now we're back to brown everywhere... here is a portrait of the three of us... shadows look like we all have long legs but it's just....
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| now that's a smile.... I love him |
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| our puppy who has such long legs! |
We have made it past the one month mark! He is amazing, and so sweet. I've struggled with names but after watching Emily in Paris on Netflix this season, I thought....
Alfie! Yep, he looks like an alfie to me... and he seems to like it and we're getting less confused when calling him, what works best is me saying, "where's my puppy" in a singsong voice!!! He runs down the stairs, then rounds the corner and runs down the hall sliding into the final turn to come land at me sitting at the computer table! Laughing! panting! happy to be reunited again!
I had two bad migraines this week, probably neighbors putting down chemicals. He accompanied me into the bedroom, tapped my hand to say he was there, then went to his kennel bed and laid down. When I was able to see again an hour + later, he was still there, on his back, napping.
I love him....
I grew up with this song....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoNtj27a6RkAlfie: wise, knowing, ready
on our walk Alfie spotted these two, making me think he's going to be a bird or critter specialist when he grows up
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| robins are showing up and don't run from tall poodles |
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| likewise, this squirrel didn't run from either of us! |
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| He stopped in his tracks and looked up |
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| after a long watch.... he turned to look at what the squirrel saw |
our conversation starter this week:
What was your least favorite food as a child? Do you still hate it or do
you love it now?
liver in any form. Still don't like it
the other hand, I LOVE okra and tomatoes, fried okra, and okra pickles. I love squash cooked on the stove sliced thinly with thin onions and sauted til soft and sweet in butter.
I like nearly any vege or fruit. My family used to hold special dinners out at a Greek restaurant in Tarpon springs Fl. where the specialty was an enormous Greek salad complete with anchovies. I made sure to share one with my sister Patti who would trade for the anchovies... score!
when I met my husband he had never eaten a lot of Southern foods I grew up with, and now loves them. We both draw the line at canned asparagus that both our mothers served. Only fresh for us steamed with butter thanks
In my 20's I developed several food allergies/sensitivities and had to stop eating beaf/pork/eggs/corn in any form/ eggs. Corn is hidden in a lot of American products, I read a book on all the derivatives. I still swell up if I accidentally eat something with a soy product in it, and that goes back to infancy.
I once had dinner with my boyfriend's parents and they were offended when I didn't eat the pork chop, so I made myself... in distress for 3 days til the pork completely left the building.
My sister kindly asked in a snarly voice " what DO you people eat?"
(Um, apparently anything but what you make, lol) Me: "I'll just cook our food while here"
start of something sewn...
tha's it this week, aside from good books, Emily in Paris new season and survivor on tv
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