I know it’s hard to believe, but we are now 50 years beyond Woodstock. There are just so many memories I have from 1969 that it’ll be hard to limit this week’s column to its normal length.

Summer is almost over and there are still so many hikes you haven't tackled. What's stopping you? No buddy to go with you?

Well, here's the answer to your conundrum, in the form of our dog of the week Kuda!

At just over a year old, our cat of the week Kit is ready to rock your world. She’s got style and charm and will make your life the happiest it’s ever been. She might be little in size – five pounds! – but she has all the personality of a cat twice her size.

Over the years, including before the Internet (we’ve had The National Inquirer for decades to equally misinform us) and mainly because I’m cursed with a fairly good memory I’ve managed to “learn” a great deal of information all things being equal that I’d be just as happy to not know.

There is an old expression that goes like this: “Doctors bury their mistakes, architects plant ivy.” Admittedly, this is a crude analogy, but it is very true that vines can cover a multitude of sins.

Perhaps a more positive way to put it is that vines have the ability to soften the edges of our structures.