there are lots of things to look at in the backyard. like jimmy and joe's pretty pink kleenex tree...
or the peonies that lyn and eric gave us, which will bloom any week now...
...but of course, if you are rip and flan, you are looking at something else.
frank.
frank is the next-door neighbor's cat. he comes and sits at our back door, asking for ripley and flan to come out -- or at least, for hillel and gib to come to the back door, so they can all talk. (and probably share business cards, of which hillel has quite a collection.)
frank's owner is amazed at how well frankie gets along with the dogs, and how well they get on with him. sometimes, the three of them are just sitting outside together, in the sun.
frank is stepping on my squash plants a little too much, but, he's still welcome.