Our Friends, The Barbes

Many people shy away from the internet.  Others of us embrace it, unable to remember life before the provision of online access to the general public.  In case you were wondering, I fall into the latter category.  :-)  I have met so many wonderful people through mailing lists, and through those contacts, created real-life, off-line friendships!  Such is the case with the Christie Barbe, whom I met on Poodle-L.  Emailing and texting eachother daily, we were disappointed to live 14 hours apart!  We finally decided to meet up half-way, in Tucson, Arizona.

Christie is standing, holding her black Miniature Poodle Tabitha, while I sit with Chelsea and Scooter.
That's Heitz Cellars Cabernet in the glasses....Mmmmmmmm.

We made quite a site - two families and six Poodles!
Christie is on the left with her Chloe and Tabitha, and Jake in the front.
I'm on the right holding Chelsea and Scooter with Daisy on lead.

Below are Christie's other canine members of her "Menagaray"

Chloe's Birthday Bling

Christmas 2007

Tabitha Barbe, the show girl!

Tabitha and dad.

Chloe, Jake and Kirk.

Lexi (right) with her daughter Audrey (left), who came for a visit.

Lexi.

Gone but not forgotten, Cotton the Golden mix.