Summer of Sam

Sam found my Suss stash!!! She had a really great time pulling everything out of the suitcase and then showing it to me. Actually I enjoyed the little display, too. This little baby's got about 1 week left to be everybody's darling, and then her little brother is rushing headlong into her life. So of course I had to lavish some of my undivided attention on her this past week. Jesse was not amused when she pulled on his tail...

This weekend Dave & I went to visit our very good friends Beniva & Devon, who live outside of Ann Arbor. We went to the Saline Celtic Festival to watch the Highland Games, which involved 6 very large men throwing 56 # weights over broad jump poles and flipping telephone poles (cabers) end to end (like that guy in the picture -- that one I found online from the games in NC, not the ones I went to). It was very cool but VERY HOT. The highlight for me was when a sheep from the herding competition escaped and ran onto the athletic field during the games. It kept baa-ing so loudly, everyone could hear it. We saw some really cute border collie puppies, too, but managed to leave the festival without one.