Bébé is a phantom poodle. If you’re like me, I had never heard of a phantom poodle before that day she won my heart! A phantom poodle is different only in its markings. Typically black with silver and beige markings. The beige/brown markings are the same as a Doberman’s markings… Pretty wild when you think …
Category Archive: Family
Oct 15 2011
A Lasting Bond is Formed Between a Boy and his Dog
Someone recently shared this video through an email. I was instantly reminded of this tattered picture of my son, Matt and our dog, Heidi. Matt was only a little older than the little boy in the video when this picture was taken. Most don’t think of a German Shepard as being docile and patient, but …
These are pics that my Dad took in his yard and throughout his neighborhood in Scotia, New York on Sunday 8/28/11 when Irene arrived through Tuesday 8/30/11 during and after the Mohawk River crested and finally receded.
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August 31, 2011
Aug 30 2011
Hurricane Irene Leaves Her Mark in the Mohawk Valley
This was the scene yesterday at Lock 8 in Rotterdam, NY, which is only about 4 or 5 miles from my dad’s house in Scotia, NY. It’s hard to believe that Hurricane Irene made landfall in North Carolina and continued on it’s merry way leaving devastation along the Atlantic coast. But Scotia, NY is not …
May 19 2011
The Harley Needs A New Home
Listed on eBay this week, which just happens to the Spring Bike Week in Myrtle Beach, is our Harley. It’s time it has a new home with owners who will get the pleasure of wind in their face as they cruise the open roads, the way it’s meant to be ridden. My husband and I …








