I Wish I Was In Mexico

It's 8 degrees outside right now. I need a break. So much going on. I feel like I need two weeks away from everyone, everything.

Chew Your Ball Slowly

Oslo's favorite thing in the world is chewing on tennis balls. For Christmas, we wrapped up a few dozen and put them under the tree. It only takes a few minutes before his sniffer goes into high gear and he sniffs out the tennis balls, rips open the paper and starts chewing. He'll chew the ball until it pops, usually about 20 minutes. This was taken about 10 days ago. Today, he doesn't have much energy. His appetite is disappearing. Not good.

Last Christmas

Last year for Christmas, Krista gave me a weekend trip to Lochsa Lodge where I made this image of Oslo and Hedgie after spending the day hiking through the snow. Oslo's health is slowly getting worse but he's doing better than expected. At first we didn't think we would be together on Christmas but it's looking good. I've been posting images of Oslo as I work on a small book about him. Life just won't be the same without him.

Snow Pants

Oslo trying to get past Krista but won't go in the snow that's over his head. I don't blame him. He's hanging in there. Each day you can tell he's getting a little worse. His breathing is so heavy. He coughs more and more and his energy level gets less and less each day.

Let Sleeping Dogs

I tried to write this yesterday but I couldn't. It just hurt way too much... We found out last week that Oslo is very sick. He has cancer in his lungs and probably only has a few weeks. Devastating.

Krista, Hedgie and Oslo

In our house back home.

Fresh Snow Fall

I woke up this morning to a fresh snow fall, about a foot. The neighborhood was silent, comfortably sleeping on a blanket of snow. I love it when it snows. I love how quiet the town becomes and how slow life appears when it snows.