:NM photos sent by Kathy..

Posted: October 6, 2008 | Author: lhasalhady | Filed under: Apso Aficionados | 5 Comments

Kathy shared the following photos taken during her recent trip to New Mexico. I love how the middle dog has circular grain in the heart area.

A pueblo carving of a singing pac..

Pueblo storyteller dolls of the Fox Family..

:Wyatt the Riot

Lazily coming to full awakeness this morning before getting out of bed, Panchen and Wyatt came to my mind. I knew my blog entry would be :Wyatt the Riot. He, like Panchen, through cyberspace touched the hearts of so many. Why? Why them? Why them above the others? Their stories were so different.

Over the winter I’ll be slowing transitioning each dog’s pedigree page within the website to include their pedigree, along with photos and correspondence. If I’ve made a fancy collage page for that dog, that will be included on the pedigree page. It was my original intention to have a collage page for every dog, but – believe it or not!! – reality made a rare appearance. I don’t have time to create something special for each dog, no matter how much I want.

My very favorite photo of Sadie and Zeke was taken within hours of Sadie’s arrival…

And they are again, complete with Wyatt the Riot…

Clips for Katy’s letters…

This morning, Wyatt was introduced to chickens and goats, and acted like he’s known them all his life.

And, no surprise here, “someone” has pre-spoiled him! At breakfast this morning, he parked beside Ken’s chair, with Zeke on the other side, and they took turns sitting for treats from the “treat man”. He seems to like Ken a lot and we should that Pete for that.

Wyatt will pick out a toy, run with it, toss it to Zeke and they’re off!

Wyatt is sure a happy little guy! Great smile, wonderful, exhuberant attitude! He just wants to have fun.

I could only hope when we picked him up 12 days ago that things would progress this quickly. He’s simply made himself at home and Sadie and Zeke have accepted him as one of their kin and pack with no major upsets. Sadie..obviously loves him, and remembers him as her son. They pal around together and she follows him, or he follows her, just about everywhere. They even act like mother and son towards each other.

Wyatt is a clown and has a genuine sense of good humor and fair play. He’ll grab a toy, race by Zeke with an invitation to play, and zoom back, drop the toy right at Zeke’s feet, and off they go! And he loves to “toss” his toys in the air. He’s picked out several that the other dogs were ignoring, and made them his favorites. He especially likes the large hedgehog that makes a hedgehog noise!

Wyatt reminds me of Steve Martin in his antics and good nature.

He is, as Pete said, a delightful little dog!

No doubt about it, we have a threesome!

See more photos and read more on Wyatt’s page.

:Blown glass pumpkins..sent by Kathy

Posted: October 1, 2008 | Author: lhasalhady | Filed under: Apso Aficionados | Leave a comment

On this first day of October, darkness is still outside my library window and french door. I love the changing of the seasons, especially summer to fall. The quality of light is … to use Kathy’s description of fall …

… delicious!

Blown glass pumpkins from the glassblowers at Jackalopes in Santa Fe.

:You meet the nicest people on What’s New!…sent by Kathy

Posted: September 29, 2008 | Author: lhasalhady | Filed under: Apso Aficionados | 1 Comment

Katy & Kathy

Katy did these beautiful paintings of Ireland for me. We share an
Irish connection. Our ancestors are from County Cork Ireland,
combined with our love of Lhasa Apsos, certainly makes us Irish Sisters!

Joe and I shared a wonderful visit and delicious, farm fresh meal at
Katy & Ken’s on a quick trip to New Mexico last week. Katy and I
have been corresponding and this was our first meeting in person.
What a blessing! I love animals so it was a major treat to pet the
goats, check out the chickens, talk to the parrots and play with the
apso pack of Zeke, Sadie and Wyatt! Wyatt is adjusting quickly to
Katy and Ken’s nurturing. Little mother Sadie enjoys reminding him
of their mother-son relationship!

Katy sent me alpaca yarn from a near by ranch so I could knit a warm,
cozy scarf for her to wear in winter. (see photo) And I asked her
to paint a favorite rock wall from a long ago trip to the Aran
Islands. You definitely meet the nicest people on What’s New!!