November 20, 2003
Dusk Grows
Ah, I remember how this works, now... let the house go to the dogs (almost literally!) and then an hour before DH comes home, rush around like a mad woman to cook dinner, straighten things up and welcome him home with a nice cold martini!
Grazzi has decided that with Papa G absent, she is the Leader of the Pack, and I am merely a pack member. It's hard to argue with an 80-pound German Shepherd. But an interesting byproduct of her misbehaviour was this-- I've been trying to convince Sherlock that he should eat dog-- not cat-- food. I bought some tempting morsels for him yesterday and put them out. Did he eat them? Of course not! Turned up his little nose and looked at me like I was crazy. But when Grazzi came zooming upstairs rather than into her kennel and hastily gobbled down those little morsels, they suddenly became delicious and I have had no problem convincing him to eat them ever since!
Have I mentioned how cold it is here? Yesterday I took the Little One out for a walk, and he tried very hard to only walk on his hind legs! He also begged to be picked up, and so I took pity on him and bought him some winterwear:
He isn't really thrilled with the boots, but he doesn't seem to mind the coat too much.
While looking for the proper attire for him, there was a Muslim gentleman beside me, complete with turban, also looking for dog coats. I asked him if his little guy was freezing on his walk, too, and he replied, "yes! And I took off from work this morning so that I can get him something warm to wear." What we won't do for our pets :-)
Dusk is growing slowly, and I have now passed the first yarn change spot, where instead of knitting with two Oxford and one Rosewood, I now knit with two Rosewood and one Oxford. Can you see the difference?
(I can't yet, but it starts at the middle of the last diamond, the one I'm still working on).
That Sherlock is one agreeable poodle--what a good pup.
Re: Dusk Grows; your title reminded me of William Styron's memoir, "Duskness Visible".
cheers! When are you going to try being a lazy lady during your first week off?
Posted by: Lisa on November 20, 2003 12:22 PMAww, Sherlock looks too cute in his blue outfit!
Dusk is looking very nice too! Can't wait to see more of the color changes - it's kind of hard to see from the pictures in the book.
Posted by: Linette on November 20, 2003 12:39 PMwelcome to my housework world! only i just need to clean on friday as tom is here for the weekend. the bugger surprised me by coming up yesterday and i had to clean like a mad fiend! what am i going to do when he retires?
Posted by: vanessa on November 21, 2003 03:39 AMAh, yes -- dog boots. My guys wear them to keep them from ripping pads when training on hot ground or on a trip through wet grass into the show ring. The funniest part is the first time they wear them and they try to figure out how to get all four feet off of the ground at the same time :0
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