Happy New Year to all! Resolutions. One of ours is to blog on a more regular basis this year… because we were not very good at it last year:) To help do that we’re starting a 52 week photo project; 52 weeks of Kona. Today is the first entry, Kona’s big mouth full of what …
Category Archives: California
Blissed Out
Blissed out Kona. Things are so busy (although you’d never know it by looking at Kona:) and we have been really bad at getting around to see everyone but we’re thinking of you all! Wags to everyone.
The Devil’s Punchbowl
What is Kona so happy about? He’s finally got a day off and he’s going hiking! This hike is in the desert mountains a couple of hours outside of Los Angeles at a place called the Devil’s Punchbowl, amazing geological formations practically on the infamous San Andreas fault. The boys find the trail head. Our …
Puppy Party
Late Friday night, a trio of trouble showed up to spend the night. Three 9 week old Golden puppies. You forget how tiny Goldens are when they’re pups…even a soccer ball looks huge. Kona likes to sleep in…he slept through the late night pee breaks but he wasn’t impressed with the 6am wake up call…3 …
A Day At The Beach
After working like maniacs for months we took a day off and spent it at the beach. The weather was perfect and Kona had a great time. It was a real joy to see how confident and happy he was, a marked change from the first time he was at the beach. Even though it …
Kona-East Canyon Hike
After a long work week, Kona’s big adventure this weekend was a hike up the East Canyon Trail in Santa Clarita’s Woodlands Park. Just north of Los Angeles, this is a 3.8 mile trail in the Santa Susana Mountains. The vegetation is lush and the trail winds though three species of oak, bay laurel, black …
Kona-Birthday Hike
Kona sets out on his birthday hike at Wildwood Park in Ventura County. First part of the hike was up the Santa Rosa Trail to the summit of the hills. The view was pretty good even half way up and there were wildflowers and wild oats everywhere. Lots of water breaks, even on a partly …
Niko
Over the holidays we got to foster this little whipper snapper, Niko, for a few days. At 3 months old he is a typical Golden Retriever pup…full of energy, mouthy, smart and very inquisitive. He knew his name and we taught him “sit” in a matter of minutes. Stay was another story. Golden puppies are …
Holiday Hiatus
Remember how you used to look forward to the Christmas break when you were a kid? How Christmas seemed like a magical time? Well, now that we’re all grown up, we’re self imposing an early holiday break from blogging. This holiday season, forget all the commercialism, turn off your computer and get out there and …
Hike
This past weekend was perfect weather for hiking. Off to Griffith Park we went, our destination…top of this hill. Kona found a less used path to the top. Easy for him, not so easy for us with all the overhang. Let’s just say there was much ducking and scraping on the way up:) Half way …
Pet Therapy Friends
We’re back from the Thanksgiving holiday break and we hope everyone had a lovely long weekend. This week I took Kona to meet up with the dogs of Spencer‘s pet therapy speech group from Northridge Hospital. It was great to see everyone again and we were there to honor Sophia, who is retiring from pet …
Fast Friday
Kona exhibiting his super sonic speed at a dog run in Santa Monica. The aftermath…super sonic snooze.
Kona- The Essence Of Being
Today a busy and somewhat problem ridden week caught up with me all at once. It took me by surprise after having such a great time last weekend, visiting with all our blogging friends during Simona & Marco’s SoCal visit. Days like this sneak up on you, minute by minute, another issue rears it’s head …
Kona & Friends
As many of you know by now Paco, Milo & Maya’s parents, Marco & Simona, were in California so we took a road trip down to meet them. They were staying with fellow blogger Val & her pups, Joey & Kealani, at a house on the beach. There were beautiful views. When we arrived Sammie …
Kona-Muse
One of Kona’s favorite places is under my desk in the office. He squeezes himself into this tiny place while I am working, always careful not to get caught on any of the cables everywhere. I like having him there. It’s comforting to feel the weight of his head on my foot and hear his …
Return of the Sun
The sun was back in full force here in Los Angeles today with highs in the low 80’s. After work, Kona and I decided to get some vitamin D and hang out in the yard. He figured helping with gardening meant he had to be IN the garden. After some garden maintenance, we goofed around …