Author Archives: annieriecken

Add this to the list of intended posts for 2016 that didn’t quite make it to fruition until now. In late November, we went to the Thanksgiving Cluster in West Springfield, Mass. I swore I wasn’t going to go, but … Continue reading →

Eighteen months ago, when I was thinking about adding a second dog to our house, this sight was one that I … well, I wondered if I would ever see it. And now I have.

When the snow is just right for making snowballs, Bonney’s fine hairs do just that.

and if it wasn’t a fluke, Bonney has learned to respond to Chico’s emergency recall word. She was headed for the neighbors, and not responding to here (which had worked at greater distance from the temptation), but I used Chico’s special, … Continue reading →

Today, it looked like this: Just a few weeks ago, when we were having extended fall, and finally got some rain, it was like this: Same spot, twenty-five days apart. I love having the Bearcamp in my life.

Is that what did this? Chico is snoring.  Yesterday,  while her husband shucked oysters for us, Ellen and I played with the dogs in her basement agility room. The room is big enough for a set of six poles and … Continue reading →

On the top. How snow sticks to Bonney: On the bottom.  Happy Christmas and Merry Hanukkah.  

Of course they took off like a shot running when the camera was in my pocket. There were gun shots off in the woods, but they sounded quite far away. Yes, I was also wearing orange. And what a beautiful … Continue reading →