i am keeping house with copper while his real family has gone to south carolina and we don't mind at all, though he doesn't know what south carolina is, and i didn't blog as i haven't stopped. we just got back from pebble beach. i was too busy to photograph it and i forgot my camera, but i took little nike, a vocal black standard poodle type girl, for her first swim. she rather protested but i don't think she hated it or me, she just is not yet convinced she can swim. aw, she's very sweet and i hope we have swimming together in our horoscope.