the other reason for our trip was that my childhood dog, bessie (aka bestie-beastie or bestie-beesting or elizabeth - her formal name), isn't doing so well. she is about 15 years old and has "arf-ritis" and doggie alzheimer's (or so we think). i was happy to get to see her and took tons of pictures of all of the animals (the only one missing here is midnight...she's a little shy in front of the camera). here are a few favorites...
skinflint, sanders's cat



sweet bessie
charlie-barley

charlie with three legs


max (aka professor edison, maxter, maximus)
skinflint
and a couple more of bessie, with a typical expression on her face...