Unique flight

As a frequent flyer it's not often that I have an unique experience on a plane. However yesterday I did. I flew back from the Oregon coast at 8pm when I arrived at this regional airport that has only 8 flights a day I discovered that I was the only person there at 6 when I was dropped off by the kennel club. There was no cafe or even a vending machine to be found. No TSA even , until 7:30, so just read my book in the waiting area. At 7pm a gate agent appeared and called me by name and told me I would be the ONLY passenger on the flight and as soon as the plane arrived and unloaded the passengers it would fly to Portland with me and we would not wait for the scheduled departure time- as everyone wanted to get home for the night. That was just fine with me.
So we took off in my "private jet" just me and a flight attendant and pilot and first officer- I enjoyed the short 35 minute flight and got home to watch the spectacular firework display put on by our neighbors - before falling into bed, so I could be up at 4:30 to get back to the airport for my early morning flight to California.
(This blog post is being written in the Red Carpet Lounge on my iTouch)

Oregon Coast

I flew down to North Bend yesterday (this is the closest airport to Bandon, Oregon) - where the Coos Bay Kennel Club is having a weekend of shows. I am however only judging one day, Saturday but I have a full load of 175 dogs (in fact I overloaded and another judge had to take some of my breeds) The oregon coast is beautiful and scenic and always much cooler than it is at home. After 2 days of 90+ temperatures, I was ready for a change.
The beach is beautiful and has some really unusual rocks, not far out into the ocean. I fly home tonight and then leave very early tomorrow to fly down to California to visit David, who is down there for a while.

Updated pictures

Here are pictures of Cookie's puppies at 9 days. You can see more details on our website

Just when you thought you had heard of everything...

A competition where they shoot cabbages out of cannons!

Pictures and puppies

Portland is famous for its wonderful rose gardens and here is a sample of the roses in full bloom

One of my new puppy owners shared these pictures with me of some of their trips around Orgeon with their new puppy, Clover. (Thanks Valerie)
And here is a view of the oregon coast
I will be off to the same coast next weekend (judging) so probably wont get to enjoy the sights.

New Arrivals

I had a dog show yesterday and so left fairly early, for 9am showing. Cookie looked like she was thinking about having puppies, so I put her in the laundry before leaving.
The show only had a very small entry - Thomas won the breed and Susan won a point. When I got home, I was surprised to find 6 new babies! Shown above. I have one red girl and one tri girl - the rest are boys. Clever Cookie said she needed no help.

We have had very strange summer weather here in the last couple of days - on Friday we had an inch of rain in the afternood, then yesterday evening was drizzly and so was today. And the temperatures have been in the mid 60's. Finally the sun has come out and the grass needs to be mowed, but its too wet - perhaps tomorrow.

And it's Father's day here in the US - so I will wish my father "Happy Father's Day" - but in Australia (where he lives) Father's day is the first Sunday in September - strange!

Cascade Hound Show

One of the local photographers took some casual show shots over the weekend at the Hound Shows.
The photos are now up and viewable at http://www.kkstudioconnect.com/
You will need to enter the following where it says
Client Login:
CascadeHoundShow09
At the left and top there is a list of subfolders by breed that will help you find photos easier.

And then the official photographers website is here
I do love the internet!