Archive for June, 2005
guilt
Jun 23rd
Justice is sick. He’s not just a little sick. He’s back in the hospital, has pneumonia sick.
And I feel guilty.
I had a sinus infection and conjunctivitis last week and the week before and I wonder if I got him sick.
When I’m around him, I can resist hugging and kissing him. He’s so sweet. He’s so beautiful. His smile lights up the world. When he stretches his arms out to me, I want to hug him to me.
And I did.
*sigh*
I guess I worry more just because things affect him so much. It worries me that I may do something to harm him. I don’t like thinking I could do that…even unintentionally.
the secret language of animals
Jun 18th
While I was out watering my flowers and trees this morning, one of my neighbors drove by with her horse in a horse trailer. The horses next door went running up to the fence calling out. The horse in the trailer starting neighing back to the corralled horses. This went on for the entire time she was driving by (which takes a few minutes because it’s a very potted dirt road).
My neighbors dogs run up to our fences every time Dakota and I go outside. Dakota will run the length of the fence with them, tails a-waggin’ and you can tell they are having a great time doing this.
The llamas are interesting. They chirp…loudly. There is a black llama that chirps whenever the females are in his sight. In fact, my neighbor had to separate the llamas because he would get so aggressive with the females and it would cause fights.
The funniest thing, though, is when my brother brings his Great Pyrenees over. They will roam around my property and the llamas go bezerk. They start chirping up a storm. I’m not sure if they think the dogs are llamas or if they are calling out warning but they don’t retreat. They run up to the fences. The dogs mosy on over to check them out and then move on.
I love hearing the animals and watching them engage in this communication. The horses are typically so quiet until they see another one and then they become lively. The llamas, likewise, are very quiet.
I smile when I hear this and stop to watch how it all works out. They are all a bit excited for a bit afterward and it’s fun to see them so lively.
quote of the day
Jun 15th
“Anything that excites me for any reason, I will photograph; not searching for unusual subject matter, but making the commonplace unusual.”
~ Edward Weston ~
cute
Jun 12th
Willow and I are driving along in the Sedona area, enjoying the red rocks when I see two little quails crossing our path. I point them out to Willow and she says she’s seen quails before. She tells me about the little thing on top of their heads that wiggle.
I nod and say, “Yes, and they have red heads.”
She confirms and says to me, “But they don’t get sunburns the same way we do.”
Willow and I both redheads.
I chuckle. What more can I say to that?
silly
Jun 10th
Dakota, my beloved beagle, usually hates fruits and vegetables. That doesn’t stop him from begging, though. Sometimes I’ll just give some to him just to see his expression.
So, I’m laying in bed, feeling sicker than a dog (heh) today and I decide I need some grapes. I need the juice and the vitamins from them. I’m thinking they’ll make me feel better.
I’m propped up on pillows, big bowl of grapes in my lap, and up jumps my baby.
He sits there, looking at the bowl, looking at me, looking at the bowl…and I can’t resist. I give him one.
He rolls it in his mouth, drops it on the bed, picks it up, rolls it again, and does this about 10 times. Finally, one of his teeth punctures it and he gets the juice.
Plop!
Out comes the broken grape.
But he plays with it…picking it up, tasting it, and putting it down again. He does this about 5 times until the entire skin of the grape is empty of flesh.
He leaves the skin on my bed!
Then he looks at me and wants more.
So I give him one. This time, he’s smarter and punctures it right away and cleans it out of the skin much faster.
He makes me laugh. When I went to pick up the skins, he had to check them out one more time just to make sure he had gotten everything he wanted.
Silly boy.
alfresco
Jun 1st
adjective or adverb ~ taking place or located in the open air: outdoor, outdoors
The restaurant has a lovely outdoor patio for customers who want to dine alfresco on warm spring evenings.
Merriam-Webster’s 365 New Words Calendar, www.pageaday.com, Workman Publishing
