Shiva's little brother Guile is a serious dog:

I :heart: these guys so much...

...even though they weren't much help with the move...

We went for a long, wet walk in the fields behind the new place today. It's so lovely here, all breezy,open, lush green farmland snuggled up against the shoulders of the mountains, and the sky always promising something. The sound of rain on a metal roof has always been a favorite of mine. It must be a relic of my childhood in tornado country, how thunderstorms soothe me the way that hot cocoa and hugs do other folks.

Happy, happy.