our new car !!

Today we got our new Volkswagen Polo.
It looks GREAT!

A Polo Highline color Hot Orange.

These days nearly all cars in this country are black, grey, greyish or white, we wanted COLOR on the road!

He/she has no name yet, we are thinking... ;-)

Oh, almost forgot: Chimay is very pleased, although there is less space in the back. Ari hasn't decided yet, because he has a sore back. We went to the vet yesterday as he could barely walk. It is his back, seems to be the muscle, so he got a painkiller and only short walks for a week.

Ari, the garden and update on me

Last Saturday was Ari's second birthday!

Ari on his birthday, not very happy
because Frank was away to Rotterdam all day...

In the garden the last "black" tulips bloom

And the first peonies!

Columbine with lady bug

I have been quiet lately, my TSH was too high again, so I had to take more Thyrax again. Then the Efexor did not do its work proper, so I had to slowly stop these. For a while I hoped to do without antidepressant, but them Depression kicked in hard, so now I am starting on Seroxat again. This gives some sideeffects at first too, very tired, sleeping a lot, but I know that will pass in some time.
So if I am still a bit quiet in the next weeks, you know why!

farewell Ayla

Arend-Jan sended us a mail, Ayla (Xin-Feng's Ayla), the rough female from our first litter, died on April 17th.
She was 13 years old.

Some last pictures of Ayla:

Ayla, July 2011

Ayla, July 2011

Ayla at home, March 2012

and there are more flowers!

Narcissus "Thalia"

Grape Hyacinth (Muscari botryoides)

Aubrieta

Flowering Currant (Ribes sanguinum)

and Lesser Periwinkle (Vinca minor)

And... this week our new canopy swing arrived! There came a large cushion with it, but due to rainy weather it is temporary stored in Villa Ari.

tulip time

the colors red, fawn and cream in the Chow Chow breed

Today I added a new page to the website, showing the difference between the colors red, fawn (cinnamon) and cream. Sometimes these colors are mixed up and wrongly registered, my hope is that this information can help to prevent this.

Go to the page about red, fawn and cream.