Bonnie and Snoopy joined us at Steve and Greg’s to celebrate Steve’s 58th birthday. We didn’t even know that it was also our friend Christian’s 35th birthday. Happy birthday gents!
Steve’s 58th Birthday
Starting with March Dogs
First full day with Miller and Lilibet. We still have fosters Calvin and Hobbes and of course our permanent residents Snoopy and Bonnie.
Update from Miso (now Perry) who is doing well in Twin Peaks, San Francisco.
Double Row Men’s and Skills
Was able to take pictures of the women’s team from the men’s boat. The strait was very choppy so the Skills boat stayed in the marina.
Window Installation Day
After very frustrating delays, we swung by the house under renovation when a neighbor advised us that they were putting windows up finally, which includes sliders. I’m so relieved. Some of these pictures I took by putting my camera over the fence and had to look at them afterwards. Even the half circle above the front door is installed!
Foster Lisibet
Here are pictures with our other foster dog we met today. She is probably a Corgie mix and an even older senior than Miller. She is also obviously much lower maintenance when it comes to grooming. After some sniffing with the others, she managed to snuggle in the dog bed with Snoopy.
I’ll probably call her “Lilly” for brevity. These are the pictures from her adoption profile.
Here she is greeting Lil Man at the shelter:
Foster Miller Urgent Groom
I heard about two senior dogs at our HSNB shelter that could use some home time, including one that desperately needed grooming. The soonest Miller could be groomed was three days away, so I offered to at least do that. Having recently transferred one foster to Muttville and with another foster adopted out recently, we decided to meet Miller and Lilibet today to at least give them a break from the shelter. “Lily” is even more senior than Miller.
These are before, during, and after pictures of Miller, the most matted dog I’ve ever groomed. Shea was super helpful and was in charge of the bath with his homemade soap!
BEFORE:
DURING:
AFTER:
This was the appeal for Miller to be groomed:
This was Miller playing with Lil Man at the shelter before I met him:
Bugsy at Muttville
Now known as “Hammock” he seems to be well taken care of. I miss him!
Late February 2025 Dogs
Food Co-op with Sustainable Solano
Sustainable Solano did a wonderful cooking event with locally sourced foods for Cultivate Community Food Cooperative (CCFC) last night in Benicia. Ask me about becoming an owner as we try to grow CCFC to build a brick-and-mortar local food co-op! In addition to the gorgeous salad you can see below, we also had potato gnocchi with the freshest broccoli and garlic.
Fourteen CCFC owners were treated to a cooking demo by Chef Stephanie Jordan, Program Mgr., Sustainable Solano.
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) was also an important topic of discussion.
Buongiorno Kathryn!
Buongiorno a mia amica Kathryn! It was so nice to see her and get to practice our Italian. We both had numerous awful experiences in 2024, but onward and upward! It was nice to be able to eat al fresco at Lucca’s in downtown Benicia on First Street. I’m glad I remembered to take at least one picture since I neglected to do it with another friend I lunched with earlier this week.
