Another puppy in the family

The wife’s mom got a new dog, a now 9 week old yellow lab named Macho. We told them they should get an older dog, but her mom insisted on a puppy. Now after a couple of weeks she wants to trade for one of our dogs until Macho gets out of his puppy phase.
Here he is hanging out on the lawn
Macho at 9 weeks
Nala wasted absolutely no time showing Macho how much more fun sticks are to play with
Sticks are way better than balls
and how to get a good game of tug going
Showing Macho how Tug works
Macho got along famously with Nala and Simba, and started playing together right away
Playing with Nala and Simba
Going after Simba's tail
Now heading up to the in-laws will be even more fun for the dogs.

It’s still storm season

Compared to last year, this year’s storm season so far has been a bit of a dud (thank goodness). There’s still two months of the season left to go though. The latest system, TD 9, looks like it will stay out in the Atlantic like Florence, Gordon and Helene did and probably become TS Isaac in a day or two.

THE DEPRESSION IS CURRENTLY SITUATED BETWEEN AN UPPER-LEVEL CYCLONE TO ITS WEST AND A LOW- TO MID-LEVEL RIDGE TO ITS EAST. THE GFS…UKMET… AND NOGAPS MODELS ALL TAKE THE CYCLONE AROUND THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE…THEN ACCELERATE THE SYSTEM AT DAYS THREE THROUGH FIVE NORTHEASTWARD AHEAD OF A DEEP-LAYER TROUGH FROM THE WEST. THE OFFICIAL TRACK FORECAST FOLLOWS CLOSELY WITH A CONSENSUS OF THE AFOREMENTIONED GUIDANCE.

TD 9 - 27-Sep-06