And they were correct. a car trip was about to begin.
The only thing is they were not going to be included on the drive from Ohio to Pittsburgh.
They saw the luggage.
They felt the excitement.
The kids were putting on shoes and coats and leaving the house. With suitcases and pillows and backpacks.
It was a trick to get them out of the car so we could be on our way today. 
Henry the Airedale sat serenely while Maura jumped around outside for a few minutes. She shed her coat. I had on wool socks, wool sweater, down vest and wool hat. I could hear my mother in my head, warning me about pneumonia weather or catching a chill. Maura thought that the sun being out and her running around made it an early Spring. She kept her hat on her head. Then put her coat back on. Brrrr. My hands were cold when I got inside.
Henry just sat there, taking in the fresh cool air. No “sit” or “stay”command given.
And no, I did NOT knit her hat.
The boys run the Airedales on the front yard at their other grandmother’s home. Hardy, Virginia. Chilly but beautiful outside.
Beloved. The Weekly Photo Challenge.
Murphy. The Airedale Terrier. A member of the family. Missed by all. RIP.
The grandchildren have grown up significantly since these photos were taken in June 2012.
Murphy the Airedale Terrier Tenth Birthday Blog
Murphy the Airedale – A Family’s Best FriendRest in Peace beloved Murphy
Exuberant, energetic and humorous.
The dogs, that is! They were even excited there was a layer of snow outside.
How did we get their attention toward the lens for this photo?
My son put two dog treats on top of my head!
It worked.
Crazy fun.
Henry on the left Josie on the right
you can see them eyeing those treats on my head. The kids thought it was pretty funny, too
(And not to forget the grandkids Jack Anna Maura and Michael). A merry Christmas Eve.
A new favorite for the end of 2017
https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/2017-favorites/
at Bleecker & Christopher Street and a SUBWAY mosaic
SUNDAY AFTERNOON- I photographed the dogs as a we waited on the corner for the family to return from visiting the Statue of Liberty.
ALTHOUGH back in the Burgh tonight, I’m posting a few more NYC photos.
Hemingway is the three year old Airedale. 
I’d taken a subway mosaic at 42nd Street Station of am Airedale.
From the archives
Columbus Zoo Tiger though the window
Clintonville OH Kitten seen on a walk
Bees at Columbus Zoo
Columbus OH Zoo.This is the same tiger as is the first photo but a zoo goer’s shirt is reflected in the window
Rocking Horse in Garfield on Penn Ave.
Photographed through the sliding glass window in Columbus OH
Pittsburgh Aquarium at Celeste and Shawn’s Wedding
The Airedales are waiting for my daughter-in- law Erika to throw the tennis ball. (Henry and Josie.) WAITING is this week’s photo challenge.
“You don’t remember, I’ll never forget …”
Me holding Mark, Fort Knox, Kentucky – a Polaroid
May, 1976. Bicentennial baby!
My mom and dad with first grandchild, Mark. Philadelphia PA – July 1976
My mother was the exact age in this photo that I am now. (63)
Quick, the photo albums with the sticky lines are ruining all the old photos!!
Young mother but oh, those glasses….
Aunt Bobbie needlepointed that patriotic bear.
Anyone else have a plaid Herculon couch?
Two proud grandpas -Mark’s first birthday! (or maybe the month after)
And I will title this one Jubilant
It seems one minute you have a baby-`
and then they become grown up with a family of their own!!
Happy fortieth birthday, Mark.
love, Mom
(I never did embroider Fort Knox on this birth sampler I found, folded up in my dresser drawer recently) Forty years goes by fast!!
and there was the year I got you the gift you never got as a child
Had to get that cell phone to my eye as quickly as I could to capture this composition. My son had called the kids to help me load up the car as I prepared to leave Columbus for Pittsburgh. Henry is tagging along.
They were all (including Henry) going on their own trip, a couple of hours away, to select the Airedale puppy they’ll pick up Labor Day Weekend.
Stay tuned!
Anna as photographed by her mom, Erika, holding their choice- Josie.
Lots of shade in both photos