home again 8/28/06

After a long vacation, a sleepless flight (for me, not for Hiroe), and a quick stop at Fisherman's Warf in San Francisco for Clam Chowder, we're back in Minneapolis. In many ways it seemed we were only gone a short time, but in other ways it was apparent we weren't gone for just a weekend.
Gnocchi and Hiroe reunited...
Gnocchi was a little happy. And I think Hiroe felt the same. Maybe not enough to kiss him back, but enough to tolerate this ecstatic outpouring of affection. In a dog's world, time is irrelevant so this greeting is not uncommon at our house. It's always cause for a party for our dogs when we return home whether it be from vacation or from a trip to Rainbow.






A new greeter...
When we arrived at our house I could make out a very tall object near the front door. My first thought was "Wow, that weed is huge!" Hey, it was pretty dark. It turns out it was a full grown sunflower! It's pretty cool. It wasn't there when we left. I guess we've been gone a while...