The initial “In Memoriam” post was hastily posted with the most readily available photos. I went back through a more complete archive and dug up a few more pictures that go back a lot farther — even to pre- and early Benton days.
Pre-kids. Elwyn was a beautiful lab:

And, he could be something of a rag [...]

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Elwyn headed to that great big rocky-bottomed river in the sky last night. He had been heading downhill for a while and just got to the point last night where his quality of life had hit the point of extreme on-going discomfort.

He had a good run for fourteen years and will be missed.

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Last weekend, we headed up to Middle Bass Island on Lake Erie for a couple of days. Our next-door neighbors have a place there, and three families from the ‘hood headed up for the weekend. Eight kids, five adults, two dogs…and a lot of fun!
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Pictures rather than words…

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It has been awhile since I have taken the time to post to the blog.  I am WAY overdue.  In the past few weeks we have had many postable events, including a family reunion in Wadsworth with our new nephew Markus.  Those will have to wait.  For tonight, I thought I would give you a [...]

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Ahhhh.
Summertime.
In a house with just-barely-off-white carpet.
And two black dogs.

Julie brushed Elwyn for 10 minutes and got the above results. You can imagine what our carpets look like within 15 minutes of being vacuumed.

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The carpet cleaning continues. After trying to control Molly’s diarrhea on the carpet last week, I failed. She managed to wake me up several nights in a row. It was hard to decide it if was the thunder, fireworks or the need to go potty. At any rate, I have been [...]

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During our Memorial Day weekend visit to the Farm, we made it down to the river for some relaxation. The kids enjoyed catching minnows and crawfish. Elwyn enjoyed chasing rocks and trying to shake water onto Alana, Pam and I (click on the pictures to view larger versions).

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Good conditions for some pretty interesting ice formations, such as all of the trees being “decorated:”

I snuck down to the pond at one point, and it was frozen over, although I’m not sure how thick it was:

So the “fauna” shot is a bit of a stretch! There were a flock of 20+ blue [...]

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(more to come in the coming days from our weekend in West Virginia…)

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