Truman Enjoys his Yard

To update one of Chris's previous posts, Truman is starting to enjoy hanging out in his yard. This is particularly true during the day, when the other option is to hang out inside and listen to me curse as I study for the boards (first one on Monday, woo-hoo!).
And also from a previous post, he found a favorite spot in the corner; this was the one for which I wanted a ground cover to keep him from getting too muddy. I took June's advice on sedum....well, actually, I said, "what's that?," looked it up, and realized that was the stuff growing around the backyard retaining wall. But it seems ideal - soft but durable, easy to grow, and needs little water. I planted a few starter sedums in that spot last week.
A couple days ago, after Truman had a long session in the backyard, I walked out to find:

Well, this picture was after partial repair of the damage. The hole he had dug was deeper, and the dirt covered the rock that is in the bottom left. You may see the small bit of sedum left at about 3 o'clock. Little bastard.

I actually have mixed feeling about this. As Truman is a former lab research animal, he wasn't very well socialized, and we keep joking that he forgot how to be a dog. We had never seen him dig anything before, but I guess he never had much of a chance. But why does he have to start now?

My theory is that he was trying to find cooler soil as he sat in the sun, as the hole is about Truman-sized.

Meanwhile, when he is inside, he has found a new place to hang out:

The bathroom has radiant heat floors, and he has even figured out when the timer turns it on.

On an unrelated topic, I have softened my stance on weeds. This is the vegtable garden:

These plants were already growing when we moved in, and we wondered what the previous owners had left behind for us. They didn't appear to be weeds, and were flowering in July. We met the old owners at the block party, and much to our surprise they said they hadn't planted anything this year. They did rattle off a list of plants they had the year before, includes squash and tomatillos.

Uh oh...could these be weeds? Last week, the fruit started to appear, and confirmed that these are indeed tomatillos. Personal experience and research have confirmed two things about tomatillos: they are delicious in salsa, and they are classified as an invasive weed in Washington.