It's always good to start with pictures of Abner. He just loves to lie down in this leafy ground cover. . .although ivy is a favorite as well. Below you can see him zonked out on the balcony. When the weather is cool enough he will spend an hour or more just enjoying the breeze and periodically checking on the activity on the street below us.

This is one of the more unusual scenes I have spotted from the balcony. I didn't realize we had pedicabs in Asheville, but the woman powering this particular one up Lexington Avenue must be in pretty good shape. It is enough of a hill that people on bikes take it pretty slow. I can't imagine the load of that vehicle and its passenger.