A nice scene this morning before I drove to Albany. Fate and Gus and behind them, the imperious Flo, all hanging out together on the back porch in the morning sun. Gus is changing a bit this week, he is settling down some, still very active and spirited but also pausing once in awhile, as great dogs do, to soak up the scene and hang out with their buddies.

Gus is actually still for periods of time, this is something new. He is settling in, and he and Fate are quite often together now, except when she is around the sheep, when she does not play or want much to do with Gus.

Flo is still being standoffish with

This is part of our new landscape, I never thought there would be a small dog in the picture. Already difficult to imagine the farm without Gus, a cross between Edward G. Robinson and Yoda.