this bluish beauty was there as well 

the "characters of the week" are Miss D (Deonecia) and her son Elvis - the stories are many and they really are "characters" ..................and personal friends. Miss D has a great homemade tatoo on her arm that reads "daughter of darkness" - she is a real PIP, and Elvis ..............., is Elvis 

Kathy and I were playing cribbage out on the sun-deck this morning and
I happened to notice how neat the leaves of the local papaya looked - I won, by the way 

being a puppy is a LOT of HARD work 

the ever-patient Miss Bo's days as a "nurse-maid" will very soon come to an end, but for now she is still the best of all possible mothers 

good clean water is fine and healthy and all of that - but there is NOTHING quite lke a good mud puddle 

the puppies continue to grow, surprise, and irritate - here they give cause to smiles as they go for a romp with "dear old dad" 

these sweet things are on a tree just as you reach Punta Gorda Town and I finally remembered the camera for them as well 

there are a bunch of these beauties along farmer's road on the way out to the village and I finally remembered the camera to get a picture 

She just couldn't sit still and had to get back downstairs to help create more havok with her partners in crime 

Kathy brought tinker bell" up and we all enjoyed the pretty pinks and light blues of the early morning light 

the sunrise this morning was pretty nice - this was taken while I was still in bed through the mosquito net 

then she went to hang out with the guys for awhile - she too is going to be a very large and strong dog - even now she takes absolutely no guff from either of her brothers 

"butterfly" (a temporary name that is only slightly better than "the white one") watched as her brothers ventured forth 

Leo and the Rock took a little cruise down the driveway tonight - sort of cruisin' the perimeter - protecting the rest of us from the dangers of the jungle no doubt 

i hate to do this one AGAIN, but I love the blue one 

.................and from the white corner 

this is an unknown blossom of the pink persuasion 

this is Marcie sitting on the "pity-pot" waiting for SOMEONE to put some food in at least ONE of these EMPTY bowls 

this is Rocky aka "the Rock" he is all muscle (and no discernable brain ).
Rocky and his brother Leo are going to be very large and strong dogs - right now they are just a whole lot of fun and still cute 

besides being a cutie Marcie is also a sweetie - her and her look-alike brother (picture to follow one of these days) are the primary pants-leg tuggers of the group - they routinely get drug around the kitchen each one attached to a pants leg. Today Marcies look-alike brother Rocky (Rocky Marcie-ano, ............get it ? ) tore a hole in Kathy's pants leg and is now in the dog house 

the ever-patient "mother Bo" and the puppy now known as Marcie (named after a personal friend that lives on Cape Cod...............=) 

and likewise these 

these are kind of nice