Could you pass

a test to become a United States Citizen? MSNBC had this link on their homepage this morning. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25461301/from/ET/ You will have to copy and paste this, I can't seem to get a live link. Anyway the website scores the test for you and you get to see (in my case) that you have forgotten a lot of the civics that you had to know to graduate from high school.

It is interesting to contemplate the kinds of requirements to have this honor if you are not born in this country. Maybe we should all start acting like we really, really WANT to become good citizens. I bet we would surprise ourselves!

Our "Bunch of Grapes"...

Yes, I am a "new Grammy". No, I am not obsessive! Hattie is a very good mom and is totally enjoying her new role as Queen of the Red Room (the room upstairs which has been converted to the puppy nursery). She REALLY loves all the additional food. New mom has figured out a sort of system for "holding" the babies in the warm zone and it is quite cute. She sort of "stashes" them under the pig rail and between the bumper of her bed and the side of the whelping box. Of course, anyone who knows puppies knows this only works for as long as they are passed out from their glut of nursing!

Hattie and Kona are proud parents!!

Of course Kona is clueless. Hattie did a great job whelping. She didn't need anything from me. I did help a bit with bringing the babies around for her to clean up. She is laying contentedly with all the babies cupped in her front arms and under her chest with her head laying over them all. She is going to be a very good mom.

Look at this darlin' boy...and his sibs.

Top photo is "Obie" the nest is the whole Star Wars crew! Aren't they BEAUTIFUL!!!

Where does the time go anyway?

In my defense, I have been blogging on the nwpawsacrossamerica blog, but I haven't blogged on my own since Maya's birthday. That is awful! I guess that means my life is boring right now? ....yeah, it is. I am on puppy watch. Hattie is due to whelp 4 puppies sometime this weekend.

Kona was attacked last weekend by a lab in our neighborhood. Greg was walking him. He did have a wound, poor guy. Totally unproked.



Oh, there is the trip to Canada 3 weekends ago. Here is one of the highlights of that trip!


Time does fly!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAYA!!!!!!!!!

Hard to believe she is 6 years old today!!! Have a wonderful day....MMMUUUUSSSSS!

The journey of the fava

They have sprouted! My friend Lorin was quick to remind me that they are a cool weather crop...all I need to do is move them to the front porch! Voila, cool weather. As soon as they get a good start, I will move them out there. Today I also planted two more artichokes and some red lettuce. So, now I have three artichoke plants (having been assured by the lady at the nursery that they would easily mature in our growing season), one tomato plant, and my little row of fava beans. My little suburban grazing farm is on it's way.