Some of you may recall that last summer I made an executive decision to bring home a really cute black Labrador puppy. Shortly thereafter, with the guarded blessing of Miss Elizabeth, "we" brought home a really cute chocolate Labrador puppy, doubling our pleasure, and our vet bills, and our feed bills, and last but not least, doubling the aggravation that two young dogs can cause.
Okay, we expected that they would be the rambunctious sorts, as Labs are always full of spit and vinegar. These two are no exception to that rule, and so far have caused a fair amount of consternation around the ranch. Last winter when I was cutting trees for firewood, it was the cutest thing to watch the two of them "fetch" the smaller limbs that I was carrying to the brush pile in the pasture. Then, they started "fetching" larger limbs from the pasture, some of which required the two of them working in tandem to carry back to the house. You see where this is going......Now, everyday our yard is filled with limbs that have somehow made their way back from that big brush pile west of the house. These dogs are great retrievers alright!
So, every few days either I or Miss Elizabeth gather the limbs and return them to their rightful place, only to have them appear again overnight. For awhile we put Maddie and Molly in the kennel at night, but one evening after tucking them in for the night, we were greeted with the playful yelps of the two pups, thrilled to show us the new trick they'd learned......I had no idea Labs could scale a fence like that!
Of course, there's more. A couple of months ago I ordered some items from a popular mail order catalog; a few summer tees, a pair of flip flops (used to be called thongs, but I guess that was in another lifetime), and a pair of mesh fishing shoes. No one was at home when the mail came, so like always, the mail carrier left the box on the front porch.....big mistake. Tees-shredded, Flip-flops-shredded, Mesh shoes-shredded.....pups were very near going to puppy heaven, but received a pardon at the last moment.
Oh, but there's more yet. Two weeks ago Miss Elizabeth ordered new contact lenses......I'm not even going to go into the details of that one, but I think you can figure it out for yourself. Fortunately, when she called to explain why she needed to re-order the lenses, the folks at the doctor's office were so enamored with her "the dogs ate my lenses" story that they sent a her new ones for free. Once again, the pups were very, very near to puppy heaven.
Now we're dealing with the landscaping that's been years in the making. Hostas are taking a beating, fountain grass has endured several transplants, the new coleus is struggling to stay in the upright position, and the potted rain lilies keep getting unpotted.
Miss Elizabeth has just about reached her limit, and I'm afraid it's me that might be on the way to heaven this time.....I guess I'll have company though....man's best friend, right? Oh heck, what do I know anyway!!
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