Booey's Doing Well!

Other than running labby loops in the sand and finding mud puddles to splash in, Booey is doing well at Guiding Eyes.

She is currently in harness training but being evaluated for their breeding program as well.

She is well loved (and loving those around her well). She's such a kiss face!

It's great to see her off to a fine start.

We're cheering you on, Boo Bear!

The Puppy Passed!!

Booey passed her testing at Guiding Eyes for the Blind today with flying colors.

Her next step is a medical evaluation and then she begins her harness training.

She did it!

Three cheers for the puppy! She's come along way since that day we got her in March 2010.

Good Luck to Booey!

Barbara, aka Booey, leaves the Capital Region tomorrow for her testing and placement at Guiding Eyes for the Blind.

Many Puppy Bones to Barbara.

And thanks to everyone who was involved in her puppy raising.

She's going to change lives.

Bye Miss Boo.

23 DAYS!!!!!!

See you on the beach in 23 days.

Splish! Splash! Last one in buys the first round of ice cream!

A Formal Caroga Tease

I will be speaking about my latest book at an upcoming Caroga Lake event on Saturday, June 18. More details to follow.

The Caroga book is due to be on bookstore shelves on July 4.

Check back for a listing of summer speaking and booksigning engagements. See you there!

Carol

Waiting for Spring

The calendar says April but ...

I took this photo today at our cabin. The boys were boiling down maple sap to make syrup, but the wind and snowpack felt much more winterlike than springlike.

We need sunshine! (And there's mixed precipitation in the forecast for tonight.)

Reviewing the Caroga Proofs!

The proofs have arrived.

I now have one week to perform a final check, dig a little deeper for a few facts, cross the t's and dot the i's, and send the proof back for final prep before it goes on the press!

Woo Hoo!

The book is scheduled for release on July 4.

Carol

P.S. The beach opens in 54 days!

A Sneak Peek at the Caroga Cover!

The cover for Around Caroga Lake, Canada Lake, and Pine Lake is now on Amazon, with a projected release date of July 4, 2011.

Do you know where this shot was taken? (Answer lies on the inside cover of this book!)

Here's a marketing tease from Amazon:

Product Description

The southern Adirondack Mountains community of Caroga Lake, Canada Lake, and Pine Lake is known for the power of its water and the perseverance of its people. The quiet mountain-lumbering community changed quickly in 1865 when two entrepreneurs purchased 20,000 acres of hemlock-rich land and erected a tannery to cure leather for a shoe-making business. Additional lumbering opportunities followed, and sawmills sprung up around many of the lakes. Horse-drawn carriage services and wood-burning steamboats delivered summer residents and artists to rustic camps that dotted the lakes' shorelines and tourists to grand hotels. Today the ghostly remains of Sherman's Park on West Caroga Lake and Groshans' Park at Pine Lake remind its residents and guests of the past that was and the future that might yet be.

About the Author

Author and educator Carol Parenzan Smalley moved with her family to the area in the late 1990s to live in a log cabin nestled within a maple sugar bush. She sees the dams with engineering eyes and feels the entrepreneurial spirit of the lakes. When not capturing the summer sun on sandy lake beaches, she hikes old Native American paths and logging roads to explore the area's trails and listen to tales of those who traveled before her.

Woo Hoo! 100 Days!

The beach opens in 100 days.

Good bye ice and snow.

Hello sunshine!

Looking at Lakes' Past

An article about the creation of the Caroga Lake book is in today's Leader Herald newspaper.

From the article:

Carol Parenzan Smalley hopes her new book, to be titled "Around Caroga Lake, Canada Lake and Pine Lake," will be a conversation starter around campfires for people visiting the lakes this summer.

The Johnstown resident said she hopes those conversations will turn from the area's past and focus on its future.


Enjoy! (And be sure to test your knowledge of the lakes by scrolling through this blog for questions.)

For my fellow beach bums, I'll see you on the sand in 145 days!