D.O.P.-T.

The shower we were supposed to get last night failed to materialize, so I watered the hanging plants on the porch and by the time I finished walking the dog, it was spotting rain. A bulldog jumped up in his/her picture window as we went past, and was hauled back by someone in a dressing gown. The grown-up puppy's stuffed toys have been put inside, so puppy came to greet us at the fence with a grey sock in her mouth instead.

Another comfortable tract house facing the park is for sale, $1,398,000. They've wood-chipped the front and back lawns out of existence as part of preparing it.