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The first full day of daylight savings time brought with it the ability to catch Daphne playing in enough light to turn out a decent picture.  She loves to play "I'm-gonna-dig-where-you-told-me-not-to" and run around in circles, each time taking a moment to pick up whatever it was you were telling her not to grab in her mouth.  Sometimes she gets something, others nothing but an empty chomp as she scampers away from me, making furtive gestures at her as if I'm about to grab her.

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I try to exercise our Labradoodle puppy, Daphne, on a fairly regular basis, but the winter months make it a little more difficult.  Playing fetch in the snow isn't optimum, but she loves it anyway.

Our 2012 Christmas



The first snow is trying to gather force, but never did-we got just a dusting for this mid December flurry.  The real snow came about 5 days later.

This pair of Goldfinches found our birdfeeder after a few days of foraging the snowy landscape.

We got snow a few days before Christmas, so Pam thought it would be nice to bake some bread as we braced for some cabin time. This no-knead loaf was excellent.

I bottled my latest batch of home brew the other day. This oatmeal stout will be ready to sample on New Year's Eve.

Piper had to examine my work as I took these shots.



Grab a plate!

Pam's Christmas 2012 menu was honey-baked ham, mashed potatoes, dinner rolls, and green bean casserole. I'm blessed to have such a great cook for a wife.

Our Christmas 2012 morning started with freshly-squeezed orange juice.

Piper is a little ham.

So I thought it could be fun to try to tie a Santa hat onto Piper for some Yuletide humiliation. Pam's trying to casually approach her...

No fooling our Ragdoll Piper. She see's what's about to happen here and doesn't like it.

We were so close to getting this Santa hat on her. Maybe next year when's she's had time to mellow a bit. She's still young, after all. She'll eventually realize that this is the exchange she must suffer for having all other concerns in life taken care of.

Until she mellows out a little, no cutesy holiday hats for this cat, lol.

This was Daphne's first discovery of snow.

Daphne would be just fine to stay out in the frozen stuff except for the toes issue. She's usually ready to come back in after 5 minutes or so. It hasn't been over 23 degrees for a few days, now.

Daphne chose to be put in "time out" when she chewed through her harness (again). Her attempt to look pitiful falls on deaf ears.

My neighbor's yard right after the snow stopped.

Our Christmas tree 2012, complete with the obligatory cat beneath the tree.

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At 5 months, she has grown considerably already. Typical of Labs, she's asserting her digging, chewing, and tearing up skills.

Daphne is half Labrador and half Standard Poodle. She's already outgrown her first collar, and her food intake has doubled as well.

Typical outside look: mouth full of dirt and grass. I have to constantly keep her from digging up my garden. We haven't worked in the flowers/shrubbery in our new yard yet, but I'm sure she'll have to investigate them, when we get them started.
                                    

Trying to reclaim an earler hole she dug in the yard. I put the rake over it for the time being. She's just been caught trying to pick up where she left off.

She's a great dog.

Surveying the back 40.

Keeping watch for critters in her yard.

Daphne At 3 Months 5/26/12

The Latest Addition To Our Family: 9-Week-Old Chocolate Labradoodle Daphne