New Member of the Tiny Urban Forest

This gap, from last year, 2010, to now, has been a time of dreaming and waking and not knowing which was which. But today it is raining on the rhododendrons and mountain laurel. The sound of the rain on the leaves is different from the sound of the rain through the bare trees. There is a bullfrog that croaks on occasion by the kidney shaped pool that's gone green and pond-like. The abandoned house below is sinking in the vines and trees around it. 
We have a dog again. A slightly old new dog.  He will appear often in the Tiny Urban Forest. I hope for many years.