Sunday, February 26, 2012

Hiking Avalon in LI

Avalon is in Stony Brook, Long Island, near my parents' place in Setauket. It is a great place to walk a dog, jog, not crowded and a gorgeous wood
Our 13-year-old Shadow, who just got minor surgery removing a recurrent cancer growth that was not supposed to have spread, but we just found out has spread to his jaw. We're hoping it won't spread much more, but if it does will not involve too much suffering. He's doing amazing after surgery - running and playing like a puppy with sore joints.


Boom is absolutely gaga for Shadow, thinks he's in charge of Shadow (and everyone else in our family, for that matter!). Abraham's blog: That picture's so good of me with Shadow! I made him stay with me. Shadow got the bump in his mouth (tumor) when we moved to Malaysia. Shadow is a great doggy. Shadow likes to roll on the grass. Shadow likes to jump. He loves all of us. He likes to play with me. He likes to copy me. If I run somewhere, he runs somewhere. He likes to eat raw meat and little black stuff (dry dog food). I feed him, walk him, and chase him to give him exercise. I love my doggy.


The ENTIRE walk Boom and Ken played soldiers fighting bad guys. Abraham's blog: We are fighting werewolf people. We have weapons. The weapons are sticks. In this game, Shadow is not old, he is 5 years old, like me. And, he is not old - he is a puppy that likes to fight. We are fighting because for the golden crown and we are winning.


See, there's graffiti in the burbs too!




Critter hole
Tree climbing




My favorite picture of Shadow, who likes to herd us, going to the front of our hiking family then swinging to the back, thinking he can keep us all safe from attackers, who he now can't hear or see very well.








Alice balancing with a stick.








February 25, 2012


Alice's blog: While we were walking, Boom Boom and Dad kept on playing that werewolves were attacking us and they were defending us. I found logs and balanced on them with a stick. And, I climbed a tree. Shadow sniffed trees and kept on checking on us to make sure we were okay.

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