Every dog needs a spa

and a mud spa at that. Now that I've dug up my porch-side garden, my big boy is enjoying the cool comforts of a mud spa.


This little garden trench is really shady and cool. I've dug up the soil, mixed in humus and replanted with ornamental banana both the red and pink variety.


Then just today, I emcee'd the opening of a medical center and one of the congratulatory bouquets was sculpted with hydrangeas. Now I know hydrangeas grow well in cool climes, these specimens must have been imported. I'm greatly tempted to try planting a hydrangea or 2 in this cool corner.


But I must remember to keep a space for Big Boy. The minerals from the soil soothes and nourishes his skin and he looks too comfortable to give it up for anyone, even domineering goldie here. She's dictated where he can sleep in the house, but outside, Big Boy pays Goldie no mind!