RANDOM PHOTO UPDATE

Picture #1: Cute Pregnant Lady!!!!



Picture #2: "You're Good Ash! ...And I'm Sad Ash..."



p.s. - If you don't get that joke, run to a video store immediately and rent Army of Darkness and get edumacated. Which is a funny thing about video stores here in Monterey versus good ol' Salt Lake: Salt Lakers must be much more avid movie buffs, because frankly the average selection at any local Blockbuster really stinks. They don't have Sneakers, can you believe? Sneakers! The outrage. And forget about trying to find anything at Hollywood Video. Browsing through the Comedy section, I once saw The Passion of the Christ right beside Halloween. But I digress. Ash was very sad that day, but was cheered by a bonus chew treat in his bowl that afternoon.

And now, the conclusion of the Saga of the Romney Lawn:

Before:



A better representation:



After:



If you look closely, you can see Ash peeking out of his house in the upper left-hand corner, as if to say, "Any one of you primates even touches me..."

This was quite a journey, the kind that you can't really document in pictures. When we moved in to this place last November, our yard was little more than a sandbox with a dead scrub brush in the middle of it. After a couple months of sheer and complete neglect, the grass had grown so high that we could see the tips of it level with the kitchen window. We hacked it all down, then hacked it way down, reseeded, fertilized, bought a powerless mower, and watered until our neighbors called the cops. That last bit didn't happen. Anyway, it's a joy to walk out there in bare feet, now, and Ash is very content.

In other news, Margaret and the Girls spent last week here, which was full of fun and games. If any of you have not been to the San Francisco Exploratorium I highly recommend it, regardless of your age. As stupid as it is now that I've posted all of the above pictures, we didn't pull out the camera once while they were here. So here's a pic of them at their last visit:



End Transmission.