Monday, July 22, 2013

puppy raiser cookout...


What a fun weekend this has turned out to be. After the wedding yesterday, we were packing up and heading down to the beach house. My friend and fellow puppy raiser from New York State, Lee, takes the house for a week and invites the rest of the puppy raisers to come and have a lobster bake. It's nice when we can cook them outside and leave all the "mess" in the driveway.
My dear Ed.. the master chef... pretty good for a guy who really doesn't care for lobsters or clams... (he had a steak on the grill --- which I cooked)....
Everyone brought some special treats to go with the lobsters and clams.. and it was a feast fit for a king or in our case.... puppy raisers.... doesn't this table look yummy????
Ah, yes.... now this is what it's all about. For the record.. I ate two, and then had two to bring home. I love lobster!!!! and hope we'll have some more feeds before the summer's end.
Here's the gang... course you know when you say puppy raisers, you also mean the puppies too.... and we had a good batch again this year....
The doggies are as excited to see  each other as the humans are. You can tell that they really are good friends....
Abbie was with us because Sadie and Jesse were off on their honeymoon... she was "in charge of Debbie"....
They're beginning to warm up to each other, but Abbie tells me that she still misses Rylie.
Uncle Rick... your suppose to be eating lobsters.. not children!!!!!
Zuzu just cracks me up... she does everything in her poodle style.. including.. "I want to have fun and be silly, but no one can see me doing that!!!"
Debbie enjoyed smoozing with everyone... she really is a charmer and had Tom right where she wanted him. The weather was perfect, the company was simply grand and the food wonderful... such a perfect time....












And at the end of it all... Papa and Abbie were completely exhausted.....