I’m fiddling with using this blog to document the growth of a lab pup, to record meditations on our outings, and… to sniff around the interesting nooks of WordPress.

Cedar came to Juneau from Kenai October 5. She looked scared in the back of that kennel. So far, she’s been a sweet learner. Our wanderings are mostly around the yard, where she has conquered the 2″ drop from kitchen to deck, the 8″ steps, many loops under the deck and out again, an epic and ongoing battle with a boat cleaning broom, and lots of trips under boats, cars, trucks, and bushes.

My friend, Scott, teasing me about Cedar’s name–which came to me while Katrina and I were driving through a Bainbridge Island forested area–suggested it had a Norwegian fishing origin, as a fisherman might exclaim the location of some jumpers, “See! dar!”.