on saturday, june 19, we traveled to jefferson in ashe county, nc to pick up the newest member of our family, "ranger". and what a great father's day this turned out to be! nancy and i took ranger to asheville on sunday to check out the petsmart and find ranger a new collar and leash, since he is a little guy (only 11 pounds). since this little guy had us up before the rooster on sunday morning, we decided to have brunch downtown at carmel's at the grove arcade, which is a dog-friendly restaurant (if you are eating outside). well, ranger was a hit with all the passers-by and barked some smack to a few dogs that passed by with their owners, as well. as you all can tell by this edition of the blog, it has also changed a bit, as i have added to the title of the blog and added the two new puppies to the header. to bring y'all up to date, today nancy was working on piecing together quilt pieces for a new doggie quilt for ranger when he decided to supervise and crawled up on the bed to take a look. he proceeded to lay on the quilt pieces and the rest, as they say, is history...
