Hello and happy Sunday, friends. I’ve had a joyful and blissful week in New Jersey, house & pup sitting at my friend Joe & Seth’s home. Graham and I quickly settled into a lovely routine here: our days this week have more or less followed this course:
-coffee, reading, pup snuggling
-late morning swim
-lunch
-poolside afternoon: swimming and reading outside
-grocery shopping for dinner
-dinner, usually grilling
-movies, tv, pup snuggling
-snoozles, pup snuggling
Needless to say, this has resulted in a pretty heavenly week. Here are a few photos of the adorable pups, Maeby & T.C, that we had the privilege of taking care of:
Bonus: we (ok Maeby) found a nest of tiny baby bunnies in the backyard! They are the cutest things I’ve ever seen. Their mom comes every morning and evening to take care of them (according to the internet) and we’ve seen her there a few evenings. She feeds them and then tucks them back up in their little nest. So far we’ve managed to prevent the dogs from eating them.
Next week is going to seem sort of empty without all these cute furry animals around. I’m going to try to make up for it with extra reading and some delicious cooking, but let’s face it: there will be a Maeby and T.C. shaped hole in our hearts for a while. (Until our next visit out to see Joe & Seth, fortunately.)
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This week I posted a review of Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal and a photo post from a lovely visit to Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park in Michigan.
I’m reading This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance! by Jonathan Evison. I’m about 1/3 in, and despite enjoying it enough, it has failed so far to really “hook” me. I’m hoping that changes in the next 2/3.
Graham and I have been on a major Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee binge. We’ve also watched True Grit and lots more West Wing this week.
I’m listening to Missoula by Jon Krakauer right now, which is (unsurprisingly) super heavy. When I need a break from the heaviness I have been listening to back episodes of Nerdette Podcast. It has cemented itself firmly at the top of “Favorite Podcast” list.
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So that’s the week! How are you, friends? What did you do/read/consume over the week? Did you meet any new furry friends? (If not – look harder! They’re out there!)
BABY BUNNIES! Sorry, but that deserves ALLCAPS. That sounds like the greatest house-sitting adventure ever. Dogs, bunnies, coffee, beautiful house, goodonya!
I look forward to your final thoughts on the Missoula audio. I’ve been torn about whether to listen (which I could do anytime) or wait to read (which I’ll get to who knows when). It seems like it would be a tough listen (I’m not that great at absorbing 100% of an audio book), so I hope you’ll report when you’re done!
Thanks for all the great pictures, I had a fun vicarious house-sit!
BABY BUNNIES *do* deserve all caps! I could barely handle how cute they were. It was such a lovely house-sitting adventure week. It’s nice to be home, but I’ll be thinking back very fondly in my mind about that week.
I will definitely report on Missoula when I’m finished. I’m about 4 hours in so far, and it’s been good on audiobook. I also have trouble absorbing audiobooks, depending on the subject / writing / narrator, but have been following along pretty well on this one. So far he has been moving case to case and describing different situations / outcomes fully, one at a time. So it’s a methodical method that’s working well for following along on audiobook. I’ll post a full report once I’m done!
I will look forward to it, sounds like a great pick for audio so far.
All those fur babies!
I started reading Harriet Chance a few weeks back and set it aside because I wasn’t in the right mood and didn’t feel like it would be fair to keep reading, but I do want to get back to it. I hope it ends up picking up!
I just hit a major plot element, and I think/hope it might pick up from here!
OH COME ON with those bunnies! Could they be any cuter! Oh how I want to pick one up and cuddle it. I spent a few hours this weekend with an eight-week-old bichon frise puppy, however, so I cannot claim that my cuddly animals quota has not been met. :p
Me too! It took all my restraint to not reach out and touch them. I just google image searched “bichon frise puppy” and am highly satisfied that you also met your cuddly animals quota. So ridiculously adorable!
Oh those bunnies are adorable. Last wild critter I saw was a moose about a week ago … cross the road 120 yards in front of my bike. Man are they funny looking
Wow! That’s impressive! I’ve only seen a moose in a national park, but they are so enormous! Their antlers are incredible – I don’t know how they move around with those giant things! :D