Masud and Nila, sun-worshiping pharaoh hounds, and Little One, lhasa
apso koi-detective extraordinaire, reporting in from Oregon:

Plants, yard, pond and weather have been looking like summer lately, so
we've been spending most of our time sunning on the deck. (It takes a
couple months to get the Oregon chill out of our bones after winter and
spring.) Nila's favorite form of exercise is snapping at the bees and
bugs swarming around Mom's rhododendrons; but Mom gets upset when Nila
gets too crazy and breaks off small branches and flower clusters.

Little One is still watching the koi, but she also goes "walkabout"
every other day or so. She disappears in the 12 inch tall grass in the
backyard, and we see her 30 minutes or more later, with grass stained
paws, and weeds and mud stuck to her fur. Mom laughs, but we don't
remember her laughing when we come in with muddy paws, harumph. It's a
good thing the mud just slides off Little One's fur.

We've seen our first sunning garter snakes of the season; Mom won't let
us catch them, but we can chase them across the yard. Time to nap now,
will be out late visiting our older brother and younger cousins.
--
Sun worshipping pharaoh hounds,
and "koi detective" lhasa apso
("don't bother me now, I gotta
keep an eye on those koi")
Mom's zookeeper, with the
3500g pond and 13 pond pigs