WELCOME, HENRY!

Can't seem to activate the "comments' option..so a new post to say WELCOME, HENRY PEARSON...(seems to me that there is a relative of that name among the second or third cousins)...He looks ADORABLE!! He should arrive on the scene just shortly before our return from Florida......

Introducing Henry

We would like to introduce you to the newest member of our family, Henry Pearson. He is currently (4) weeks old and is a Yorkshire Terrier/Poodle mix. His adult size will be approximately (8) to (10) pounds. He will be joining our household around the 29th of April. We are very excited about our new little addition!

Post from Ft. Myers

It may begin to seem as though Mom is monopolizing this blog..but nothing posted for two weeks...and the last two have been mine...C'mon, you "kids".....
On Sunday, March 26, we joined the throngs for Minnesota Tailgate Day at Hammond Stadium....high of 70 with a sharp northerly wind, so that those in shaded seats were uncomfortably chilly...Tampa Bay won over the Twins 6-5....(By the 7th inning, Dad was ready to come home and watch the Players at Ponte Vedra)
Medical news: yesterday Curt had cataract surgery.....also a laser treatment on left eye to remove a film over that lens...back today for post-op and all okay...no restrictions...gets easier all the time...and now we both have interocular lenses in both eyes....makes one marvel at and appreciate advances in medical expertise...In the days of our grandparents..(parents also)...they pretty much had to live with cataracts...heading steadily toward legal blindness, if they lived long enough..
More reasons to count our blessings...

Okay, you inquiring minds...Mom reporting in: safe and uneventful flights both coming back "up north" and returning to Florida a week later..crammed a lot of good stuff into the seven days..time with family, a meeting of my book club with interesting discussion of THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL (Philippa Gregory)....quick dental and medical appointments for minor issues, a lunch with "girl friends"..etc.....The not-so-much-fun part concerned massive, detailed clean-up of kitchen areas where mice had been partying in my absence...Having been fortunate not to have had to deal with this type of invasion previously, the audacity of these critters was at times overwhelming...only two?...(.At least as far as those trapped.).How could only two create such a mess?.....Anyway, it was all back to normal for the best event of the week: Chip's 49th birthday party...with 13 of us at "Ramona's house" as insisted....Chip was delighted with his birthday dinner,the fudge-topped brownies, and his presents, but mostly with being surrounded by his family singing "Happy Birthday, dear Chip"...He was packed up and anxious to get back to Waconia the next morning..
Father Pearson is doing well, having finished his 4 days of antibiotics...is back on the golf course as of yesterday, today, and two more tee times this week...

Breaking blogging silence

Okay, people, it has been over a month since anyone has posted anything. In an attempt to re-break the ice, I offer this picture. I challenge Katy to come over and to pick up the new supersized Fenton in an attempt to recreate this picture.

What's up, people? Inquiring minds want to know.