Staying Cool

I bought this little pool for Lida Rose. After she figured out it wasn't a bath she seemed to enjoy it. I didn't put too much water in it, just an inch or two to let her get used to it. It cooled us both off.

A Kiva Loan to Nelson in Honduras

From the Kiva website:
"Nelson is married and has two daughters. He works different jobs to support the needs of his family. The production of 100% organic coffee and vegetables is his main source of income.
Nelson dreams of being able to give his daughters the best opportunities in life, especially for them to have a good education. Currently, organic passion fruit production is becoming more popular in the region; the fruit is sold through Colmena, of which Nelson is a member. Passion fruit is a novel crop since this area has the appropriate conditions to farm it without any problems.
Nelson is requesting a loan to plant 0.6 hectares (roughly 1.5 acres) of organic passion fruit under the technical supervision of Colmena. With the profit from the production, he wants to improve his family's quality of life and continuing working to accumulate assets for his children's inheritance. A loan helps Nelson purchase passion fruit plants, posts, an irrigation system, and pay for labor on his organic passion fruit farm."

Cameron and his parents were in town yesterday. We were supposed to have lunch and then go to Taming of the Shrew at the Houston Ballet. We had a wonderful lunch at Jenni's Noodle House on Shepherd but when we got downtown found out that the ballet had been cancelled. They had a roof leak and there was water on the stage. After returning to my apartment for a short visit with Lida Rose we decided to go to the MFAH. There were several photography exhibits Cameron wanted to see. The pictures are from Shadow Monsters, an interactive exhibit by Philip Worthington. The 3 people on the left are Cameron and his parents in case you can't tell. The two space looking pictures are from an exhibit called Hydrospatial City by Gyula Kosice. Not sure what the other picture is but I thought it was interesting.

Lida Rose

Lida Rose at the Pug Meetup

Lida Rose and I went to the The Danny Jackson Dog Park for the monthly Pug Meetup. She made lots of friends, mostly the 2 legged kind and ventured into the swimming pool a few times.

Birthday Flowers

Lida Rose's First Photo Shoot

Thanks to Cameron for these lovely pictures of Lida Rose and to his family for the lovely flowers in the background.

Company

Cameron and his parents and their two dogs came for a visit yesterday.  We went to lunch at Nippon and then I dog sat while they went to the ballet.  When they returned Cameron did a photo shoot with Lida Rose. Here is a picture of Pat, Dundee and Pearl.  Lida Rose was a little intimidated by them at first but eventually they all played well together.