Light at the end of the tunnel

Good news at last! Since I haven't mentioned it on the blog, the vast majority of the Teeming Millions are unaware that all three of our dogs have been at the pound since Wednesday. Long story short, we didn't know that our garage door had been left unlocked and unlatched. It's a lightweight door which the dogs were able to push open. They got out & were picked up by animal control. Allegedly they "acted aggressively" (um, hello, they're being chased by a stranger with a big noose on a pole!) so they were held there while an investigation was done to see if they are "vicious." Anyone who knows these dogs will tell you they are big softies. You can see in the photo how aggressive Hali is--NOT! Anyway, after three days of not being given any other information, they finally told us that pending a yard inspection (to make sure it is dog-safe & escape-proof) in the morning, we can pick up the dogs tomorrow afternoon. There's a fine involved of course but we're willing to pay it to get our girls back.

And another bit of cheer: for the first time in the oh, I think it's been five years that we've owned this thing, our wisteria actually has a cluster of flowers on it. I'll try to get a good picture of it tomorrow.