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Dad’s been with us almost two weeks now, and he’s settling in. This is his corner of the living room. Sophie’s in her usual perch keeping watch over the neighborhood.

This was January 10 at Point Isabel. Chester is now one and a half years old. He’s inexhaustible. We’ve given up hope of wearing him out; an hour at the dog park barely slows him down. View it in high … Continue reading →

I’ve posted the wrestling video on YouTube. You can find it by searching YouTube for “pyoungholm”, or at this URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DjucV1_ZxE. Or just play it here:

Watching a movie, originally uploaded by Phil Youngholm. Last night I caught all the dogs and cats sharing the daybed with Arlin as he watched a movie. If you look closely, you’ll notice that Sophie is watching the movie too. … Continue reading →

Chester the lapdog, originally uploaded by Phil Youngholm. It was one year ago (the weekend between Christmas and New Year’s Day) that we got Chester. He’s grown, and grown up, a lot since then. He’s now almost a year and … Continue reading →

reindeer 2008-05-25, originally uploaded by Phil Youngholm. A photo from May 25, 2008, taken near Verdal, Norway. Obviously, this is where Santa was letting a few reindeer out to pasture during the off-season. The reindeer were a good half-mile away, … Continue reading →

Phil with crutches and dogs 2008-11-29, originally uploaded by Phil Youngholm. Here we are at Point Isabel, seven weeks minus one day after I was mowed down by a speeding dog who was running with Chester.

For my upcoming sixtieth birthday, Betsy and Janet sent me an entire box of presents, separately wrapped and labeled “November 1st AM”, “November 1st PM”, and so on, up through the morning of November 6 — which is the day … Continue reading →