Caturday: Art

Shortly after Flick died I contacted an artist to have him preserved as a work of art.  Leah Davies does pet portraits in a number of mediums and after some discussion with her and some consideration I commissioned her to do a pencil drawing of my too quickly departed cat.

I liked the look of her drawings and to me it felt right.  It would be like a fading memory, still with me but softened.  The picture I chose for her to work from was one I’d shared after Flick died, of him helpfully sitting in the empty water dish.

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Caturday: Art

Graham’s Story: The Puppinating

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Hershey was never a puppy.  She sprang fully formed from Zeus’ head after he suffered a nine month migraine….No, wait, that was Athena.  Anyway, Hershey came into my life at six months, so aside from gaining 20 lbs. and a good deal of confidence she didn’t really change that much.  I never had house train her, or teacher her to pull walk on a leash; she was a great, some assembly required starter dog.

Graham on the other hand…

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Graham’s Story: The Puppinating

Thievery!!

It’s strawberry season!  I don’t know if that’s true in the rest of the country (or world for that matter) but here in California the little roadside stands that have stood closed for months are now open to sell their poor-traveling  wares to a grateful public.  In between work and home I passed by a stand and practically caused an accident as I careened into the little dirt parking lot and skidded to a stop.  A few minutes later I was walking back to my car with a half flat of these beauties.

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Thievery!!

Graham’s Story: The New Toy

A few years back, when Hershey was the only dog, we discovered an exciting new toy.  One day at one of the dog parks we went to there was suddenly a commotion at the fence, and Hershey was right in the middle of it.  While often “commotion at the dog park” is a synonym for “unexpected trip to the vet” it was not the case that day.

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Graham’s Story: The New Toy