Ripley was on guard while I was working in the yard....

And I'm on vacation - leaving, on a jet plane...well, tomorrow at least.  Today is a morning kayak with Cindy M, house and yard prep work (laundry, shopping, packing, etc.) and tomorrow I take off for Georgia and Kentucky!  A weekend visit with Margene and then up to Ronna's for the week - including a trip to the Mammoth Caves - and then back down to Georgia, flying back out of Atlanta on Sunday.  It's been a whirlwind to get all the pieces together - round the clock care for Alli, rescheduling my flights (United cancelled half of my trip home, not sure how they thought I could keep just the flight from LAX to Redding.....that's a bit of a walk from Atlanta), etc.  It will be worth it though!