Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Snow Days
Monday, December 27, 2010
Blizzard Day
The snow that we've been waiting for has finally arrived. The forecast has called for 50cm! It started falling last night and big, wet flakes have been falling steadily all day long. Oslo and I got ready to go to my sister's this afternoon, and on our way out we spotted Chase, a 6-month-old Brittany Spaniel outside. They enjoyed a half hour frolic before we got in the car. An exerpt of their play, you can see that Oslo has a bit of old man in him now:
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Road Trip!
Fue la primera vez que hicimos el viaje los dos solos. Ha sido bien, sin problema, y hicimos los 1,253km en un dia. Oslo paso la mayoria del viaje durmiendo en su sitio. Una companera, P, me preparo una cajita de caprichos de navidad:
Monday, December 20, 2010
A weekend away
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Day at the Parlour
It's been pretty cold in these parts lately. There is a lot of salt on the streets now, so I use Invisible Boots on the pads of his paws to protect them and keep them moisturized. I picked it up from Wag in the Glebe for $8.99, and I've seen it at Bark & Fitz in Westboro. This works until about -20. When the temperature gets this low we can only go a few steps before a paw is lifted and a pair of big brown eyes looks up at me. So the actual boots go on. Dog boots are a pain in the butt. First, you have to put 4 of them on, getting around two dew claws, making sure that they're pulled on high enough, and you tighten the velcro enough to reduce the chances of them falling off while walking. They're going to fall off.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Dirty Saturday Morning
Ella tiene 9 meses y es muy juguetona. Habia un poco de pelea en un momento, pero despues se relajaron y seguieron jugando despues.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Cuando hay sal por la calle
Thursday, December 2, 2010
de vuelta al parque
Friday, November 26, 2010
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
el encantador de perros
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Que puedes ver de la torre mas alto de Toronto?
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
What gets you up in the morning?
Oslo is not one of those dogs.
Oslo will be the last one out of bed. He's a bed rotater during the night, at any given moment you can find him on the sofa, on a chair in the living room, on his "sofa bed" in my room, on his actual bed, or by my feet. It doesn't matter if you get up at 6am or 9am, you can get up and make your coffee, and then find him sprawled out in one of these locations. He may be awake, and when he sees you coming he'll roll onto his back a little for you to rub his belly. Nothing like a good belly rub in the morning.
There are certain sounds that come from the kitchen that will get him out of bed. The peanut butter jar is one of them. This morning I was adding a spoonful of peanut butter to my smoothie. As I was scooping, my thoughts were something like this:
"That's strange, Oslo hasn't gotten up. Oh well, maybe I was extra quiet this morning, it is a plastic jar after all, it's not like it's a loud sound, he's probably in a deep sleep. Hmm, maybe I'll put a small scoop in his bowl so he'll have a nice surprise to wake up to."
As I turned around, I nearly jumped out of my skin then laughed at myself. Oslo, bedhead at it's best with fur swept to one side, sleepy look in his eyes, had silently made his way to the entrance of the kitchen. I wish there was such a soft, enticing sound that got me out of bed so quickly in the morning
Here are some photos from a few weeks ago, when a similar jar of peanut butter came to an end one morning, this morning's jar is still going strong.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Nieve!
Es Halloween! Anoche empezo a nevar sobre las 10, y esta manana, habia una mantita de nieve en el suelo. Hemos dado un paseo a parliamento esta manana, y Oslo ha disfrutado de la cosa tan refrescante:
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Escenas de otoño
Aqui hay unos imagenes de nuestras aventuras:
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Thanksgiving weekend
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
de turismo!
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Sopresa!
I arrived back yesterday, and Nan had a plan to surprise Oslo. I couldn't not get this on video: