Sushi's first week

We have a baby in the house

This little guy has so much personality

not to mention the loudest

scream I've ever heard out of a dog

this is not a bark it's a

~scream~

you think he is being attacked

or something dreadful is happening

~the breeder warned us~

and this little guy is so sad

I mean he has been moping around here for this last week

they say it takes 2-3 weeks

for him to adjust

Sushi idolizes Spanky

"please, please, play with me"

I can just hear him say as

goes around and around Spanky barking

Spanky won't even look at him

yesterday while outside helping me with

~yard work~

he was able to get near Spanky

for the first time

This is Spanky's favorite hang out

with the invisible fence boundary

this is as far down the driveway that he can go

and he will sit here for hours

watching over his

~kingdom~

or lay down....

this was so cool to see

Sushi imitating him

But after getting ignored

Sushi

 helped me weed the

ajuga

This stuff is so pretty

but what a grower...

it takes over everything

We have this funny little area in the driveway

cut out of the concrete

~for planting~

still wondering if it should stay or go

I hang my baskets here every year

these are my newly planted ones

they have a way to go...

In the fall I put my cornstalks there

The the hanging baskets

make such a pretty statement

from the street below

and sometimes the roses get

~spectacular~

and some years they don't

Some years the peonies bud

and some years they don't

This area is what I see out my kitchen window

so I would like for it to be

~spectacular~

We had a landscape architect

come out to give us suggestions

and he said to get rid of it

so I am trying to decide if

~I want it at all~

not unlike my feelings about getting a puppy

remember this was the Hubs idea, not mine...

but after this week of

 potty training, and sleepless nights

that puppy has gotten ahold of my

heart

now if Spanky will just

get onboard...

oh and Sushi was not the only one getting

~ignored~

usually he will sit in the Hubs lap

not this week

he took up space in the other chair!