Kind of a quiet weekend here in the south bay....Coco has recovered nicely from her surgery last week...here she is on the chair given to me by Janice Pober, who was given the chair by my grampa Wes Snider way back in the Carmel Valley days, when we were all so much younger and listening to CSNY, James Taylor, Elton John and Carole King. Janice recovered the chair in material used to decorate the room for a dinner given by Sony Pictures in honor of Nelson Mandela. Coco has taken to resting on the chair after our walks.


Coco by the fence by the high school.

here she is with her favorite squeaky bone and Mr Lobster...

We bought new tires for the bad boy (a big thank you to big Nate for not only pointing out we needed new tires but following up to make sure we bought them) It's amazing what a difference they make!

Today we walked down to the pier and up the esplanade. Along the way we saw a heron resting by the pond at one of the condominium's along the way. A crowd had gathered around and it quickly became obvious that the heron was very sick and was in it's final hours. It was a very solemn moment. We stayed for awhile then left the heron in the company of the residents who were telling tales of heron chicks and hope for the future...

Sunset on Sunday night...

Yesterday Coco went to see Dr Potts for a check up and also to get spayed. She came through surgery with no problems and had a very quiet evening recovering at home.

Before surgery with Vet Tech Vincent

Resting with Mr Lobster at home after surgery

She is feeling better this morning but is still very quiet.

Last week was the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. It is estimated that over 235,000 animals were killed during the Gulf Coast Hurricanes in 2005. It is also unknown how many people died as result of not evacuating or reentering unsafe areas for their pets and livestock

The California Assembly has approved legislation(AB 450) introduced by Speaker Pro Tem Leland Yee (D-San Francisco/Daly City) requiring the Department of Agriculture, the Office of Emergency Services and other agencies involved in disaster preparedness to develop a memorandum of understanding (MOU) or plan that includes the needs of service animals, livestock, equines and individuals with household pets following a major disaster or emergency. Click here to learn more. Click here to email Governor Schwarzenegger to ask him to sign the bill.

I know I'm not going anywhere without Coco and she's not going anywhere without Mr Lobster!

Dinner anyone?

Labor Day, September 2006

Where did the summer go....we headed north then east towards the Sierras early Saturday morning...

Lots of reunions this weekend...

Coco and Maggie

Coco and Queen Ida Luna

Mom and Dad

Big Brother Willie

Coco and Willie look alot alike

Jane and Coco, Trace and Sis

Daybreak on Sunday, September 3rd...

Camp Nelson

The Needles from Dome Rock

Katy, Linda and Coco on Dome Rock

Another view from Dome Rock

Coming home on Monday was no fun, lots of traffic and 2 forest fires on the grapevine caused intermittant lane closures. It took us 5 hours to get home...

These photos are of the fire by Lake Pyramid. It is called the Day fire because it began about 2 pm on Labor Day. Five days later it has burned over 13,000 acres and is still burning out of control. Note to Teedee: photos were taken while in stop and go traffic on I5 so no danger of crashing.

Coco and her friends...

Here is a photo of Coco and her next door neighbor Pebbles taken today in the front yard.


This photo of an 8 week old Coco and Pebbles was taken in April 2006 when Coco first came home. Pebbles is a 9 year old Maltese and a very sweet dog. She lives next door with Dawna.


This is Coco and her new friend Buster, a Jack Russel Terrier and Chihuahua mix. We met Buster today in the park by King Harbor.

Last Tuesday the Black Pearl sailed off into the sunset...


Coco and I went up to Palos Verdes and watched her head towards uncharted waters. The views from the hiking trail are pretty spectacular.