<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto">I agree with Pam about some sort of shelter just outside the back door for the hounds to do their business when it is raining. Instead of a pergola, which sounds beautiful, I would have a regular patio cover or ceiling complete with a ceiling fan for warm days. As long as we are dreaming, maybe a sort of misting system with good scents to mask the dog scents. I would have cedar mulch as the floor material. It smells good and decomposes nicely.</div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">My newest addition, the not a Basset Carly Rose, is very reluctant to go out in the rain. This is why I have been considering such a covered area. Grandma Zoe, the beautiful and ancient girl I adopted from Bluegrass over the summer, does not care one wit. She goes out in the rain, wanders around, stands in it, not a care in the world.</div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">Speaking of Grandma Zoe, she is very active this morning, belying her 15 or so years. She even tried to canter up the ramp this morning, until she took a face plant halfway up. Then she walked more carefully. She is barking to go out now, I must go heed the summons.</div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">Oh, who was it that had the Scentsy products? I reveived a Scentsy for Christmas. I think it will take a lifetime to use an entire brick of scent. But I do like it.<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">Kelly Jane and the Wilson Gang</div></div></body></html>