Always Happy Never Bored

My father Warren Owens Lamb was a gifted civil engineer and worked for two of the best construction companies in Nashville as an estimator, winning jobs for them for Vanderbilt, Peabody, Hospitals, Churches, and government buildings in Nashville plus projects in other Tennessee cities . But to me one of his finest accomplishments was the house he built for his wife and very young daughter (me) in 1950.  Prior to this he had designed and built a house for his mother and one for his new bride on Kirtland Ave, circa 1941. The houses were side by side on a lot by grandmother acquired in 1933 after the death of her husband Charles Ira Lamb. The house he built for his family had two stories and I have often thought one of the reasons he decided to build a second one was to make it one story, as my mother told me she found out I had learned to walk when she saw me at the bottom of the stairs from my upstairs bedroom. And living right next door to more relatives may have also been an issue. So

 Obviously since the dog is helping guard this blog, we just have to talk about him. A tri-color King Charles Cavalier Spaniel I names Gahanza, a little man that is my constant companion. He entered my life in 2014, the first dog in my life since the 1980's.  I had met many Cavaliers over the years owned by friends, so I knew he would be just what I needed.  Loving but very independent, which was good for me when I was still working. Very energetic as a puppy, now more of a snooze hound as he is aging. He still loves his toys, especially the soft ones that squeak. Smart too, he has learned some words, such as crate, lunch, outside, couch, banana, bed, and in. I could not have asked for a more perfect dog, and we have kept him at an enviable weight of 23 pounds. He and I will post about him from time to time with lots of photos.