Tulip's 14-Year Old Check-Up

Tulip had her annual check-up today--her 14th,
I believe (if indeed she is 14 years old).
She hates the exam but likes the staff
and really likes the abundant supply of biscuits.





We anxiously waited in the examining room.





Dr. Evans and her assistant kept saying
how beautiful she was.




All Tulip wanted was another biscuit.




Afterward we walked on the RISD beach




where she discovered a house of branches
made by RISD students

and halfheartedly tried to scare two Canadian Geese.

On our way back we come upon some young artists
intent on sketching the Narragansett Bay,





some having taken over Tulip's house!





Tuckered out, it was time get into the old blue Volvo and go home for dinner.