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We love to hear from you, so we've been disappointed that no one ever ever left a comment on the blog. Then a couple of you (thanks Marie and Debbie!) clued us into the fact that you couldn't! We've since fixed that, so please leave your thoughts! What have you been up to? When are you coming to see us?

Here are some recent pix...

On Monday night, Mishka and I went to see the free organ concert at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park. San Diego is really dog-friendly and Mishka appreciated the cultural experience. Geoff stayed home to work in the yard or something.
Here's Mishka learning how to swim in the ocean:
At first, this pooch wouldn't even get her paws wet. Slowly she began to wade then jump the waves then walk in up to her neck. Finally this weekend she swam!

We were so ecstatic that we kept encouraging her to swim back and forth and back and forth between the shore and a sand bar. By the end, she was turning around and heading for shore, which we interpreted to mean she was scared. That night, she stood up after sleeping for a while and let out a yelp! We did a physical exam (or what we imagined might be dog-appropriate), and she was fine. Later that night, the same thing happened again and she climbed into bed with us. It wasn't until the next morning when she was hobbling around like an old lady that we finally figured it out - Mishka was SORE from all of that swimming! Of course we gave her full body massages and babied her through the whole thing. It won't stop us, though! Mishka just needs more training! We'll be out there next weekend (maybe next time, we won't push her so hard!).