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Yup, Coho goes out on the run. He loves it. Now he wants to be "out" all the time. But it doesn't happen more than a couple times a week. We have to peek out at him every once in a while because he hasn't learned how to not get tangled in the midst of the patio chairs and tables.

Coho guarding my purse

What a cutie! Here's a comical series of pics of one of ours. We call him our dog cat. He follows us around and will come when called. He's also the one we call bald-@ss LOL He's got some kind of skin problem or something that the vets were blaming his nerves for - but he's licking himself bald!

Anyway, I kept trying to get a picture of him...


but he wouldn't look at the camera



Finally, he gave in and gave me a 'runaway bride' shot

Coho licks himself bald in the winter time. There is usually a bald patch on his lower spin...near his rear end. We assume he has a dry skin problem in the winter.

He just started this in the spring - someone in another thread said it could be grass molds - probably what it is.

How's the pond coming along? Have you been able to do anything or are you having our insane heatwave over there too? Today is 105 with the heat index...sweat just stepping outside - I don't dare even think about doing any yardwork.

Oh, PS, I'm watching the cosmos for seeds - there should be LOTS of them

We have heat...but not 105!!! I just haven't had any time to do anything with it. Also, today was the first day since like Thursday that it didn't rain...but it was our anniversary, so I didn't get outside.


My Glads have bloom shoots, so they should bloom shortly! I can't wait!!! Oh!!! Maybe next year I can put some of those bulbs around the pond!!! What do you think??

Happy anniversary! I'm glad you didn't spend it outside

Hmm glads sound great for around the pond! Yaknow what else I think would look hot? cannas! Have you seen mike's post with the different colors? mmmmm I love the peach one! Next year I want to get a tropicanna cana - I LOVE those, just for the foliage!

If I did cannas, I'd put them behind the pond. But there are grape vines that go up the arbor and I'd really be afraid that the grape vines would grab ahold of the cannas and pull them down or do some really harsh damage to them. I already have problems with the vines on my day lilies. The glads, I'd put on the sides...I think...or somewhere else in that garden.

hmmm yeah, cannas get pretty big so I've learned from the great pics posted on the forum. Probably not a good idea if the grapse will latch on - I didn't notice that they grow that aggressively (like the morning glories do!) but I have my grapes on a fence not near anything else it can climb, so I guess that's why I never noticed. I think glads would look great on both sides of the pond though.

I will have to go out and take a picture of the grapes right now. They are massive. They can grow like a foot a day if the conditions are right...and they have been. I didn't go out and look at the for a couple of days and noticed yesterday that they attached onto one of the tiki torches out there and half pulled it over!!! I'm gonna have to go out and fix that today.