Gracie Was Here

We had some company this Thanksgiving. Our daughter came home for only overnight and the Feast. She had to return so she'd be at work the next day( damn that having to earn a living) as did her husband. They brought their pets and, while she was in the backyard, the younger dog excavated this small hole in an empty garden. (That's her pawprint just beside the beginning of the hole.) It's a good microcosim; we love having them home and when they must leave there's a little hole left behind. But we cover it up and make it all even again so it will be smooth for the next time they are here.