2018 September – Good decision, Mum is ill, Effort, Pines

Good Decision

This is a picture of me on point during our walk in the woods today.

This is just before I saw another dog in the distance.  I started to get a bit agitated and barky.

Then Mum took me off-road.

Good decision.

I like it when Mum makes a good decision because I usually get a treat (sometimes more than one).  Also I get to sniff out off-road stuff.

Sometimes I’m not really in the mood to go off-road but today I was.   I have four paw drive after all.

I think I have found a fox lair.

I had to make sure, so I was sniffing round the entrance of some pretty big holes in the ground for a pretty long time.  You can’t be too careful these days.  By the time I had finished exploring the other dog was long gone.

It missed out big time.

It was chasing sticks.

I don’t do that.

We also met some cyclists on the way back.  I barked and jumped around a lot but they just grinned at me and went past at speed.  No respect.

Mum had something from Swan Lake playing on Classic FM on the way home.  She said it was melodic and melancholy.

Whatever.

There was a lot to bark at on the way home so I barked loudly along with the music. Mum didn’t seem overly thrilled with my singing voice.

She has no taste.

 

 

Mum is ill

This is a picture of me waiting for Mum to get better.

Note to self.  Mum is not permitted to be ill.  Ever.

It is very inconvenient to me.  I nearly rang the RSPCA a couple of times.

Of course I am fed, let out to sit in the sun, plenty of water, groomed and given treats, but still.   Standards have slipped and it’s starting to affect my inner psyche, whatever that is.

Well, Mum being ill won’t be happening again I can tell you.  I have made that clear to Mum by giving her a VERY long look.   She has sighed in agreement, so that’s a contract in my eyes.

Lawyer offspring #3, make a note please.

(PS: I was a little bit worried about her this time, she isn’t getting any younger you know).

 

 

Effort

I have had breakfast, been on my walk and had a chew stick.

Now I am lying in the sun.

I would complain that there is not enough chicken on offer but that would involve effort.

Mum is still doing work stuff, which does seem to involve considerable effort.   I don’t know why she bothers.   She says it pays the bills and keeps me in chicken.

On reflection, perhaps she needs to work a bit harder because there is always room for more chicken.

The good news is that she seems to be in a far more reliable phase at the moment, so paws crossed that continues.

 

Pines

This is where we went for a walk today.

It is a hot day and it smells sharply of pine resin because there are a lot of conifers.  Mum likes the smell, she says it reminds her of holidays in Greece or the south of France.

I am sniffing at something here, I expect is is unlikely to be pine resin because that’s just not my bag.

 

Bored

This is a picture of me looking extremely bored.

Because I am.

Mum has been exceptionally boring and doing stuff on the inter-web. Which is quite boring for me actually.  Have I mentioned that?

I heard a rumour that we might be going out later.  I hope so because I am bored.

Mum has been telling me about the mystery of the Universe in 10 objects – from supermassive black holes to exploding dwarf stars.

I hope she’s not buying an exploding dwarf star on the inter-web – it’s the sort of stupid thing she would do you know.   I guess if she did then my day of boredom would be over.  Probably for ever.

Do you reckon I deserve a chew stick by now?

That is a rhetorical question.

Of course I do.

I just need to convince the powers that be (Mum).  Leave it to me.  Maybe if I bark loudly at something (or nothing) I can distract her from the inter-web and her crazy shopping spree.

 

Saffron’s recommendations this month:

Music

R.E.M. – (NOT named after rapid eye movement, apparently)

Describing their own songs as minor key, mid-tempo, enigmatic, semi-folk-rock-balladish things.  Good enough for me.

It’s the End of the World as We Know It

Drive

Man on the Moon

Everybody Hurts

Nightswimming

Losing My Religion

The One I Love

 

Reading:

The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger, published by Penguin

Yup, if you haven’t read this book by now…..???

 

Film:

Manchester By the Sea

The film is a treatment of profound grief from which it is difficult or impossible to recover.  There is also some harsh humour.  Have a strong drink next to you.