Tuesday, December 30, 2008

I wonder if I want a puppy?


Sand3aye wonders what it would be like to have a puppy...

This one fits the bill. She's a feisty lil thang.
What anesthetic?
Look at the size of those paws! Ruh roh!

What?!?? You lookin' at me?

Proud "Rom"

Big day!

Look at those kangaroo legs!

Saturday, December 27, 2008

So do you think we got a new dog?

We were just going to go look. Honest. She was the first one that I really saw.
For another picture, see

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Rerry Rhistras!

Sand3aye wishes you a very Rerry Rhristmas!

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

also,
"Santa denies selling spot on highly coveted 'Nice' list"

Is nothing sacred?** Pitchers and catchers report in 52 days!

(no one will know what the heck the comic is referring to in about 2 months)

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Did I read that right?

Obama names Holdren, Lubchenco to ponder gender of Santa's reindeer
AP - 1 hour, 43 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday named Harvard physicist John Holdren and biologist Jane Lubchenco to answer this age old question, signaling a change from Bush administration policies on gender neutrality that were criticized for putting politics over science.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Annie Hall audition


Zane tries out for the part of Alvy in "Annie Hall"

Dogs know...

Shake!

Dogs know if you've washed your hands after using the bathroom!

Woo Hoo! I'm rich!

Man, it's so nice that in this economy, there are still opportunities out there. I've already put a down payment on a nice tropical island. See you in the funny papers!

To: Undisclosed Recipients

From: Mr. Goodluck Eshie
Tel 011 233 240 495 924

Greetings,
How are you doing? I have believed that one has to risk confiding in another to succeed in life.


My name is Mr. Goodluck Eshie. I am the son of late Chief & Mrs. Richard Eshie, the Chairman of Ivory Coast Cocoa Board. He was a wealthy Cocoa and Timber merchant in Abidjan - Cote D’ivorie. It is sad to tell you that he was poisoned to death by his business associate on his business trip. My mother died when I was young and since then my father took me so special.

Before his death in the hospital, he told me about the amount of Eighteen Million US$ ($18,000,000.00) and 100kg of gold dust which he deposited as family treasure for safe keeping in a vault in Ghana . I am indicated as next of kin and I have confirmed in the company with the documents about the existence.

My father warn me that it because of his wealth and politics that he was poisoned therefore I should seek for a foreign partner outside Africa that I can transfer this money for investments. This instruction was given to the safe keeping company. I therefore want you to assist me receive the funds in your desired country or designated bank account for profitable ventures. I will offer you 30% of the total funds for your services. Be informed that all charges has been paid to the security company but we need to get some kind of High Court notarize change of ownership documents that would surely reflect your name as new beneficiary or my foreign partner of the funds because that is to permit the claim as stated by my father. I have discussed with one lawyer to help me to secure the needed notarize document from the High Court as soon as I have assistant. I trust him because he is a good lawyer, also a former speaker of parliament, Republic of Ghana . He told me to get a reliable beneficiary that can not cheat

Best regard,

Goodluck Eshie.
Tel 011 233 240 495 924

Saturday, December 6, 2008

Poke chops and Greek potatoes

One of our favorite dinners.

Mrs. Beisbolfan said, "Sounds pretty good when you put it in restaurant-speak!"

This is a vintage picture of the dinner. Different salad, but you get the idea...

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Here Javelina Javelina Javelina!

Mmmmm, carroty!

Cute, but nasty

Run away!


I was going down to the mail box this morning when I heard feetsteps coming from the yard next door. It's always startling to see these big guys. We'd thrown a carrot in the front yard for the bunnies since S3 doesn't like carrots as much as Peeps did. Apparently this Javelina likes them, too. So much for feeding the bunnies.

You've heard of the expression, "Speak of the Devil"? We were on our walk earlier this morning talking about which dogs I had heard were attacked by Javelinas and where the Javalina packs had come through the neighborhood. Mrs. Beisbolfan hadn't seen any on our walks, but I and our friend Mr. G had. So had Peeps and S3. The pups were interested, but wary. Good doggies!
When I saw the group walking across the street from the wash on one side to the other, there were little baby J's that were bouncing up and down, chasing each other and generally behaving like all little kids do.




Heavens above!

The sky was still light. Venus is the brighter of the planets.

Quite a sight


Monday was a nice night to go view the spectacular conjunction of the crescent Moon with the planets Venus and Jupiter. I tried to get some pictures, but holding the camera isn't the way to do it. The pictures don't do it justice.