Joy from a Rescue Dog
A little more than four years ago, I adopted a rescue dog. I fell madly in love with Abby immediately. The lopsided, extra-large tongue and the bugged-out eyes simply melted […]
Love dog, will travel
Taking a dog into Italy was shockingly easy in actuality (I could have been carrying a raccoon and they didn’t seem to care at all), though bureaucratic paperwork had to […]
Leading the Way Home
Abby, our little Bug (Boston Bull Pug), has a great sense of direction, among her many wonderful traits. She loved to try to lead the way, and once we got […]
Swimming on Lido
Early in our trip, we went swimming on Lido, a larger one of the many islands that comprise Venice in northern Italy. Venice Lido (Lido di Venezia) is an 11 km long sandbar on the Adriatic Sea. The Lido is also home to the Venice Film Festival. We took the […]
World-class glass sculpting
This has truly been a once-in-a-lifetime sort of trip, and our adventures in Murano were no exception. Our first day there was in the afternoon, having not previously realized that […]
A Star is Born… Lil’ Nosy Parker in Venice
Sniff sniff, sniff sniff, sniff sniff… so many wonderful new smells here in each twist and turn of the streets we walk. I’m constantly stopping to investigate a new one, before a tug on my leash means it’s time to keep walking. At first, I was a bit afraid of […]
The Traveling Party
Meet More Diane In just a few weeks time, I will be traveling to Venice, Italy with My Amazing Mama, who’s fighting a rare terminal brain cancer, along with our sweet, healing service dog Abby. Given that Mama’s condition requires full-time caregiving, traveling abroad alone was a daunting goal. We […]
Finding the Perfect Venetian Home
A small canal in Venice (credit: Mama Jude) Due to our circumstances (I’m a FT caregiver for my amazing Mama fighting terminal brain cancer), finding the perfect Venetian home had to be Step 1 in our traveling process for Mama’s Last Wish Trip to Venice, Italy. We knew it would […]
Lil’ Nosy Parker Travel Favorites
Abby ♥ Santa Cruz (Photo Credit: Gabriana) We all have our favorite must-have products. My beloved sweet Abby, a 5-year-old rescued Boston Bull Pug, who’s a natural Lil’ Nosy Parker […]
Mama’s Last Wish
The 3 of Us (taken just weeks before Mama’s diagnosis last year) A year ago, my sweet mama had brain surgery. It was one of the scariest days of my life, to come that near to losing my only close family and my lifelong best friend. I am still struggling […]
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