Another Anniversary

Two years ago this week I got Joule, our 8 year old Golden Retriever. So, I thought this would be a good time to put up a post about her (also so that when I'm at a loss on what to blog about later I'm not tempted to write about her - at least maybe for another two months or so.)

Joule has really adjusted to our new home. Her favorite place is the back porch where she will lay for hours and just sniff. She had some interesting (but thankfully distant) encounters with our new neighbors - a family of skunks. Fortunately they now have a new home elsewhere. She also loves the lake mostly because of the water foul that live around it (that's the retriever in her). Joule has made a few doggy friends here, but her greatest friend was an old cat named Forrest who unfortunately just moved away.

Speaking of cats...We just got one! Well, sort of. We are long-term cat-sitting Bowie for our friend who just moved to NYC. John and I have really been enjoying having him in the house and I think he likes it too. We live in a really old house so there are plenty of nooks and crannies for him to explore. Often we find him covered in black cobwebs or dust because he has discovered some secret passage behind the tub or under the floor. He and Joule have been getting along really well, but be sure not to tell Joule that I wrote about him on her post; she would get jealous!

I hope everyone has a good week and enjoys the fuzzy friends that are in their lives!

-Anna

(P.S. Please be thinking about us at the beginning of July because Joule goes in for some tests for a suspicious lump the vet found on her. There is a good chance that it could be cancer - probably curable, just expensive. Thanks!)