Gloria Sola Gates!
Der Psalter 127:4-5
Wie Pfeile in der Hand eines Starken, so sind die Söhne der Jugendzeit.
Wohl dem, der seinen Köcher mit ihnen gefüllt hat! Sie werden nicht zuschanden, wenn sie mit ihren Feinden verhandeln im Tor.
Psalm 127:4-5
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the sons of one's youth. Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.
Here we are in the field behind our house(see the 12th century castle lichtenburg in the background?) with our latest addition to the clan. Gage calls him the hee-hee foo-foo (hee-hee is horsie and foo-foo is woof backwards). Our horsie roof roof is affectionately called Gustav or Gus and his official name is Bulbus Vom Hause Wagner(see his pedigree at http://great-dane.vomhausewagner.com/prog3/dogs/pedigree.mv?en+19417). He comes from the "anatomy" litter. His name may bring us lots of future stud contracts. Mr. Wagner is a veternarian/Great Dane breeder quite renowned in this area. Gus' German blood lines come from his Italian father and his French mother. He is four months old and is so heavy we cannot hoist him into the back of the Excursion. He is not supposed to jump until he is older so he uses a ramp to get in and out of the car.
Gus is everything we could hope for in a dog and then some...he is so gentle his own bark startles him. The first night home the kids put pillows all around him and slept with the new baby on the floor. He is just like a toddler, wobbly on the stairs, tasting everything he sees and distracted by every little flutter. Unlike our toddlers he doesn't use a diaper and upon his first "little" accicedent I completely validated Gages half horse half dog surveyance. Wow!
We already love Gus and appreciate him for the extra affection he bestows to anyone in his path. We see him growing up with our little cubs who will be off to college when he sees his old age. We hope to have many adventures with our new pal. May God grant him health and safety and lots of bladder control...
A neighbor came to the door today, Saturday, to let us know that twice a year here in Germany, you are allowed to put out in front of your house all the stuff you want to get rid of but can't put in the trash cans like old wood and metal scraps broken furniture, old bikes etc. We put out an old metal mattress springs, some particle board, a satellite dish, broken toy stroller some old carpet, a tv, a vaccuum and broken bunk bed pieces (this stuff was all here when we moved in.)