures of him many times in the past.  I look cold on the right, right?  So sick of winter.  It's been long, cold, up, down.  It was -20 yesterday morning walking to the train at 6:30 am.   And then getting on the train that had NO HEAT but still ran anyways.  So an hour to union in -20 temperatures (without wind chill) and no heat.  Wonderful.

All of the above are Charlie, a 4 month old kitten that's like my Charlie but in a cat suit.  Total love bug, purrs like a well seasoned truck and follows you around like a dog would.  He was so, so incredibly sweet and loving.

 





My weekend at a glance... it's now Wednesday, I realise that lol

I feel like it's been ages since I last wrote.... I had a new few days to myself while J went up north to spend some time with his parents, as well as put on this target shooting competition at one of the local gun clubs.  I ended up going to my usual Thursday night yoga sesh with Danielle and her and her mom invited me back to their place to have a drink and chat... Time flew and it was 11 and time to go home and check on the dogs that I had left behind while at my mom's house dog/house sitting.

Friday night I stayed in and watched tv and made dog food for all the dogs.

Saturday I woke up early and went to a Level 2 Hot Yoga class at Yoga Tree, which was awesome.  After having a shower, I went back up to town and dropped in on Carissa's family to see how they were doing.  I ended up spending close to 3 hours with them and it was really something beautiful to be in her room, amongst all the pictures of this beautiful soul that left this planet much, much too earlier.  We've all said that she was far too big for this earth. 

Afterwards, I was drained so I went home and chilled the rest of the evening but not before Dina and Miss Lily came over to see the boys and it was nice hanging out with her for a couple of hours. 

Sunday, I slept in because Charlie woke me up three times in the night, more than likely because it was windy as hell.  First time we woke, it was just windy.  An hour later, it was pouring rain and then the following hour it was snowing and windy as hell, so it was glare ice under it all and I almost slipped and fell in the drive way twice on Sunday morning and broke my neck.  Wouldn't be a surprise, given my being a klutz.  I went down to have lunch with Danielle from work and took the boys with me, which they very much appreciated given that they love Danielle.  She made an awesome lamb shank, mashed potatoes and ice cream for dessert.

Spent a few hours there before heading back home and waiting for Jeff to get back home from up north, to which he didn't get home til about midnight after dropping off his shit and guns at home in the safe.

I'm brutally cold at work so that's all for now. ;)