Niki and Caleb visit

Life is zooming by, so this is a bit late, but Niki and Caleb came to visit all the way from Humbolt last week. Niki is Belinda's daughter, a wonderful friend I worked with at the I.M.F. in Tokyo whom I see whenever I get the chance. I love Belinda, and Dav and I admire her and her husband James as our role models. I'm getting to be friends with Niki too; we met at BM, and I visited her in Santa Cruz years ago. Niki just got engaged to Caleb (yay!), and is planning on partnering with a woman to raise chickens as a business... as in organic happy chickens.

I've been particularly interested in following her since Dav and I are exploring options in buying land up north for more sustainable living. Niki is educated in this, and it's good to hear her perspective, such as how access to natural water is key (duh, but seriously...).

Niki and Caleb brought their little baby puppy Penny. Tesla has never seen such a small baby dog yet, but after an initial infatuation, she backed off from Penny's hyper puppy-ness. However, Katsuo came out, much to my surprise, to make sure Penny knew her place. First, my cats usually don't come out and greet strangers, let alone a dog! Second, if one of my cats were to make a fuss about something, I'd guess Wakame. But nope; Kats came out, glared, and gave a few swipes!

It was too quick of an evening...and I look forward to hanging more with Niki, Calab, and Penny : )

Make sure you see the picture of Penny completely crashed after so much excitement, not in a corner or on some comfy pillow, but right in the middle of where she was when she crashed. Soooooooooooo cute!