Introducing...

...ROXY!

We're finally a dog family again! We were lucky enough to find this sweet little girl on Craigslist (I'm telling you, it's a goldmine!) and have had her for just over a week now. She's the first fawn boxer we've had and I just love how dark she is and the little black tips on her ears, and her cute little 3-inch tail that just barely grazes the ground when she sits down. The family who was currently watching her for a friend couldn't keep her any longer and neither could the friend, so we were able to bring her into our family. The original owner had named her Baby Girl but we changed that to Roxy. She's super smart and has already learned the dog door and is learning how to shake for treats. We've gone on lots of walks around the neighbourhood and in various parks around the area. She already loves to sleep with us on the bed and she loves to cuddle, but she's still young enough (about 18 months) that she doesn't stay in one place for very long. It's been fun to learn her likes, dislikes and habits. She loves riding in the car but not the truck. She loves going for walks. She loves to come stand directly over your head while you're laying in bed. She doesn't like to be told to move once she's found a spot. She loves pig's ear strips! She loves tummy rubs and laying with her back legs sticking straight out. We're so excited to have found such a great dog.




What's not to love about this face? :-)

Emma Crawford Coffin Races

This weekend I went to the Emma Crawford Coffin Races in Manitou Springs to support our Walter Drake team. Here's how the local newspaper describes it:

Emma Crawford lived in Manitou Springs at the turn of the century, arriving with the hopes that the famous drinking Mineral Springs would help with a cure for her tuberculosis. Sadly, in the summer of 1890 Emma died quite young, just before she was to marry Mr. Hildebrand, an engineer on the Pikes Peak Cog Railway. Her wishes were to be laid to rest on top of Red Mountain. Her heartbroken fiancee and eleven other men began the arduous task her carrying Emma's coffin up to the top of Red Mountain. It took them all day, working two shifts to scale the 7200 foot Summit. In 1929, after years of stormy weather on the granite mountain the granite gave way and Emma's remains were washed down the side of Red Mountain. Emma was later buried in the Manitou Springs Cemetery in an unmarked grave. An official grave site was granted to her in 2004 to honor her life. Now every year in late October, Manitou Springs remembers this beautiful young woman who loved her town and her Red Mountain with this unique festival.

Each year there is a parade of the coffins and then they race each other up a section of the main street in town, pushed by 4 "pallbearers" and with an Emma laying in the coffin. My boss and 2 co-workers were part of the team and they spent many hours repainting and revising the coffin they had raced the year before. I'd never been to the race so it was fun to go support someone I knew and to see how many people actually turned out to this somewhat quirky event in the small town just west of Colorado Springs, at the foot of Pike's Peak. Our team completed the 250-yard run in 39.2 seconds, finishing in 16th place out of 49 entries. Not bad!

Design House Stockholm

I've stumbled across a great website, www.designhousestockholm.com, with a plethora of products that I would love to have. I really like their design philosophy, apparently it came from the Quakers! Very simple and to the point, just like their products. Here are a few that I'm lusting after currently.

The Whale Tong


The Shell


The Tablo Tray


Carrie Bicycle Basket
(How can you not love this? It makes me happy just looking at it.)