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How do they KNOW?

I’m reading this book that Laura C loaned Tim. On the cover is a portrait of a man and a dog. I made Tim SWEAR to me when he loaned me the book that no dog dies, and I don’t know if he’s read it, but he said he’d already gleaned that information before offering it to me.

Still, the book is REALLY pulling my heartstrings. I have a cold (who doesn’t HATE a summer cold?), so I’ve been taking it easy today. I was lying on the bed without a dog in sight (although Margot was under the bed composing her latest poem called Are Tim’s Dogs Ever Going Home?), when I decided to close the book so I could get up and start dinner. Except as I closed the book, the story overcame me and I let out this kind of snuffle, and suddenly three dogs arrived from different parts of the house to kiss my face and squirm under my hands and wag and nuzzle and let me know that they were there and all was well.

After I thanked them and they dispersed, Margot came out from under the bed to advise me that she’d been ready just in case the pack didn’t meet expectations.

30 Days of Creativity: Day 22

Today, I went back to Keri Smith’s wonderful This is Not a Book, page 156:

Braving the mosquitoes and the heat to go on my adventure, I came to a stop sign, walked ten more steps, and looked down at:

My feet (with professionally polished toenails, because there’s nothing like a good pedicure)
Gravelly asphalt with some dead leaves
A bed of beautiful, pale yellow lantana

I do love lantana, and it’s very forgiving of our heat and soil. We used to have some come up next to the house, but after we turned that area into a stone-covered walking path, it hasn’t come back. I think it will; it just needs to find a way past The Oleander That WIll Not Die. (I secretly congratulate the oleander, even though I know if we let it go unchecked, it’s reaching its poisonous branches toward Tim’s windows, seeking vengeance for that day.)

For 30 Days of Creativity.
Photo shot with my Nikon; I added the Polaroid effect using Picnic.

30 Days of Creativity: Day 21

I went back to the kitchen for today’s creative effort. Here are the results:


Breads: homemade banana nut bread and cornbread
Soup: lentils, beef, carrots, onions, potatoes, peas, green beans, rice, corn, celery
Salad

Oh, and Tim got creative, too, JUST FOR LINDSEY:

Which made Margot smile.

For 30 Days of Creativity.

30 Days of Creativity: Day 16

For around ten thousand years, or at least since 2002, I’ve used this tiny sketch pad (approximately 5.5 x 4 inches) to make simple line drawings of things I see in Montrose or around The Compound. There really aren’t that many sketches in it because I keep forgetting I have it. Whenever I find it again, I’m always surprised by how much I enjoy looking back at the sketches and vow to do more of them.

Here’s the first new one I’ve done in two years:

For 30 Days of Creativity.

30 Days of Creativity: Day 2

Today’s effort for 30 Days of Creativity may seem strange to people, but it has the unqualified approval of four three of The Compound dogs. As those of you who’ve read Tim’s or my LJ for any length of time know, we feed our dogs raw diet. To give them the kind of nutrients their wild ancestors would have gotten by eating prey (and their prey’s stomach contents), I add vegetables to the raw meat, bones, and organs they eat. The reason this process is “creative” will be explained below. I promise there are no gross photos behind the cut–unless vegetables frighten you.

Please click here for photos.

Maggie

Maggie occasionally stayed at The Compound, where she received Tim’s care and Pixie’s enthusiastic friendship. She’s a true testament to the forgiving and resilient nature of dogs. Maggie has been adopted into a new home, where she has a canine brother who loves playing with her. I know she’ll thrive–not a bad outcome for a dog rescued from death row by Scout’s Honor.

You can see more photos of Maggie and other Scout’s Honor dogs in this Flickr group, as well as find dogs and cats who need foster and forever homes on the the Scout’s Honor website.

Button Sunday

Can’t resist sharing the arrival of The Canadians to The Compound:


‘Nathan and Dan don’t seem too traumatized by the blindfolds.
Maybe because their escorts let them wear their glasses on top of the blindfolds.
Maybe because Dan doesn’t realize his blindfold has SKULLS on it.
Maybe because they don’t take penguins seriously.
Always a mistake.