grove park inn ladies locker room

for all those intimidated by or scornful of the "grandeur" of the grove park inn, i present a photo of the entirety of the ladies' locker room furnishings. 

keepin it real!

i cannot tell a lie

 

this cherry tree branch was hanging too far over the deck.

fine howdy do

5 dog salute!

fly fishing

there are trout in the river.

kevin caught one a few weeks ago.

pouncey caught a piece of bark

eli smelled the flowers

drip dry pouncey

look! a trout

$10 bottles of wine!

homegrown restaurant on merrimon in asheville is great. the food is great. the folk art for sale on the wall is great. 

the greatest thing is monday is $10 bottle of wine day.

a glass of wine costs you $6, but on monday for $10 you can get the whole bottle. what a steal! 

you can walk away stuffed with 2 delicious dinners and a bottle of wine for under $30.

if you want the uptown girl painting, however, that will run you $25.

no more living in her white bread world.

peaceful doggy weekend

went to the asheville municipal golf course right after a thunderstorm. the cups were half full. nice place. 10$ to walk 9. back side much more varied than the front. packed. wait on every shot packed.

layers of paint and years of butts.

giant tree.

pouncey and nacho being snuggle heads.

teaching pouncey how to swim. here comes nacho!

you can do it little buddy!

retriever party!

we are dogsitting for 2 extra dogs the next week. 

that's 300+ lbs of retriever!

the more the merrier, says i. 

and says pouncey.

wheeee!

a bark in 5 frames

backseat pouncey

pouncey is now finally big enough to look out the windows in the car.

he seems to like this.

 he now weighs in at a hefty 33 lbs.

instagram lately

i'm skippyhaha on instagram. it's a quick fun way to post photos from your phone with editing filters that make them look like they were taken by a disposable camera with sand inside. i can dig it. 

here are some recent ones: 

 

found at goodwill - why can't congress act like this? 

 

fireworks please

watch dogs

fat boy junior - 32 lbs of puppy

first act of defiance: pouncey shredded toilet paper on his bed

 

2 dogs 1 leash

hiking is a challenge with two people and three dogs. 

the fairest division at this time is nacho-pouncey; eli.

everybody had fun!

no wire hangers!

we have an awesome view from the deck of this house.

up top are blue ridge mountains, down below is the mighty swannanoa river.

betwixt both are 2 big black hanging dangling wires - one power, one cable.

blocking up the scenery breaking my mind.

the cables don't even serve our house, but are the connection for our neighbors.

after many many months of phone calls, engineer visits, arm twisting, scheduling, rescheduling, tree removal, sweet neighbor approval, and heavy machinery - we buried those bitches!

a backhoe dug a 4 foot trench through the yards.

i'd like to ski down this.

they buried the cable in PVC pipe underground.

voila!