keeping the home fires

Friends of ours are bound for Montana tomorrow, where they're going to spend the next two months living in a tent. We're kind of jealous—as long as we can take the dog, we love the traveling life, seeing new sights, broadening our horizons and whatnot. But if we went away for the summer, who would take care of the house and water the garden? And what about the mail? And we already bought a season pass to the pond, so it would be a shame to waste it. Plus, I can't imaging how we'd fit our comfy bed in a tent anyways.

So we'll just hang out here. For now, anyways.