We just returned home from SE OR where we spent a glorious day searching for dendritic agate,didn’t find any that we know of yet, but did come home with a lot of really nice petrified wood, most likely Oak. We did find lots of seam agate and small tumbler agates; perhaps a few pieces to cut for cabs. The weather was really nice but very cool at night; we’re talking low 20’s. We woke the second day to a real drastic change-it was snowing lightly and we decided to boogie back home. It’s a good thing we did because we woke to 2 inches of snow on the ground. It was eery, like suddenly winter had come overnight. Tomorrow its supposed to be sunny and back up in the 60-70’s. This weather just keeps us on our toes. We have Winterizing the house on the agenda for tomorrow! 

Why do people abandon dogs? We have been seeing a very elusive female with 2 pups; a Cattle type dog over the past week. This morning we saw a pack of 3 dogs and 2 pups, the same breed. They were having great fun frolicking in the fields of snow. They look well fed in that they are not small or thin appearing but we are not sure they have a home. I went out looking for the female and pups the day after we had seen them but could not find her. None of our neighbors have such dogs so we are concerned about them. I don’t understand how anyone can ditch dogs if that is the case. I love our dogs too much to ever give them up to a questionable existence.

We are getting ready to go to Kauai! One more day and we shall be in paradise where it has been and is expected to be in the mid 80’s and 70’s at night. Oh my I am so ready to be in some warm water for awhile. It really helps my spasms from my MS and the exercise of snorkeling is wonderful for me. It is like 10 days of swimming. So the next time you hear from me I will have returned from Holiday, as they say in England. Hope to take some good pix!