Bertod, Yukiko Taka, and I visited Yukiko Taka's mother and her new litter in the neighborhood. The owner always gives me the puppy he likes least, but I am once again challenged to raise an unwanted puppy into a beautiful doog. This one's as gray as smoke, but I won't name her because my granddaughters will do that.

M. and Bertod walked Keiko Kashigawa and Yukiko Taka on the compound. Then M. gave the two bigger dogs a bath and a lavender-scented, anti-flea shampoo.

Back in my bedroom in time for the evening news.