Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Mission accomplished!



Dear Amara and Eli,

After 4 days of neglecting me totally (not even a treat for not being bad!), your grandparents have finally finished your silly swing set. You'd think they had just built a bridge to Providence Island for the way they were gloating. Really, they paid no attention to me at all. I had to go dig a hole in the sand and sulk most of the weekend. Well, sometimes I took advantage of my lack of supervision and went investigating in our yard! They ( your grandparents) used lots of tools and left them all over the place, and made lots of noise with their drills and then when they were all done - the ultimate insult - would you believe they made ME pose on top of the swing set so they could take a picture for you. Don't tell them I said so but the view from the slide platform is pretty cool - even for a little dog like me. I was afraid of the slide though. You will have to come test that yourselves.

Your friend,
Sophie Frank,

PS I only got 2 walks on the beach ALL weekend thanks to your swing set so you had better appreciate it and play with me when you come visit.

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Land with a view



Wish you were here!

Almost there!

Master grandfather/carpenter - at work. Wait, let me check those directions one more time - 75 parts still left. We will finish tomorrow for sure!

Major construction in progress

South Hero in Bloom



Can you smell the lilacs? And the apple blossoms?

An unexpected guest.


As I came around the corner of the house, back to the front yard, this little guy walked right out from between the houses, where I had just been 5 minutes ago. He gave me a glance and continued walking slowly down the driveway, and across the road. I was thankful I had left Sophie inside!

OK, so it has been a long time since we had ice on the lake, and spring has come to South Burlington.