We have a new, very squishy, very cute French Bulldog puppy. His name is Tubby. Tonji had been wanting to get a French Bulldog and I had been resisting. Then one day my sister messaged me asking if I wanted one. For free to a good home from her architect! I paused for a minute and thought, if it’s a male and black and white, then it’s a sign that I should say yes to this puppy and yes to Tonji’s dream of having a French Bulldog.
I’m glad I said yes and I’m grateful to his owner for giving him to us! We are enjoying having a little one again.
Tubby has such a great personality. He’s very curious and outgoing. Even if he falls into a hole in the ground, he gets right back up again!
I thought Ollie was the one who wanted another doggie buddy. I thought they would play together.
It turns out that Lulu is the one who enjoys playing with Tubby! She licks his face and lets him climb all over her. They play tug of war together. She has become much more active and playful now that Tubby is around.
We also took him for his first swim. He didn’t seem that excited about swimming. Maybe when he has a proper life vest.
Tubby enjoyed running in the grass and even managed to retrieve his toy hoop!
It is so much fun to have a little dog again. Tubby’s spunky, go-getter personality reminded us so much of all the fun we had with Barkley that later that evening, I had a dream about Momo. In my dream I was looking for Momo. I kept asking, “Where’s Momo?” When I remembered that Momo was gone, I woke up with a start!
We didn’t get to do much during out visit because we were so excited about having Tubby and also because our visit got cut short by a medical emergency back home.
Tonji is taking advantage of the hot and dry weather to improve the Water Lily Pond. He’s using the CASE skid loader to make part of the pond deeper and wider so that it will hold more water when rainy season comes.
We have tree near the pool that always makes us whether or not it should be there, in such a prominent spot. We bought it in an agricultural fair many years ago, when we weren’t committed to planting Philippine native trees. This month, our “foreign” tree looked the prettiest it’s every looked! It gets to stay for now!
It was a short but very nice visit to the refuge. I had to carry Tubby on the drive to the farm. This is him on the drive home!
Tonji and Sylvia's Wildlife Refuge 