Who Me?

Do you ever see on FB when they say 'Caption This' and give you a picture of two?

To me these two pictures say, "Who Me?"

The Messy Look

What do you think?

Over My Shoulder

We were hanging out on the back deck.

Everyone had a chair except Cooper.

He doesn't like to be on the floor.  I think he feels like he's missing out.

So I put him up on the top of the hot tub cover.

He liked it up there where he could see over everything.

One thing he didn't do... was lay down and relax.

Meeting Dolly About 6 Years Ago

This was not long after my friend Lisa in Maine got a new dog.  We visited for the weekend to meet her.  She was a perfect addition to this friendship.  

From Left to right this is Dolly (the new girl), Buffy (we called her Cooper's girlfriend) and Cooper.

Don't Go Mama!

 I was going to the chiropractor so I left Cooper home because he wouldn't like to see me getting adjusted.

It's hard to see him, but he's in the window watching me go.

See him now?

'10 First Solo Camping

My very first time ever going anywhere by myself was thanks to Cooper.  My boy, my companion, my service dog, MY HERO!

We rode to CT to stay in a camp ground alone for 2 nights alone, then Jesse came to stay for 2 more nights.

Cooper was happy to have brought one of his favorite toys.

'09 - First Bike Vacation

This was our first vacation on motorcycles.  We went to western NY.  Almost as far west as you can go.  It takes over 9 hours to get there with short gas/pee stops.  

Cooper showed he was a true biker dog with his willingness to participate with everything that came along during this trip.

Colorized

This was a day some friends came to visit.

I liked the picture but making it black and white and colorizing everyone in it makes it REALLY cool.  

Rather Hang Out On The Bike

See how sleepy Cooper looks?  He's ready for a nap.

He's happy to just hang out on the bike on a cloudy day.  If the sun was out he wouldn't want to be in full sun.

8 years ago

This was a fun memory to come upon because it was only about 5 months after we moved into the house we love so much today.

My lap is still one of his favorite places to sit.

A Cooper Fan Memory

This came up a couple months ago in my memories on FB.  

I collect memories to post at this point because since my accident we don't really do anything interesting enough to write about.

The Reason I Blog

In 2011 I was able to meet my writing mentor Becky Blanton.  She was the person who had me start this blog and she wrote an article about me and Cooper for Dog Fancy Magazine. We're also friends on FB.  This was her post from our visit where we stayed with her over night.

There were more pictures later, but this was the first one.

Michigan Memory - Mackinaw KOA

Since it was going to rain, we rented a cabin. 

 Comfortable and dry is all we need after riding all day.

Michigan Memory - Exhausted After Riding

Look how cute my boy is.  I wish we could be on my bike now.  I'm not working this summer due to my car accident, but I can ride!

Memory - Michigan

During our motorcycle adventures since 2011, we have colored in states on a patch we wear on our riding vests.

 

This was the trip where we got to color in Michigan and Wisconsin.  Excellent feeling.

Parade 2

Here's another parade picture where I was able to crop and enlarge a picture of me and Cooper.

Look how he was looking around me right at the camera.

How smart is he???

Parade 1

We really miss the parades this year.  This picture was taken by a friend of mine from way up on a hill across the street from the Plymouth Rock as we passed by.

I cropped the picture to see if we could get better detail.

Not too bad.

Patriotic We

God Bless America!

4 Years Ago

This was a fun day.

We celebrated 4th of July at the Plymouth waterfront for the whole day.

My RV Birthday Party

 My birthday this year was so much fun.  We had a cookout at my house then as many could fit piled into the RV to go for ice cream.

Me, My daughter and her boyfriend.

My son and his girlfriend.

Their kids.

And of course... Cooper.

I'll be glad to do this again soon.

Parades Are Canceled

It's very sad to me that all the parades are canceled today.

We should celebrate our freedom together.  

Cooper loves parades... Honestly he thinks it's all in his honor!

Please celebrate in your way and keep our freedoms precious to you.

Partners For Life

This is us.  Candid and real.  We're natural partners in this life.  I'm in love!

Face Book Memories 4

I love to come across a great picture like this.  My happy boy with a great smile and looking right at the camera. 

I have NO IDEA who took this picture.

FaceBook Memories 3

I have no idea where we were going.  Maybe home.

I have no idea who took the picture.  Maybe my son.

I do know Cooper is REALLY CUTE!

FaceBook Memories 2 Field Of Honor

These pictures come up all the time on my FaceBook Memories.

Leave it to Cooper to find the camera and pose all on his own.

FaceBook Memories 1

 I'm going to post pictures that have come up in my FaceBook memories.

Some of them I don't even remember where we were.  Like this one.  It's a great picture of Cooper on my bike but, darned if I know where we were.

Visiting The Neighbors

Every day when I let Cooper out to pee he goes to check on our chickens.  

He watched them grow from fluffy babies to full feathered birds.

These were about 5 weeks old when this was taken.

A Ride Before Surgery 2 Video

I keep my phone in a phone mount on my handle bar so it's hard to get a good angle.  I leaned sideways trying to get Cooper in view.

I was able to get him to come to the side so I could get my arm around him.  Not a great shot but it made me laugh.

A Ride Before Another Surgery 1

Our last ride was before our car accident in October '19.

I was concerned he wouldn't want to go because he's very nervous in the car.

I was worried about nothing.  

It makes sense that he's afraid of cars now after being in two car accidents with me.

I'm so lucky he considers the bike totally different from the car.

You can't see his face but you can see the poof of his hair behind my shoulder.

He didn't lay down much.  His nose was in the air the whole ride. It was just a short ride but it was all we needed before I had to have surgery again.

Perfectly American!

A little kid showed up at bike night with a little toy motorcycle and his father put it in the line up with the other bikes for a picture.

It was so cute to see the boys excitement.

He was happy to let me take a picture of Cooper with his bike.  I really love the patriotic look of this.  Red and white flowers, red bike, blue and white Cooper.

Perfectly American!