I found this Monarch butterfly stuffie at a camp store earlier in the year and love how its wings move ever so slightly in the breeze generated by the ceiling fan 🦋

Bernie the giant fluffy puppy wishes y’all a happy Friday while snoozing on the home office couch

Dale is concentrating hard during home office conference calls

Bernie the giant fluffy puppy is working hard in the home office

The wind caused sparkly ife crystals on our koi pond surface (the fish are fine - we have bubblers and a heater that maintains a hole for air flow)

Our winter wonderland will melt away later this week with the warmer temperatures

It’s cold and Baxter isn’t moving away from the electric fireplace

Sound up for bubbly koi pond running nicely under a layer of ice and snow

Dale, aka Santa Claws, sends hugs

Bernie and Baxter in their festive finery on this cold, snowy day

Sound up for purr boy biscuits 🐾

Grouchy Dale

Nice way to spend a cold December Sunday … cat napping

Dale Hollow Jr says “Happy Friday!” With a cat hug 🐾💙

Baxter and Dale enjoying the fire

Mature bald eagle perched on a rooftop, looking for a snack

They both want the chewy fish toy but Bernie has the advantage

I’d just made one of those “awwww pretty puppy boy” noises at him

Baxter Dawg wishes everyone a Happy Thanksgiving 🦃🦃💙💙

Why aren’t you hibernating??

Dale the Camping Cat did some exploring

Awake early to sadness re: a dog lost earlier this year. ER vet believed an undiagnosed tumor in his spleen ruptured. He went from his bouncy, energetic self to lethargic to gone in the space of a few scant hours. Titan would’ve loved our recent trip to Lake Michigan. He was our #ponddog 💔🐾

Bernie and Baxter ❤️❤️🐾🐾

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Dale does not like pack up day, not one bit #CampingCat

Dale the Camping Cat is out early exploring the campground

Aurora! West central Indiana

We did indeed walk in a winter wonderland for a bit yesterday

🎶🎶Snow on the Beach🎶🎶

Bernie’s coat kept her warm for a quick walk to the beach on a very windy pre-snowstorm-y day

Food tastes better when dogs watch you eat it, says Bernie the puppy while trying to nose her way into my popcorn

Why aren’t you hibernating??

Good morning, Chicago!

An uneasy truce? Dale tolerates Bernie on occasion

Odd predawn cloudbank and shimmery out-of-focus full moon hovering overhead

Just finished reading an inspiring book, “Not My Type” by @ejeancarroll.bsky.social … and then rummaged around my desk for a paperclip to wear … Thank you, thank you, thank you E. Jean for all you do! 💙💙💙

Bernie the puppy says, “Vote!!”

Grey, orange, yellow and bits of blue in a cloud-laden predawn sky over a dark row of homes lining a dark pond #StormHour

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween from Baxter!

Dale Hollow Jr #NationalCatDay

Awwww ❤️ my babies are napping together

Guys, my new grand-dog Benny is so stinkin cute

Bernie the #Bernedoodle has super long eyelashes

It’s not that early and Baxter, my best home office coworker, is still sleeping on the job

Dale has many cat beds available throughout the house. This one is his favorite.

A giant fluffy puppy in a giant fluffy dog bed Bernie the #Bernedoodle

I wasn’t sure about cucumbers in the hydro grower but looks like they’ll produce without maybe climbing the walls??

Plainfield IN #NoKings

It’s Caturday and Dale is resting on the dawg blanket