Puppy Update as Keizer approaches 11 months old

Spring is in the air, the plum tree blooms in the front yard,


...and Keizer tears up flowers.

Innocently chewing on his tire.

On Easter Sunday, we went for a stroll around the community college.

Had to balance the camera on a rock for this photo.

Did I ever mention, Keizer loves water...?

Is Keizer really that big, or am I just slouching?

As soon as Keizer got out of the Jeep at Whistler's park, he went straight into the river.

Views around Whistler's

Keizer chasing sticks into the Umpqua River

Poor Chris. Did he really think he'd get that stick back?

What a handsome boy!

The tourist photos of NY City, as promised…


View out the window of our closet sized room at the Hotel Newton. Ah, what a lovely city...

Like flowers could improve this sight.

The following photos are from Central Park, which was only about 3 blocks from our hotel

Part of the 106-acre Reservoir

Belvedere tower- erected in 1869 as a lookout. Now it houses the NY Meteorological Observatory

Statue of Wladyslaw Jagiello- King of Poland during th early 15th century

Cleopatra's Needle (The Obelisk) - 71-foot, 244-ton granite- First erected in 1600 BC in Heliopolis Egypt. It was moved to Alexandria in 12 BC by the Romans. It was then presented by the Khedive of Egypt to the City of NY in 1881.

Claws at the base of the Needle- bronze replicas of sea crabs crafted by the Romans. One crab alone weighs approximately 900 pounds

Face of the Needle- the only side where the hieroglyphs are still clearly visible

The plaques that translate the hieroglyphics were donated by the famous filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille, who fondly remembered playing in the area as a boy

The Bow Bridge, a cast-iron bridge built in 1862, stretches over the Lake

From the bank of the Lake, you come to Strawberry Fields

This memorial to John Lennon is a reproduction of a mosaic from Pompeii, was fashioned by Italian craftsmen, and was a gift from Naples, Italy


Strawberry Fields was dedicated on October 9, 1985, John Lennon's birthday. This plaque lists the 121 countries endorsing Strawberry Fields as a Garden of Peace.

The Dakota Building on 72nd Street and Central Park West where Lennon and Yoko Ono lived. Lennon was shot on this corner on December 8, 1980.

At Battery Park, which looks out onto Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty.

Due to high ferry charges, this was the only Statue we could get close enough to for a photograph.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial- dedicated in 1984


American Merchant Mariners' Memorial- "serves as a marker for those resting in the unmarked ocean depths"- dedicated in 1991


"The Sphere" was conceived as a symbol of world peace and stood in the World Trade Center Plaza for 3 decades. It was damaged on September 11th and was moved here as a memorial. The eternal flame was ignited on the year anniversary in honor of those who were lost.

US Custom House- now The National Museum of the American Indian, which opened on September 21, 2004