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Shedding Season and Creating with the Kids

Niva is in her shedding season. Am I slightly losing my mind? Maybe! Our couches always have a thin layer of fur, I feel like I can see it in the air, and I can pull clumps of it off of Niva’s body all day. Jimmy and I finally got out our favorite undercoat rakes (yes, we have two!) and went to town on Niva one night this week.

Yard full of fur after brushing Siberian husky

The result was that we had enough fur to stuff a pillow. Hopefully that was the last of the shedding for the season?! Speaking of Niva, she and I did a therapy visit together this week at the school for Deaf children that we regularly visit. We love it there so much! Kids + dogs = pure joy. (more…)

Summer Saturday and Which Granola They Chose

There’s not much better than a summer Saturday! It was a hot one here in Pittsburgh, (I think the high was 93 degrees?!) but we made the best of it.

In the morning, our family went on a story hike with our local library. We met at a local trail and hiked with a group of friends from the library, stopped for story time, and then hiked back for snacks! The kids loved it and man did it feel good to be out in the woods.

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