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Working on Skeleton Cat together. (5/5/23)
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Checking out swim spas at the fairgrounds. (5/6/23)
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Reading and writing about Otters In Space 3. (5/8/23)
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Piper piping. (5/12/23)
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Picking out a new betta fish. (5/14/23)
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A quiet moment of blissful peace in the middle of a chaotic dog park. (5/16/23)
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Time for the school carnival. (5/19/23)
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A very good throw. (5/19/23)
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A small pink cloud on a sunny day. (5/19/23)
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Into the depths of the bounce-world... (5/19/23)
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...and sliding back to reality. (5/19/23)
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Trying to put together a volleyball net in the Teddy Bear Garden. (5/21/23)
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The net ended up being too wide and needing alterations. (5/21/23)
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Fortunately, tossing a volleyball doesn't require a net. (5/21/23)
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Up and down! (5/21/23)
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Even better with someone to toss it to. (5/21/23)
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Planting an ornamental tree in the Teddy Bear Garden. (5/21/23)
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Lee comes out to say goodbye... (5/25/23)
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...as their parents head away to Furlandia for the weekend. (5/25/23)
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A game both Lee and Avery enjoy. (5/22/23)
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Bike riding across streets. (5/29/23)
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Bike riding across countryside. (5/29/23)
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We've been stopping to visit with this cat on the way to the park for years. (5/29/23)
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A
festive-looking and surprisingly delicious banana split cake to
celebrate the good news that I'll be Guest of Honor at Furlandia next
year, the surprising news that I won a Coyotl Award for The Otter's Wings
(it was supposed to be to celebrate the loss), and the fact that Lane
finished the school year and gets to start the summer early.
(5/29/23)
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We got sad news about Amy. (5/30/23)
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But happy news about this puppy who we've never met, so it's a very weird day. (5/30/23)
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Cole can tell Amy is fading, and he spent a lot of time nose-punching her and desperately begging her to play. (5/30/23)
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Taking Amy on her last walk, a trip to the dog park, because she loves meeting people and dogs. (5/30/23)
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We did our best to give her a good last day. (5/30/23)
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Avery
has no idea that she'll be meeting a puppy tomorrow. At this
point, we weren't sure about it yet either. (5/30/23)
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We went to meet this puppy, not knowing if we'd be bringing her home. But then, well, look at her! (5/31/23)
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There were two puppies to choose from; we took the friendlier, more outoing one. (5/31/23)
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Lee meets Hannah. (5/31/23)
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Hannah starts to acclimate to her new surroundings. (5/31/23)
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We have a big puppy. (5/31/23)
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