Left: I showed my second wife several parcels of land to build a house. She always said, "That's fine." Then I saw a two-line ad in the newspaper that intrigued me. So, I showed her 2 1/2 acres of total wilderness with a little creek running through it. Looking around, I lost her. I called and was running around in panic. Finally I saw her sitting on this rock and daydreaming aloud, "if we had a pond here with some ducks." I made a phone call, agreed on a $18K price, and two months later the escrow closed. This little "monument" on the rock is now a reminder why we live here.
Right: My wife finally got "her" new gas range installed. Stepping back in time: We designed the house ourselves. The building contractor we hired had a graduate architectural student from Cal Poly University drawing up the proper building plans, and so we got the house we wanted. However, we made the mistake of designing the kitchen as being too narrow. If we had hired a proper architect, he would have corrected us.
Otto on the left has terminal cancer, and Ross on the right has a tumor in his mouth that increasingly prevents him from eating. An expensive surgery didn't help. Only Heidi in between is in a perfect shape. In the center of this picture under the gazebo? is our pet cemetery with a dozen dogs.
I noticed many times that my dogs, when resting, are looking in different directions to protect the pack. They are adopted from different shelters.
www.24petconnect.com has no suitable Boxer replacement listed at this time. But for walking and hiking I do need dogs to protect me. I am now focusing on Belgian Malinois pups. They are closely related to German Shepherds, and several young boys are available for adoption for free.
Left: My son-in-law helped me with some concrete work to stabilize the fence where the creek leaves our property. Now I have to water it to keep it drying slowly.
Right: I love our little town where chickens gone awol roam the area. My next door neighbors also have goats, horses, and sheep.
