Lilac Wood

A Lilac tree fell down in our yard, so Jay came over with a brand new chainsaw, and he and Mark made us some Lilac firewood.

Smells niiiice. Also, I noticed when I was stacking it that the inside of the tree is naturally stained with purple. I've never seen this before. I think it's kind of cool.


Anyway, life goes on here. Our current foster dog, Remi, has an adoption pending, but is still here.


On Saturday I'm taking him to a puppy party hosted by the Tiny Paws people. There are apparently going to be about a dozen little dogs running around at this party. They also said that there would be a "big dog" there, and other big dogs are welcome, but I strongly suspect that the "big dog" they are talking about is a Beagle.

I had made up my mind that I would bring Arlo and see if anyone panicked (and then laugh if they did; come on, it's ARLO), but then I thought about how much all the little dogs would bug him, and I couldn't do it. Zelda the Dachshund, our newest permanent dog, is not ready for an event of this caliber. Oliver, now. I can just pick Oliver up if the other dogs are brats, so he's coming too. We bought him an awesome new winter hoodie to wear.

I'll try to take pictures for y'all. Should be fun.