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Just got the amazing news that my art quilt “Salish Sea” was juried into the 2025 CQA National Juried Show in Toronto June 19-21st. Unfortunately I cannot publicly share a photo of my quilt until after the Judging in June.

Happy Boxing Day and happy 6 months old birthday to me. To celebrate, I ran my first 600+ metre urban track. There were some pretty scary, snarling dogs along the way but I worked through it and made it to the glove. I got to celebrate by enjoying my first whole frozen sardine with a knuckle bone chaser. Much to my Mom’s frustration, I’m still doing my best standing grizzly bear impression and jumping up on everyone I encounter. This past month has been all about having fun with my nose doing tracking, nosework and a little intro to finding shed antlers. I grew 1.5 inches and gained 7.8 lbs. Just to emphasize how I am maturing, this afternoon, for the first time ever, I lifted my leg to pee.

Brodie must be having one heck of a dream. His paws, ears and eyes are twitching and his lip is lifting.

Our province, heck our country is not doing a great job getting the vaccine out in a timely manner. My age group was not scheduled to receive our first vaccination until June. Surprise, today they updated the rules and anyone 40+ now qualify. I started calling and going to pharmacy websites trying to book an appointment. I was so relieved when I was able to talk to someone and actually book one for May 10. Then about 5pm I got a phone call from one of the pharmacy’s that I put in an online request. They had a last minute cancellation and said that if I could be there in 30 minutes I could get my shot. We dropped everything, jumped into the car and raced downtown. I now have my first vaccine. I can’t tell you how happy I am. I feel like a won the lottery. It sounds so silly but that is how I feel.

Update: I was warned that I would feel really awful after my shot but I feel fine. My arm isn’t even sore when I move it. If I go hunting around I can find a little sore spot if I press on it but that’s it. I got the Moderna shot. Rumour has it that the second shot is harder than the first with Moderna.

Today we celebrated the skinny guy’s 2nd COVID birthday. Started the day with a nice off-leash walk with the dogs. We came home and I made him bacon, eggs and roasted potatoes. We have dog stuff tonight so Birthday dinner will happen on Saturday. To make up for the delay, he got to sample the lemon meringue pie today. He loves a huge mountain of meringue.

I think his delayed birthday supper was definitely worth the wait. Slow roasted bone-in prime rib. Mmmmm!!

Having wine and a steaming soak in the hot tub. Don’t know if we will make it to midnight so….Happy New Year everyone!

I have to admit I am a late comer to the Sourdough bread phenomenon that has developed out of COVID-19 quarantine. I’m a big lover of sourdough bread but I only indulge a few times a year because carbs are not my friend. Cathie generously shared some of her starter with me. I spent a couple of days feeding “George” making sure that he was happy and bubbly in his new home. Each time I fed him I had to discard part of the starter. I collected the discards and used them to make a delicious organic sourdough chocolate cake. The recipe that inspired this cake called for 1 cup of maple syrup. I was worried it was going to be too sweet but it turned out perfect for me.

Today we celebrate the day I flew to Victoria, two years ago, to pick up sweet 8 week old Brodie. I hate flying, especially by myself, but I made an exception for this boy. So glad I did. He is the love of my life.