Monday, June 30, 2008

Red Vet Roof

Kiko, Bosco, and Milla never stopped moving, filling the passenger seat of the V-dub with unaccustomed hustle and bustle on the way to the vet, and on the way back home. They were very busy little people, and there was no explaining why things kept coming and going they way they were past the windows. They were all well, and pronounced "very mellow" by the vet. The house had a new red roof and brand-new "Leaf Guard" gutters. Stuff was happening.

Red Vet Roof


New gutters too.

Red Vet Roof


Bosco watched the scaffolding.

Red Vet Roof


Basenjis sucking up.

Red Vet Roof


New roof was red.

Red Vet Roof


Old roof was black.

Red Vet Roof


Everybody got in.

Red Vet Roof


Checking Kiko's mobility.

Red Vet Roof


Milla needed to kiss.

Red Vet Roof


Meeting kindly Dr. Fleming.

Red Vet Roof


Kiko was weighed.

Red Vet Roof

Milla was weighed.

Red Vet Roof


...where Bosco was weighed.

Red Vet Roof


...where both tried getting weighed at once.

Red Vet Roof


Where they met "Angel."

Red Vet Roof


To the vet.

Monday, June 23, 2008

Rejuvenation

Bleeding hearts had regenerated themselves from the stumps left by the hail. Tiger eye sumac had not begun to leaf out 3 weeks ago, and was fluorishing. The hostas, even the ferns, were coming back. People lost a limb, and it was gone. Plants lost a limb, and they grew back two. What a system!

Rejuvenation


Kiko checked Kintu's monument.

Rejuvenation


Kintu chased Bosco off Kintu's bench last year.

Rejuvenation


Garden Buddha.

Rejuvenation


Milla the perennial beauty.

Rejuvenation


Kiko wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer.

Rejuvenation


Back to the jungle.

Rejuvenation


The power of plants.

Rejuvenation


21 days after bleeding heart was shredded and flattened.

Rejuvenation


Dawn lay rock.

Rejuvenation


Bushes bigger than Basenjis.

Rejuvenation


"Remember what I told you about that?"

Rejuvenation


Julie inspected drafts.

Rejuvenation


Kiko kissed Gary.

Rejuvenation


3 weeks since the hail.

Monday, June 16, 2008

Roof Arms

The roof was shot, there was damage to the air conditioner, the brand-new covered gutters, and some other stuff. Bosco, Milla, and Kiko came through unscathed. While the roof needed replacement, it was still on the house. Misfortune was the seasoning that gave boredom flavor. Insurance and good health cured a multitude of problems.

Roof Arms


Still time for the hammock.

Roof Arms


Authori-tie.

Roof Arms


Checking it out.

Roof Arms


Measuring what was left.

Roof Arms


Lynn evaluated.

Roof Arms


Hail dings.

Roof Arms


Manfred, a kind man.

Roof Arms


Find the Congo dog.

Roof Arms


Thirsty work.

Roof Arms


Blogger's arms.

Roof Arms


A Basenji watched.

Roof Arms


Garden BVM.

Roof Arms


The Bosco sneak.

Roof Arms


Going to work.

Roof Arms


Sweets for the sweet.

Monday, June 9, 2008

Cleaning Up

Kintu's monument marked his ashes buried under the bench he loved, under Kintu's bench. Things passed. Things happened. Some things did not make it. Many plants were damaged, but an equal number survived. Kintu's time came when he was happy in a yard he loved, living with people who loved him. It was tricky typing through tears.

Cleaning Up


Kintu's monument.

Cleaning Up


Annual grass surrounded by impatiens.