New Friend

The dog on the right is Tessa, who evidently has a death wish. In Idaho, I open the back of the car, ready to pack up for the return to Seattle, and Tessa jumps in with Spackle to make herself comfortable. The thing is, however, that she was banished from Seattle for biting a toddler. It was leave, or be put down. Fortunately for Tessa, Uncle King and Aunt Alice were willing to spare her the gallows, and she seems to have adjusted well to the country life. And now Spackle has a friend who stays at home with him when Hoover and Sadie and I go on long rides.