The Adventures of Lorie and Brian Groth

Brian and Charlene kayking.

Yesterday, while out for a walk, I looked up and saw a beast of a plane flying over Seattle. As I learned later (from Mike, our pilot friend), it was the Super Guppy. It flew into Seattle while delivering the space shuttle trainer to the Museum of Flight.

Busby has now had is first haircut and is now fighting his first head cold. I don’t think they’re related though. We are slowly getting used to seeing his eyes, but I think they’re a bit closer together than normal. Other dogs don’t seem to care though, since he is now proficient at playing … and playing, and playing, and playing.

		Busby at almost 5 months old VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

		Busby the Fluffy Puppy VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

He is now about 4 months old and still hasn’t had a haircut.

Busby shrinks when he gets wet, which happens during a rainy morning walk.

Earlier this evening, I shared the rainy photo of Seattle via Twitter. Rob Koch of WeatherNation TV saw the photo and asked if he could show it on the air. I followed it up with a photo of Busby walking in the rain, to which he replied:

@BrianGroth U know TV, Babies, Animals & Car Chases = Ratings. Love it.

So now, both of these photos should appear between 9 pm & midnight tonight (Central timezone) on weathernationtv.com or KARE 11.2 in Minnesota.

The first one is the view from Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood, obscured by just a bit of rain. The other one is Busby, our 3-month old standard poodle. He doesn’t seem to care if he gets rained on or not, even though his long hair acts like a sponge.

		Busby on Stairs VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

Busby has been able to go up the stairs for a couple of weeks now (he is 3 1/2 months old), but after a bit of practice this weekend, he is now able to go down the stairs too. Hopefully that means I no longer have to carry him down the stairs in the early morning when I can barely make it down them myself (he wakes up at about 5am).

This of course means he has full run of the house if he isn’t in his cage or crate. That could be a problem!