Laundy day

Or shall I say, "Scary Heather" day?

We never had days like this last winter. And by "days like this" I don't mean "Scary Heather" days. We had plenty of those. I mean beautiful, warm, sunny, breezy days. Yesterday I hung the laundry and the Wolf and I sat in the back courtyard on a crate. Randy snapped some lovely photos and kindly cropped out my long flowery socks and flip-flops combo.Wolfgang l0ves it outside.

He does a lot of grinning for no reason.

This is where we park, by the way. It is behind Mae's house. Our back courtyards are connected by this gate.
Later on, I ran over to Mae's with Wolfgang to return some dishes and Randy had gone in to school. I came back and soon noticed that Enkidu was missing. There is literally no way out of our house for a dog. I looked everywhere and then started to panic. Wolfgang started crying and I was looking everywhere and whistling. I soon came to the realization that he had gotten out somehow. The stroller was in the trunk of the car (so I thought), so I grabbed Wolfgang (who was screaming) and ran out the front gate and into the street. About 2 (long) blocks down, out in the middle of the intersection, I spotted Enkidu. So I went running down the street in my flip flops, with Wolfgang still hollering and balanced on my hip. Enkidu sees me and does his "I'm guilty" maneuver, which is to droop his ears and roll over on his back with his paws sticking up. Thats fine, only he was in the middle of the street. So I jostled the poor Goo at top speed until I got to Enkidu. I had to pick him up and wedge him under one arm (he's so overweight!) and balance Wolfgang in the other arm (chubby and wriggly) and make my way home. The neighbors were out and watching by the time I got home. I said, "Shows over folks."
Apparently the show wasn't over until I had wrestled with the keys and unlocked the gate with two uncooperative beings in my grasp.
We figured out that Enkidu can shrink to half his size in order to squeeze under the front gate. I guess he figured that out too (for the first and last time)