Tag: animals
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Never Too Old for the Zoo
It had been years since my last trip to the Lake Superior Zoo — we used to visit regularly when our boys were younger, but the teen years bring a whole new round of interests and activities. With news of a recent birth, and a pleasant summer afternoon, I decided it was time to return…
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The Lonesome Leash
Will you indulge me in just one more post about Kruger, the dear family member we lost this week? A few months after we welcomed Kruger to our household last year, I began following the journey of another senior fellow by the name of Will. Just a year ago, Will joined Tom Ryan and his…
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Preparing for the Rainbow Bridge
I heard the tell-tale “thump, thump, thump” and went downstairs to find our oldest black lab sprawled out at the bottom of the carpeted steps. I helped him up, and with assistance he made it upstairs to his favorite daytime napping spot. Kruger was diagnosed with lymphoma a couple of weeks ago. He is on…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Happy and Travel Theme: Animals
As I started to pull together photos for this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge, finding those images that reflect what makes me “Happy,” I noticed a recurrent theme — the pets who have been part of our family throughout the years. So often, they were part of the happy memory, frozen in time through a snapshot. We believe…
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One in 164,694 (People): A Day at the Minnesota State Fair
The Minnesota State Fair is called “The Great Minnesota Get-Together” for good reason. All walks of life come together in St. Paul during the two weeks leading up to Labor Day — Minnesota’s last summer hurrah. It seems that Minnesotans either hate or love the Minnesota State Fair. My husband falls in the former camp…
Travel. Garden. Eat. 