flowers

it is the year 2012. 

twenty twelve.

 twelve.

however you choose to look at it 

make sure you stop to smell it. 

the flowers it brings you, that is. 

and if you really like it, 

you can eat it. 

down. stay.

no matter what you do in life, you must always maintain respect. 

Christmas Spirit

merry christmas!

look for reindeer in the sky tonight. 

i don't know about you, but i am going to share my carrots with them.

fa la la la laaaaaaaa!

(p.s. up and running again, so stay tuned)

ummm, nope.

tsk.tsk.tsk.

seriously. if you are looking for a new job in this economic climate of crisis...well...i challenge you to invent any dog toy, really - any. dog. toy. to top this. dog. toy. people - who would really want to chew on a prophylactic? much less one who appears to be begging, no pleading for it's life...

do it. 

do! 

it!

now!

make your mark.

make some money...

hunny.

if this thing can cost 7 euro - well, then - anything goes. 

fa la la la la!

 hello.

we have just put up christmas.

without too much of a fight.

put-a-cork-in-it!

sometimes it gets noisy 'round here. very noisy. sometimes you just want to tell someone to put a cork in it. and that's ok. 

zeus demonstrates how easy it can be.

"L" is for Layla

it's september and it is back to school time on this side of the world. christina comes home smelling of children, pencils, markers, laughter, excitement, discussion, hopes, fears, dreams, doubts and certainties...the energy is intense and it's all gooood.

this also means that i must wait at home until she returns. often times people ask her if it's fair to have a dog cooped up in an apartment. truth be told, i sleep, mostly, when she is away. sometimes i wrestle with mojo, but mostly i dream of good times past and good times to come.

i look forward to my morning walks. 30 minutes, down to the park and up and around. see the usual suspects, smell the usual smells...sometimes the unusual ones as well.

afternoon walks border on an hour plus. we map out the neighborhood and visit our usual favorite haunts. sometimes we go shopping and run the mundane errands, which are never mundane to me. we are out and about. one. together.

i love the life of a city dog. but perhaps like christina loves living here as long as she can skip out of town and/or country every now and again, so do i love visiting the country and my country kin.

night walks are short but sweet. but always there.

afternoons might entail hanging outside or inside the local "pub". weekends definitely bring social gathering and visits with human friends...

if you do it right, you too can adopt a dog and let them enjoy their life with you...even if you have to work some of the time.