I’m so glad Michael and Antonio were able to take this gently used and huge umbrella that was at my house under renovation. I’m going to design a gazebo to cover this area and create privacy, but I know I’ll get to enjoy some of its shade and privacy at their pool since they’re moving in next to two of my other dearest friends nearby who also have a pool. Shea and I carefully mounted this huge thing on my SUV and drove it over where it was easily reassembled.
Snoopy giving visitor Moxie the cold shoulder:
Cat on a hot tin roof:
New foster Jonah from HSNB is available for adoption. This very sweet and adorable wired-hair terrier mix adult has been with us for a few days and is a joy to have around. He plays with our other two fosters, the litter mates Calvin and Hobbes, as well as Snoopy. He’s growing on Bonnie as well, and I’m sure it’s only a matter of time before he wins her over.
Video compilation of Jonah’s first days while we foster him and his interactions with Bonnie and Snoopy and the other two fosters, Calvin and Hobbes.
My friend Jeannette brought over two of her dogs to get groomed. Zorro was moving around too much for me to take pictures of him after he was groomed, but in this video you can see him and his father, Peanut, who now have their summer cuts ready to go.
We had handsome doxie mix PeeWee with us for about two weeks to “rehab” him and let him enjoy being in a home. I’m so proud that another foster dog that I could have easily fallen in love with did so well at his meet and greet today. He will be spoiled by his new family who he immediately took to. A sweet couple in Sonoma came to Vallejo to meet another dog, but their meet and greet didn’t go so well. Out of an abundance of caution, the adoption coordinator suggested I bring PeeWee and it was an instant connection.
Happy black-and-gold themed birthday to Marc with a “c”! I am finally getting the pictures from his birthday party last weekend! I got my bling on with some tie clips trying to be creative at the last minute! Marc was so engaged and popular that evening he isn’t in any of these pictures, I’m afraid, but he is in the video.
In a gorgeous building in San Leandro I was honored to join in person today after 2.5 hours sleep because of a work even last night. The annual award meeting of this coalition took place and I wanted to be there in person knowing I was one of the honorees. I’m proud to work in Alameda County, even though I haven’t been a resident for five years. It’s so important that we work on coalition building throughout the Bay Area, California, the rest of the USA and the world to fight Big Tobacco who still gets away with selling POISON.
Here is the video of my acceptance that Shea captured. Unfortunately, the dais is off-camera in this video, but you can hear me talk about some of the many ties my family has had to Alameda County since I was a young child.
Happy Name Day to me and all my friends and relatives named Joe, Joseph, Giuseppe, Giuseppina, Guisy, Pina, Pino, Pepe, etc.! This depiction of Saint Joseph has a beard similar to mine!
Name days are a big deal in Italy, where most of my relatives live, especially the ones named Joseph or Josephine. My mom was the first born of my grandfather, Giuseppe, so she was named Giuseppina. She went by Pina.
I was the first grandson of the 28 first cousins on my mom’s side, so I had to be named Joseph too, even though it was the English version.
