Jonathan Boynton and Shaghig Kodbashian, two of my friends from Sacramento, came for a 4 day visit at the end of April and hit picture perfect weather.

After touring Biltmore House, we drove back to my house, got Abner, and went back for a hike on the estate. We frequently run into other people with dogs at Biltmore and Abner usually tries to engage anyone that is remotely friendly in some kind of play. When the dog is considerably smaller, it usually consists of lying down and trying to appear vulnerable so the little dog will pretend to attack. This schnauzer was pretty cautious though and never really went for the attack.

This isn't a still from Little Shop of Horrors and Shaghig isn't being devoured by an azalea. Jonathan just likes to take corny pictures of her from time to time. . .and I like to publish them.

Here are the two of them posing at the boat house on the Bass Pond. The water level is quite low right now due to repair work being done on the dam. Most incovenient that they do this when I have guests but surprisingly they didn't call to clear it with me.