the president hurried to the north portico and the greeting took place on time.the president and mrs. bush were playful with each other. they affectionately called each other names. spot, one of the puppies of millie, was the president's dog and companion. sometimes during the day he would take a short break from the oval office and hit a tennis ball that the dog would chase and return. spot, born at the white house also died there a few years later. her health deteriorated rapidly in her few months. on the night before spot died, the president carried her to the southbound where they had played so much ball. he lay beside her on the ground wrapping him self around her, so gently and stroking herself -- stroking her on her head. those of us who watched were drawn to tears. minix morning, he could not take her to the doctor's office to be euthanized. he said that he had set his goodbyes. i asked mrs. bush if she wanted us to take spot. she said no, i will do it. the president was an athlete of extraordinary skills, this was supported when his doctors measured his

white house through the east rim, the three parlors, the state dining room and exit through the north portico. i was responsible for administering the executive residence of the white house and directing the 92 members of the residence staff, the staff is comprised of the administrative usher's office, the curator's office, which takes care of the extensive furnishings of a stork nature -- historic nature, and all the paintings of the white house. they responsible for the calligraphy office produces a handwritten invitations to white house events. the florist shop that provides cut flower arrangements throughout the residence and for all events. the housekeeping staff, the food and beverage preparation and service staff, which included the executive chef, a pastry chef, three assistantships and their kitchen store, as well as the maÎtre d'and six butler's. without leaving them out certainly the maintenance staff. the white house is the consummate this old house. it included highly skilled carpenters electricians, operations engineers, furniture handlers, painters and plumbers. the chief usher

north half of the garden, and this was the part of the design and they asked the bird -- they asked the participants to continue to participate in, and the presidential colonnade here is modeled after the porticom the white house. visiting a day with president ford, we walked up to the central plaque commemorating his presidency here. there is a quotation of his inaugural speech included in the plaque. and the bronze plaque piece is from the department of the treasury, and we call this the colonnade because it has a list of all the presidents past and present here. he was telling me about the museum in michigan and he was wanting to have at that time more connection to his birthplace, but it was just fun to stand there with him and to talk about the things that he saw here and the things that he would like to see in michigan as well as that connection between his birthplace and where he grew up. we are located at the interpretive gazebo. this design of this gazebo is representative of a high portion or a tower of the home. each one of these windows here show a little segment of president ford's life. the next window around covers some of his presidency. it shows things that were important to h

north half of the garden, and this was the part of the design and they landscape architectural professionals were asked to participate in, and the presidential colonnade here is patterned after the south portico from the white house. visiting that day with president ford, we walked up to the central plaque commemorating his presidency here. there is a quotation of his inaugural speech included in the plaque. and the bronze plaque piece is from the department of the treasury, and we call this the presidential colonnade because we have a list of all the presidents past and present on all of the tablets here. when we were standing up the plaque -- at the plaque he was telling me about the museum in michigan and he was wanting to have at that time more connection between the museum and his birthplace, but it was just fun to stand there with him and to talk about the things that he saw here and the things that he would like to see in michigan as well as that connection between his birthplace and where he grew up. we are located at the interpretive gazebo. and this design of this gazebo is representative of a high portion or a tower of the home. in each one of these windows here, there is a little