a bear sitting on a bug

clearly Bug was in Bear's spot and that would not stand man.

quilled

Damn blonde dog got into a porcupine. Poor little thing. We're thankful for aunties Mags and Val for helping remove the pokey things. This was my first experience with a dog getting whacked by a porcupine and it was Molly's too. It's a good thing she's kind of timid around new friends because the quills didn't end up being lodged too far in there, indicative of a warning brush rather than a full-on swipe. Maybe she learned her lesson the first time? We hope so!

a lab in a mud-puddle

yep. 

Molly and I were playing with the chuck-it in the street when she decided to saunter over to the mud puddle that is our side yard. She proceeded to look at it, look at me, look at M, look at the puddle, walk in the mud to the middle, look at us, look at the puddle and then lay right down in the puddle! LABS! She was so overheated that she even started drinking some of the water while I went inside to get my phone. We let her roll around like the little piggy she is and then hosed her down. Bad, dirty, filthy, naughty dog. 

two reasons buying a house was necessary

Molly is my blonde spirit animal and Sasha is M's tough but squishy spirit animal. The rental market in Juneau is difficult and even with those two cute mugs we (and everyone else with dogs) struggled to find a suitable abode that was both big enough for our crap and that accepted larger dogs. Rental gripes aside, the time was right to buy and the girls were happy to have some space to stretch their legs.