Recently, to lift my spirits before having another surgery, I adopted another chihuahua from Joy's Homegrown Chihuahuas.  Teeya, who was born on May 15th, is the pretty little blue fawn pup shipped all the way from Florida that I got.  Joy shipped her here to Texas, made sure she had her first shots and in general made sure the transaction went very smoothly.

Miyu is the little black calico kitten playing with Teeya.  We are not exactly sure how old she is, but she was probably born about the same time as Teeya.  We got her the end of May, making her less than two weeks old, but with her eyes open.

In this picture, Miyu has stolen Teeya's squeaky toy.  The two think they are sisters and play all the time (and fight all the time, just like siblings).  Both of them have been a real joy to bring into our family.

Teeya and Miyu

Yesterday, I was trying to see if we had even one fish left in our poor little pond, which has dropped four or five feet due to the drought.  When I pulled the trap in, there was an enormous frog, tons of tadpoles, and a stick that was about 15 inches long.  Then the "stick"--a small moccasin--got me in the leg.  I have a bruise half the size of a football, and not even morphine helped with the pain.  Next snake I see in my pond will see the end of my old .22.

Our pond is drying up, the grass is all brown and yellow, and the dust is horrible.  Last year we get Hurricane Ike, this year we are baking with no rain.

Our pond has dropped between 2-3 feet, and it was only 5 or 6 feet deep to begin with.  So we are running a hose down to the pond to add water to it.  There are eight baby painted turtles in the pond, catfish, snails, bluegills, minnows, tadpoles, and many frogs.  If the pond dries up, where will they go?  Everyone else's ponds are drying up too.