Dear Zak,

I called in to the ZNSPCA office today to see Molly. She has just been spayed so we have to wait until Friday until we can pick her up. Yes, we are adopting another dog! Themba needs a playmate who can keep up with him now that Tia is getting on in years and Molly fits the bill at less than two years old.

Molly was found on the streets of Marondera, a small town about 80km to the east of here, just over a month ago. Marianne saw a post about how nobody had come forward to claim her and her future was not looking good so we decided to meet her. So last Wednesday we took along Themba and Tia to the ZNSPCA office on Enterprise road to see how they got along. They got on fine if one can call ignoring each other that. Molly (she didn’t have a name then) eventually came up to me for attention.

Today there was another guest – a puppy that had been confiscated off puppy vendors on the weekend. He was very sweet with a furiously wagging tail, desperate for attention and very grateful for the treats I’d brought Molly and some attention. Rejoice asked me what they should call him and I suggested Tuku after Oliver Mutukudzi, a famous local musician who died a few years back.

Poor little fellow, I hope someone offers him a home. Both he and Molly instinctively knew how to sit when being offered food. I tried Molly with the human version of a play-bow; patting the ground with both hands flat. She responded by tearing around the pen! I think she’ll fit right in.

I took Themba to work with me this afternoon. On the way back through ART Farm I let him out of the truck for a run. He’s not the runner you were my boy, loping along behind the truck in all the dust so I got him to jump back in after a short while which he did with indecent haste!

Like you, he’s a good-looking boy.

Miss you and love you as always.