Oh god the belly.
I spent today making chocolates. And made a really dumb mistake which might make them all turn out poorly. But oh well, ‘poorly’ in chocolate terms is still better than no chocolates at all.
It looks shaved, but damned if I know why they’d do that. Or, indeed, how, without getting mauled.
Have you ever just wanted to go up to an entirely random stranger and say ‘I really need a hug right now?’ It has been a constant temptation for me over the past few weeks (although not a huge temptation until a couple days ago, when I finally got rid of the last vestiges of my cold, because who wants to hug a drippy person?) Looks like this golden retriever got up the nerve to do just that.
Out in front of a local watering hole. Called “Brew Bros”. I can’t even stand to look at the sign. So cringeworthy.
A perfect axis-snorgling!
For your belated Christmas day, something a little special: I found some people at Macy’s and badgered them mercilessly until they let me take pictures of them ‘interviewing’ one of the window puppies for possible adoption. I do not know what their ultimate decision was, but I have every hope that this as-yet-unnamed-by-them puppy was able to melt their hearts.
I got some video too but I do not have the energy to upload it today. Maybe some other time. Apple’s Live Photos are amazing for this sort of thing, but the effort involved in putting them on WordPress is just not something I can face right now.
There she was, in the window, never suspecting what fate had in store for her.
She seemed very perplexed by the kong toy. Certainly entertained by it too, though.
Jerked suddenly from her window into a world she never knew existed, she… hmm. That seems unnecessarily dramatic. Anyway, she had to be taken out of the window regularly for poop breaks.
She was shaking for about the first ten seconds of the adoption interview, and then she totally calmed down.
She absolutely adores people, even crowded around her.
Going to let the next few go without captions or hovertext.
Just so photogenic. Note the tiiiiny bit of tongue peeking through. (From here on has hovertext.)
During the hiatus between Christmas and now, word came in: it is official. This pup’s name is Zuzu (after the little girl in It’s A Wonderful Life), and she has been formally adopted by these fine folks. Here are a couple of pictures of her in her new home.
I love the natural racing stripe. I bet she’s fast.
Okay, that’s just too much.
An introduction to the realities of having a puppy. Eh, I’m sure this cutie will master house training in no time.
I have no idea what happened to make the site go down. It may happen again. Hopefully I’ll catch it before someone else reminds me this time. (I know what I was doing to it in the last week, but that shouldn’t have made it go down…)
Anyway, happy New Year’s, everyone. I know a lot of people saying they’re happy to see the back end of 2016, but I can’t help but look at some of the stuff going on in Europe and Asia, and, well, in the US as well, and think of this song.
Holidays, plane flights, a dog-sit from today through the 2nd, and my first TWO colds in two years, back to back! 2016 has definitely not been my year. Sniffle sneeze snort. Working on a long belated Christmas post. Soon, soon.
On the up side, the dog in question is sprawled on the sofa next to me with his hind legs in my lap. So that’s nice.
Everyone’s going to bed, with visions of sugar-glazed mousies dancing in their heads!
Someone does not seem to have quite grasped the concept.
Hope you’re sleeping like kittens.
Tell me you don’t love that position. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you… the FACEPAW!
Yorkie mixes, maybe? Scruffy little pups, to be sure. There are more like ’em waiting at Macy’s in San Francisco… come on down and adopt a little bundle of cute!
I think someone just wanted to be left in peace for a while. I can sympathize: playing for an audience can be so exhausting!
Accio (8, male) the shiba inu is, of course, named after the summoning spell from Harry Potter. (I asked specifically, because I’m a geek like that.) Apparently that’s because when they call him he comes over, which seems quite reasonable.
Accio was totally friendly, and apparently not at all hungry. Mom offered him a treat to make him pose, and he was totally uninterested.
Got to admit, I don’t run across many dogs who just pass up the treats.
Sudden inrush of people.
I ran into two (2) adorable dogs on MUNI yesterday. One was Chef the adorable 8-month-old corgi puppy with his own instagram, and the other you will see tomorrow.
Chef was mostly being very good, but you could tell he really wanted to play with the dog across the aisle. He kept looking up at mom like ‘Can I NOW? PLEEEEASE?’
This is him gazing over at the other dog in longing.
I ran into Blue and his dad today, wandering around Mission Bay. And I was my usual “Oh my god what a gorgeous dog” and his dad said, “Yeah, you took some pictures of him and then NEVER POSTED THEM hint hint hint.” So I took some more. And then I went and looked and wouldn’t you know it, the old ones are actually better than the new ones. I’d even started editing them, I just couldn’t narrow it down so I left it ‘for later’.
I’m bad like that.
Humongous for a husky. And very fluffy. And pretty!
I’ve almost never met a husky who was serious. Blue is no exception.
Those eyes.
And that expression. Reminds me of Calvin and Hobbes.