August, '09

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Time for Big Bird to slide down a bannister.  (8/1/09)



"Swing?"  (8/3/09)



Sheltie don't allow.  (8/5/09)



The dog days of summer.  (8/6/09)



Lainey Cat, holding court.  (8/7/09)



Prances with Hounds.  (8/7/09)



Chillin' at Grandma Barbara's fantastic pool party.  (8/8/09)



Elaine holding Jillian.  (8/9/09)



What to do with a big, empty house...?  (8/11/09)



Fill it with blocks!  (8/11/09)


Big Bird and the Ernies move in.  (8/11/09)



Backyard burgers.  (8/13/09)



Welcome to the Raptor Nest.  (8/15/09)



Picking rocks and roses.  (8/16/09)



A rose by any other name would taste as sweet.  (8/16/09)



Sitting on my garden wall.  (8/16/09)



Elaine declines to share her milkshake with a pony, at the county fair.  (8/19/09)



Cows?  (8/19/09)



Lincoln Beach.  (8/22/09)



Puppies on the beach.  (8/22/09)



Watering the Sheltie.  (8/22/09)



Upstairs at the Beach Cabin.  (8/22/09)



There's nothing like coming back home and sleeping in your own, comfortable...
...floor.  (8/23/09)




A story at bedtime.  (8/26/09)



Play it, Sandy.  (8/28/09)



You played it for Big Bird, you can play it for Quinn.  (8/28/09)



"Cultivo una rosa blanca / En julio como en enero..." (8/29/09)



A room of one's own.  (8/30/09)



"The rose is a rose..."  (8/31/09)



"And was always a rose."  (8/31/09)



Best bath toy ever.  (8/31/09)


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Videos of Elaine:  Sheltie Herding Swing, Slide and Bert, Lolwut, Got Three Noses, Shoe Slide,
Song for Jillian