"wendy beard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >After a totally nightmare-ish 2003, 2004 is finally starting to look up. >I got a job! A real one with regular pay and benefits! >The icing on the cake would be a letter from immigration Canada confirming >my permanent residence status (now, that would be a miracle!) > >Anyway, something else which cheered me up further was finding out that I'd >won a prize (well, a first place ribbon, anyway) in the Bernese Mountain Dog >Club of America's Photo Contest at their recent specialty show in Texas > >http://www.bernernews.net/2004/pictures/0415.jpg > >The actual picture I submitted can be seen here >http://www.beard-redfern.com/tmp/prize_w.jpg
Very nice! I love Bernese Mountain Dogs! My SO and I almost considered getting one (and she's a hard-core "cat person") but a veterinarian friend advised against it because, as you have found out, they are very prone to aggressive sarcomas :( >The category in which we won makes it even more special as Boris was >diagnosed with lymphosarcoma in September last year. Is/was he your dog? My condolences either way. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
