Mom Is Back From Vacation; Language Barrier Busted!

Mom is back from vacation! I had fun at Uncle Jamie's house, and had lots of playtime with Aunt Meredith. Aunt Amanda also came over a lot and showered me with the hose! I had a pool, and tons of fun watching Dirty Jobs with Jamie. Mom is happy to be back!

Mom was thinking about me the whole time, and while she was in Italy she met another Big Yellow! I started to get jealous, but as she told me the story she said that she usually doesn't pet strange dogs, much less in another country. But this one reminded her so much of me she had to stop and talk.

Her name is Asa (?) and although she is a little smaller than me, she is still Yellow and Beautiful! Her dad was a Frenchman who didn't speak much English, and mom doesn't understand much French, but they managed to convey that mom also had a Big Yellow (me!) and that they both loved their dogbabies (me and Asa). Mom just kept on speaking English to the poor man and when she said that I was a living "garbage disposal" (I'll address my offense to that later) the man said "Ah, Oui! Garbage!" and they shared a laugh at the understanding that their dogbabies both like to eat everything, including garbage. (What is seriously wrong with that, anyway?)


Mom wanted to post a few pics of her hike in Cinque Terre, just for fun. This is Vernazza, Italy.

Look at the little swimmers! The plants and flowers look a little bit like Texas, no?



So many flowers grow naturally there, due to the temperate climate, including wild geraniums, and these pretty flowers that I don't know the name of. Neither does mom, but they were very photogenic!