Happy Halloween!

New Bling!

Hedgehogs for Izze.  Badgers for Greysen.

Miss Kitty is Badass!

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

Jamie Oliver's Milk Braised Chicken

Chicken as it goes in the oven

Chicken out of the oven

Hmmmm was this Yummy!!!  Easy...lovely comfort food.  Next time I would use less sage.  But Thing 2 and even my Mother just loved it.   I served it with roasted red potatoes and broccolini.

Recipe found here:  http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/chicken-recipes/chicken-in-milk

Dessert was cupcakes from The Buttery in Santa Cruz.

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!

Thing 2 and I went to the pumpkin patch in search of the Great Pumpkin

Our Booty!

Children of the Corn

Cairns go Psycho!!!! Hitchcock style!

Old McCray Hotel...now Sunshine  Villa

On Saturday we went to Sunshine Villa with MBDTC to give a training demo to the residents.  Sunshine Villa is a retirement home.....but originally belonged to the Kittredge Family and then latter became the McCray Hotel...which stood abandoned and derelict for many years.  Used as a drug house and rumored to have been used by Satanists for their rituals...it supposedly was an inspiration for the Bates Family home in the movie Psycho.  Can't say if this is true..but it sure looks the part.  Also Hitchcock's family had a home in nearby Scots Valley and he lived in Carmel...so it is possible he saw the house.  In the 1980's it was restored to a B&B and the proprietors son says he saw ghosts there.  The staff at the retirement home also say they have experienced  unexplained phenomena and cold spots.  No ghosties for us though!  Just a fun demo!

Very much alive Sunshine Villa residents!

Greysen

Izze

MBDTC Dogs!

Psycho Cairns on the "Bates" front porch

Mrs. Bates is that you?

Just a bit of trivia....Alfred Hitchcock was a terrier man himself.  Although his favored breed was the Sealyham Terrier.  Guess he couldn't get them all right.   You can see Hitchcock's Sealyhams in his cameo in "The Birds", which was also inspired by an event that occurred in Santa Cruz.  

PS Maybe we did see a Ghost.  My friend thinks she see's a women looking out at the Cairns on the porch....Hmmm  Creepy!

DTCSV Obedience "C" Match

September 22cd was the DTCSV workshop.  Beautiful day...good workshop..even if it was Airshow weekend...there was no interference and we were done by noon.

They grow up.....

Earlier this month I took a week & helped Thing 1 move into her on campus studio at Portland State University.  Beautiful campus in downtown Portland not far from the Pearl District.  Her studio is in a building built in the '20's.  Cute space.  Only students aged 20+ live there and no roommates.  Not sure if right choice (new to the school this year).  But after living at the Wesley house with 15 other roommates for the last 3 years, I can understand the desire for privacy.

I5 Bridge Portland to Vancouver.  We are on the Vancouver side

 Also got to visit with Sister#4 kinda.  She was working long and odd hours & I was running between Portland & Vancouver.  So did not spend much time with her, except for an early dinner after Thing 1 got moved in (Thank you Auntie #4 for letting Thing 1 live with you this summer!).  We did have an early dinner one day on the river.  .

Sail boat on the Columbia

Lastly got the shot of all the dogs together.  The Cairns kept me good company while travelling.  Even if Izze did keep me awake OCD'ing over bunnies at the rest stop when I was trying to sleep.  They were happy as always to see their girl & play with their cousins.  I did manage to see Greysens other Mom...but Greysen did not get to come with us as we had spent the day in Portland.  It was a hot day and our activities were not dog friendly.  When we got home that night Greysen was literally huffing my jeans for at least 10 minutes and then ran about the house looking for his buddies.  Next time!

One short of a six pack