I am ashamed of myself.

I walked out of the house for the third assault of the day on the sweet gums invading my forest. In this heat, 95+, I can only last about an hour before dehydration and exhaustion force me back into the air conditioning. The new saw is an incredible piece of machinery but at 15 pounds full of fluids, it is quite heavy. Throw in that I cut most trees into heavy eight foot lengths and it gets difficult for a fat old man.

When I stepped out into that heat, there she was. Possibly the sweetest girl no ones knows about. Smiling at me with a foot of tongue hanging from her mouth. 95 degrees and Roxi is bouncing just because I walked out the door. What a great bitch! So I'm ashamed that I never mention my other doggies. I talk about Lexus, Trojan, Brian and May but the other four, Roxi, CiCi, Lilly and Susie are very special too. Any fancier would be proud to have any of them.

CiCi, Roxi and Susie have each been bred once. Lilly, quite possibly the best of her litter, has never been bred. It is strange how life and circumstance has 'limited' the use of each of these girls. They are all certainly worthy. But while I am ashamed that I do not give them the publicity that they deserve, rest assured that each gets tons of lovin'. Susie and CiCi are inside dogs. Roxi and Lilly are rearing Brian in fantastic fashion. Of all of them though I regret the most that I never bred Lilly. She is a fantastic creature.

When I came in Sunday evening looking for somewhere to crash so that I didn't die of heat stroke, I found my preferred spot, directly under the ceiling fan, occupied! It worked out and here is a picture of one of my 'photographically neglected' girls, CiCi. She has put a little weight back on lately and is probably around 165-170. It is a good weight for her so I will have to be careful not to let her balloon back up.

This is why you have to be very careful around my house right now. You never know where May is going to run out of energy and just crash!