Happy Wednesday to ya! Now I know that you probably read that headline and thought for a moment that maybe we're getting another Newfie...or a pony...or maybe even a cat. And while I would be more than thrilled to have any of those (well, the pony not so much because...
Woof Wednesday: I look at least 2 years younger!
Hi puppy friends! Hope you had a fabulous Fourth of July weekend (if you're in the US) and a lovely regular, plain old weekend if you're living elsewhere like me. Actually, we're having a pretty exciting week because we are at Oma & Opa's house and there are a...
Ayla’s first grooming & don’t forget to enter!
In about 20 minutes Ayla will be having her first grooming session. She's still got tons of winter undercoat and I just don't have the ability to brush her as she needs to be...so we're calling in reinforcements! We're traveling to Bavaria next week for a few days...
The Kiddy Comfort Pro car seat – It saves lives
Something you may or may not know about me by now, is that when we buy things around here, we usually go on a massive researching mission first to make sure we end up with the best product at the best price. When Mack was about 12 months old and began to outgrow her...
Woof Wednesday: Loving on my neighbors
Good morning world! Well, as you've probably heard by now it's been quite a week for me. My humans were in a pretty bad car accident last week and I unfortunately had no idea what had happened to them for a few days. But on Tuesday I got to stay with our neighbors...

Not exactly the week we planned for ourselves
You probably thought you'd be seeing some photos soon of our progress in the courtyard, with our new pavers in place and the growing beds being filled up with dirt. But even though the stones are here and waiting for us to start using them...we're in absolutely no...
Giraffes and Monkeys and Guanakos? A trip to the Opel Zoo
Opel Zoo (website: www.opel-zoo.de, Königsteiner Straße 35, 61476 Kronberg, Tel. 06173/ 325903-0) is one of two zoos in here the Frankfurt area. The other, Frankfurt Zoo, is located in downtown Frankfurt and is your more traditional sort of zoo with seals, snake...
Woof Wednesday: Living the life
Hi furry (and not so furry) friends! Apparently the weather gods heard my plea last week and they sent us some HOT, sunny weather. It was still pretty cool in the mornings so we were still able to take our walks...but in the afternoon it was scorching so mom and...
Woof Wednesday: How pups can help with the oil spill fiasco
Good morning friends, I have little doubt that you have heard about the disastrous oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico which began with the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform 3 weeks ago. With oil escaping at an alarming rate of 200,000 gallons (or more)...
Connect the dots, la la la la — Mack’s music group
Now that Mack is getting a bit older, and becoming more interested in socialization with other kids, we enrolled her in a musical playgroup that takes place down the street every Wednesday morning. Because Stefan was on vacation, he got to come with us last week so we...


