Well, I finally got around to looking at the new pics here. Were you guys there for a couple of days? And how come one portrait-format pic is vertical and the other is horizontal?

And I just gave Lark her first bath. She was utterly miserable, and she'll probably never voluntarily enter the bathroom again. I didn't have the heart to shampoo her. Next time, of course.....(Buahahahahaha!!!) She really did look so funny, though! I think she's forgiven me, but I doubt she'll forget. And it's times like this I wish we'd put a non-slip mat in the tub.

Huge thunderstorm last night. The power went out when I was in the middle of mopping the kitchen floor, and since one can't mop in utter darkness....I had gotten the vacuuming done, though, which is the important thing with Baron theoretically confined to the kitchen. Dog hair accumulation has shot up. I'm even running over the mud room now, which Baron hates. He's usually in the kennel when I'm doing the floor, and he always snaps at the vaccuum.

Mom is being stricter than usual about people getting on the comp during school, and so far it's one person getting kicked off per day. Peter was yesterday, Doug's today, and with any luck it'll be Owen tomorrow, since he's getting on everyone's nerves. He's trying to get me kicked off at the moment, but Mom's letting me blog. So kind.

And the single most-listened-to group at the moment is Rammstein. Doug's playing Los just now, which is one of my favorites. For the most part I prefer the Yoko Kanno station on Pandora. Some good stuff comes up, besides the Kanno of course.

These are the pics that show her coloring best. There are others that better demonstrate her cuteness, but they're on the other computer. Anyway, I took these yesterday at B's.

Amanda, dissatisfied with the front porch box to which her kittens were exiled when she kept attacking the puppy in my room, has moved them into a clothes bin in Doug's room. Or so I gathered. Nor do there seem to be any clothes in it, which seems....inconducive to comfort.

We spent today in the garden, Mom and Lark and I, while the guys worked on the fence. Lark found a nice spot under what we hope is a hollyhock, and slept all day. Again. Whenever someone makes a teasing remark about how much we sleep, I always say she's growing. I hope so. And I think we keep freaking Dad out. She tends to sleep like the dead, and he doesn't catch on right away when we say so.

I'll try to post the other pics later.

puppies, II

I've been putting this off since Tuesday, when Dad and I went up past Fremont to look at Aussie pups. They had one female, a black tri, for $225. Her name is Lark, she divides her time between the front yard and my room with a little bit in the garden and living room, and she's absolutely adorable. I'll post pics eventually.