Gone Down to Gate Tree

Veronica and Papa went down to "The Gate Tree" to visit Ninong and Ninang recently, for a day of used book store shopping, eating Nenong Mike's ribs, and having a good ole time on the recently de-ivy-ed porch. Contrary to Papa's paranoid fears, Horace the Hell Hound didn't eat any of Veronica's fingers or toes, and was, in fact, a very good boy. We want to get a dog like him, one day.