In New Mexico

Rose girl and I are in New Mexico with my sisters Betsy and Marion, visiting my brother Don. He lives in Las Vegas, NM, a small town NE of Santa Fe. We flew into Albequerque on Saturday evening, stayed overnight there, and then headed to Don's on Sunday. Having a great time, but didn't bring the cable for my camera, so can't download any photos.

A sweet chow dog and her older puppy were abandoned near his home in December, and he took them in. Three weeks ago she had a litter of 4 puppies in a dog house next to the house. Rose of course is begging for a puppy. She really loves animals, and we couldn't keep her from holding and petting the puppies. Monday morning we woke up and discovered the puppies were GONE! We didn't know if something came in the night and got 'em, or what. Then we saw the mom go into a hole in the siding of the house, and she would come out and lay outside the hole. We couldn't see the puppies, but when we came home later that day she had moved them closer to the hole and we could hear them. So we knew they were safe, whew! Needless to say, Rose learned a lesson about how mother dogs are very protective of their puppies, and that she needs to stay away from them.

Rose doesn't know it but her mommy would love one of the puppies too. But they are too young, and too far away for us to add to our family.

She just came next to me and said "Are you writing on your blob"?

Will try to blob more about our trip when we get home, but then again, I said I'd write more about Rose's b-day and never got around to that. We'll see!