Yes, I know, it has been a month. The new jobs a hassle, the kids got the flu but, its sure nice typing to you...

May is turning into a wonderful dog. However, she still confounds me by occasionally having an accident in the house. She squats, remembers were she is and tries to pinch it off. She knows instantly what she has done and will look at me like, "I know, I just was excited..." It makes me crazy. She and CiCi are fabulous together. They play for HOURS at a time. I take her out frequently and she does great in a crowd. She isn't quite the ham that Brian is but she is fun and fearless.

Lexus is finally showing her age. Almost overnight she has started going gray. She still acts like a puppy and loves to fence fight with little sister Susie. She is still athletic, she just looks older. Lexus turns six in December.

Trojan is fabulous. He is just as dark as ever and has really fulfilled the promise I always felt he had. He is keeping my feet warm as I type this. He does wake up grumpy and that is a problem since he has become a little hard of hearing. Since it has finally gotten to a reasonable temperature, I took him for a walk today. I was walking the electric fence that keeps the goats in to make sure that it was clear since it has been raining for a while and wet weeds love to fall on it and short it out. Trojan wandered off ahead. I followed him for a change. He stayed close to the garden so I started off on one of the trails. I walked ahead and he walked in the woods off to my left. I stopped and watched him again. He had come to a large dead Oak that the forestry bulldozer had pushed over for me when they cut the fire break. Trojan jumped up onto the Oak and walked it to what is left of the root ball and stood there with his front feet on the root ball and his rear on the tree itself. I swear he looked like Simba in The Lion King. It was gorgeous. I didn't even have my ever present camera phone!