Riesling is happy to be home!

We are on our way to San Francisco, and pup thinks she’s going - really, she gets to stay at Camp Bow Wow.

It’s spring again and that means another year of trying to score an heirloom sungold tomato plant from Craig and Susan LeHoullier. We got started too late last Saturday and by the time we arrived at 11am, they were sold out. Since I didn’t feel like driving out to their house in North Raleigh during the week, I was determined to arrive early enough this morning.

Now, I get up every morning around 7am to take the dog out and give her breakfast. Then she crawls back into bed with me and snoozes for a few hours while I work on my laptop. This morning, however, we left right after breakfast.

This is how she looked on the way to Raleigh…

I think pup was missing her morning nap.

We pulled in at 8am sharp and I am happy to report that I am now the proud owner of a tiny sungold tomato plant. It joins the Tiger Tom heirloom variety that we purchased last week.

They may be little now, but look what happened last year. :)

(Did I really say that I would only buy one tomato plant this year? Whoops!)

In other garden-related news, we will not have to buy any herbs this year, as illustrated by this photo that Eric took this morning.

This is what the deck box looked like just a year ago.

We went to a schnauzer meetup this afternoon in Cary (NC) - Riesling burned some energy and we enjoyed the sunshine!

We entered this photo of Riesling ‘grinning’ into the Snapfish Funny Pets contest.

Voting is open all week, so head on over and give our pup five stars… you have until the end of the day on Sunday, April 13th!

The original story behind this photo can be found here.

Riesling was being unusually quiet on her own downstairs this morning and anyone with pets knows that means she’s typically up to something both fun (for her) and naughty.

Bunny!

I nearly laughed out loud, there was so. much. stuffing. Of course, she pulled it all out through a *tiny* hole and frankly I’m not sure how I’m going to get it all back in. Needless to say, bunny is in the stitchery hospital until further notice.

I had her pose by her handiwork and this is how it came out… she looks pretty pleased with herself, no?

Eric and I were looking through REI last night for a new backpack to replace one of our rolling carry-ons. While there, we picked up a dogpack for pup.

She was so excited when I put in on her and sat very still for the photos. We plan to use this on long walks and hikes to wear her out a little bit. Plus, she can carry our water, her food, and some doggy bags. :)

pup in front of our lovely tree… Merry Christmas everyone!

It has been uncharacteristically warm here for the last few weeks, which means more fun times at the dog park…

That is two happy dogs right there.

We are also happy that she has been interacting more playfully with dogs on the same side of the fence. When we head up to NY for Christmas there will be three dogs in the house, Riesling, Jeter (yorkie) and Holly (cockapoo). Should be interesting!

We’ve been out of town quite a bit over the last few months and that trend will continue through Christmas. The good news is that we’ll be able to take her with us on a few of the trips… otherwise she stays at Camp Bow Wow.

The Camper Cam lets us know that she’s doing just fine. :)