So here's the short of it, 
Sophie has a visitor this evening. 

And here's the long.

This little beauty is named Nora and she's going to spend the night with Sophie.

She wandered into the circle sometime this morning when I was out working in the garden.  I saw my young neighbor, Anna chasing this pup around.  Anyway, about noon, Anna's Mom called to tell me that the pup was a lost little one and that they had called the number on her Tag, but that they had to leave and were concerned about leaving her on a tie out and they don't have a fence.

So we brought her over here and she's been here since.  She's doing just fine.

The number on her Tag gets us to the agency that is supposed to help us reunite her with her owners.  Gina and I have both called.  They told us her name, but they won't give us the owners specific information.  They finally did tell me the street the owners live on.  It's a split street!  Part of it is near here and part is over on the other side of the neighborhood.

Gina and I both think that maybe the owners are away on vacation, since there's been no contact from them.  So she can stay here for a few days.  She's just as sweet as she can be and she's very pleased to let Sophie be the boss.  She's found the cat, but she's just interested in her, not at all trying to bother her.  So Sophie will have a girlfriend around for a bit (whether she wants it or not!).

Wish us luck finding Nora's owners!