Dolly Evans/Breaking-and-entering--A typical Friday evening

This evening Lydia and I had a delightful time in each other's company. With her sporadic work schedule and my hectic academic calendar, it has been awhile since she and I got to spend some quality time together. Yet, as mentioned, we remedied this problem last evening. After having an amazing dinner (cooked by Lydia) of beef stew and Waldorf salad, we spent time with our pets. Well, they are not actually our pets, as those who have visited us can confirm. They are our neighbors' two dogs: Dolly--a golden retriever--and Rocket a Gordon Settler. Though it is always questionable to show favoritism towards a family member, Lydia and I have both confirmed that Dolly is our favorite. (Rocket is a beautiful dog and all, but she is just a bit socially awkward.) Here is a picture of Dolly on our porch, and the picture below it reveals her one true passion--a game of fetch. Dolly loves to jump off the side of our mountain in pursuit of her ball. She is a great companion up here on the mountain.

As the third picture can confirm, there was an unpleasant interruption to our evening. It appears that our bathroom door became locked and we had no way of unlocking it without climbing into a two story window. Thankfully, our bathroom window was unlocked or this would have been the beginning of an unpleasant, bathroom-less weekend.

After the bathroom door fiasco, Lydia and I took a brief stroll around our neighborhood. The fall colors are setting in and this amplifies the beauty of Shadow Mountain. Lydia and I not only saw a reminder of fall, but also Halloween. On our travels we saw a lone bat flying above our heads. Lydia, who evidently appreciates all of Creation, called the bat "cute"--which, reportedly, she is the only woman to call a flying rodent as such.


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