Southern california

Just spent a great weekend in LA judging at the Mission Circuit. The dogs were top quality and super supportive exhibitors - it's been a while since I have heard so many people cheering for fellow competitors- good to hear
The weather was super in the mid 80's. Company was enjoyable and we shared several meals with friends.
So this morning we fly home to I believe, rainy Washington... Then tomorrow I leave for Canada


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Planting time

I decided to try growing tomatoes and strawberries at home this year - using the upside down method - so I bought the plants and the dirt etc and the holder...and ran into problem #1, the holder is not strong enough, nor stable enough to support the containers - so had to hang them from the garage (see photo above) as a very temporary solution until I find something more substantial today.

Utah

This weekend I am judging a show in Logan Utah. It's a super showsite (or it would be if the weather was good) but the weather gods were not smiling on us today - the overnight temperature was 30 degrees and a predicted high of 46 today. So as we started this morning it was raining and then we had hail then it stopped for a while and the sun came out - then it all repeated, but eventually the sun won out and it was actually a nice day. Tomorrow is predicted to be nicer........


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Pictures from Poland

All the pictures in the album below were taken by Erik's new owner - Kate, or a friend- I never even needed to power my camera up!
As you can see we had good company and lots of food... It's back to salads for us for the next few weeks.

Link to pictures




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Photos

Perogies



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Poland ( Day 2 - Friday )

Kate collected David and I and took us to explore the "old Warsaw" which we walked all day and the weather was perfect - a mix of cloud and sun, just perfect for sightseeing. There were lots of beautiful churches and many statues of famous Poles - Marie Curie, Chopin and Copernicus....
In the eveing we went for a typical meal of perogies - filled with various savory fillings - yummy. David sampled some local beer which also got a thumbs up


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Poland (day 1)

The flight from Seattle to Frankfurt on Lufthansa was great- my standby upgrade to business cleared (which was a good start) my seatmate was a German gentleman who now lives in USA but who had spent his youth, working for the Snowy Mountains Authority in Australia building the huge hydro electric scheme in the 60's. Lots of interesting chatter....
A change of planes and terminals in Frankfurt (and Erik successfully made the transit also) we then flew onto Warsaw where "Kate" - Erik's new owner met us. She had met David an hour earlier when he arrived from Copehhagen, after returning 2 beagles back to Gold Line (Thanks Annette for letting us have Thomas and Susan for a while)
Kate left us at the Marriott to freshen up while she took Erik home to let him run and be fed. A few hours later she collected us and took us to her home, where she had prepared a typical Polish meal. It was great, she took many pictures (I will post links later) Erik had settled in very well.
we then returned to the hotel for a great sleep


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