On the road to Stone Lake
and its annual Cranberry Festival
Leaves turning
Ancient ruins
Farms a-cropping
Cornstalks a-shimmying
Scenery a-whizzing

Barb a-storytellin’
Pumpkins a-whopping

Barb a-hmmm’ing
Strangers a-gazing
* * *
Before the first snow,
an emergency plumbing job
interrupts Mr. Rooter’s weekend.
with kids in tow
“Wingardium Leviosa!”
Leviosa-ing
Secretly impressed sibling
Tackled on the one yard line
Dad’s “If I’d-have-known-it-was-rebar-reinforced concrete” moment. . .
* * *
The Delight and Freakiness
of Snowless Days

* * *
Surveying the Falls
Stopping at Bridgeman’s
for toasted almond chocolate chip

Marching back along the Parkway
* * *
Dog Park
Giddy gallumphing
Jingles’ unseemly pursuit of object of affection
Missing the fun and action
cause sometimes size does matter
* * *
Bonfire Night
The Tale of a Near Torched Tail
Pyromaniac on the right

Permit-approved Yule log
Shortly before swishy tail alights
Recipient of a shibba-shibba-shirrup,
Tail smothered, crisis averted.
* * *
Silverwood
Spotting crazies on the barely frozen lake

* * *
Spatially-uninhibited visitor
A brief visit from Winter
When snow was afoot
And snowbunnies abounded
Welcoming holiday visitors
* * *
Bonfire Night Sunset
* * *
Meanwhile, Sari and Josh’s
undercover Pet-Cam coughs up
a shocking little secret
Tobie indulging in el Cubano
Love, peace, and a Happy New Year
















































Florence Brammer
/ December 31, 2011So beautiful! I wish I’d had the photo of Tasha at Minnehaha Falls for the calendar. Just stunning! What a lucky dog to have so much adventure in her life.