After Christmas...

After a tumble of 22 ft down the elevator shaft, Lola seems to be OK; we will take her to the vet once we are back in Florida…

As I mentioned before, Spence & Marcia Price, Leah’s Godparents, came to visit us; they arrived on the 25th and left today, the 29th. Mike, Nancy & Jesse Temperelli came on the 26th and will leave tomorrow.

On Saturday we all caravanned to the Fall Creek Falls State Park, with all five dogs; Alex, Leah and the Temperellis hiked down to the bottom of the falls; wiser and older folks (Prices and Rodríguez) did not do the hike… Saturday evening the grown-ups went to a neighborhood party hosted by Mary Newman in the Newman’s log home; met lots of people; heard lots of stories; learnt a thing or two about country living; had a great time!

On one of these past days, while I was working, I looked out one of the office windows and saw what I thought was a coyote on our driveway; Jimmy Hale, our builder, was with me and he said that was no coyote (too big); he thought it was a big dog; it was big indeed, bigger than Pancho and with a collar that looked like a transmitter/research one. Later, at the party, I learnt that the county Sheriff owns some wolves and that even though they are expected to be kept in pens, they are left to roam around; I was told that most likely that was one of the sheriff’s wolves because they had been sighted in the area before…

Yesterday, Temperellis went to their lot near Altmont; they timed the ride and, even though it’s only about 35 miles away, it actually takes about 1 hour door-to-door. They were very excited about what they found and also about spending time there. Meanwhile, the rest of us – except Jan who stayed with the dogs – went to the Jack Daniels distillery. We all had a great time. Also yesterday, Mary Newman went back to Florida...

Today the work re-starts at the house; stone masons are expected; the elevator people come on Wednesday; electricians may be back tomorrow along with plumbers…

GO FINS!