Within a week of mid June 2026, Akula crossed the Rainbow Bridge and Phantom was immediately adopted afterwards. WHAT??!!??

Retirement time has come and changed things up quite a bit. My family and I up and moved from the DFW area of north Dallas to the Arkansas north central area of the Ozarks. While it's a big change, it's not but it is a much needed reprieve from from 20+ years of Texas heat! Granted, moving ANYWHERE in summer these days is just switching dorms in Hell. Fall in this area — we are looking forward to the color change in leaves with all the trees around here.

Hummingbirds are another huge distraction for me as they are plentiful and aggressive.

Phantom came along in our last week of being in the DFW area of north of Dallas, Texas. "Honey" was at the local city shelter in Lewisville, Texas. Phantom is a 5 year old Belgian Malinois.

It's amazing how different they are from Siberian huskies. And how similar they are! I learned they are "heavy shedders". Phantom's fur matches our laminate floors so at least we don't see it! Until light hits it just right. BUT! At least it doesn't float through the air, vying for residency in my eyeballs!

MomDawg — me — needed a dog since Phantom adopted Rich. This is Sirius all over again. And how Brimstone came along. Phantom is clearly a Sirius 2.0 so I'll take this to mean BlackJack is Brimstone 2.0. His naming protocol came quickly enough with his personality/military aircraft name.

Welcome "BlackJack". He is a 2 and a half year old Doberman Shepherd mix by way of the Baxter County Sheriff's Office in north central Arkansas. BlackJack is the nickname to an Army general involved in producing missiles.

"Narc" is his nickname as he sniffs things out with the seriousness of police and military narcotics teams. They both love car rides so much that it will have its own section. Our backyard is laid out that having 2 GoPro cameras will finally pay off. Once I get things properly set up as soon as my stroke affected body will humor my wants and needs.

Again one would ask - WHAT??!!??

Timing was for or against us in various ways. The drastic changes have been a positive but moving after living in a house for 20 years you'll be wondering if you should have opted in to go on the TV show "Hoarders" BEFORE moving!

There's more to follow once I can shove all the words back into my thought process!

Meanwhile, these two dogs are plenty to grant me the wish of being to busy to always be on my computer! Thanks! ...I think....