From the inimitable pen of Tom Lehrer:
Oh, Clementine,
Can’t you tell from the howls of me?
This love of mine
Calls to you from the bowels of me.
Are you discerning
The returning
Of this churning, burning, yearning for you?
(Hey, I didn’t say it was great, I just said it was inimitable.)
Clementine (1) is, however, great. What an amazing breed mix!
I woke up this morning feeling pretty bad. Just… so much going on, in tech, in the wider world, not a lot of it good. I’m mostly okay now, I guess. Thank goodness for dogs like Mr. Charlie (1) here.
I saw this sign up on Telegraph Hill, and must admit I was tickled, if a bit baffled.
Dolly (12) was outside the Macy’s puppy windows one day when I went, helping with the important donation-and-treat-collection tasks.
What better way to celebrate New Year’s Day than with a New Dog or two? Unfortunately it was absolute MURDER taking pictures of the window puppies this year, due to the reflections of the decorations. I did my best, though! Puppy New Year!
It’s always tough to choose dogs for special days, but I ran into Barney in the square in front of the San Francisco City Hall yesterday, and I knew he was something special. He absolutely adored me — just like he absolutely adores everyone else, I gather — but was utterly uninterested in being photographed. Getting him to look in my direction was a real challenge. He left a few ounces of hair on my sweatshirt, much of which is still there. So I figured, what the heck, he’s a good boy. Let’s let him help ring out the old year!
So is her name, and supermutting and dancing are her games! So is 3, and may well be a basenji mix, because she doesn’t bark, she just makes funny ‘woo woo’ noises sometimes. Her dad thinks she might also be part coyote, and there are quite a few of those around the neighborhood where she was found, so that’s possible too! (So is a family member of Itachi, and shares his Instagram Of Cuteness.)
There were other Christmas displays in San Francisco besides the Macy’s one. This one was projected on the side of one of our downtown buildings. It’s not just the flat bit: if you look close, you can see that it’s on the top part as well. And it was animated, too. Honestly, a little much, but still pretty neat.
I stopped by Macy’s today, and ran across a couple of adorable adoptables. If you have room in your heart (and your home) for a two-month-old pup, or especially two, go check them out at sfspca.org.
Hitachi is a five-year-old Pemmie with one floppy ear. Except when he looks up at you and peers soulfully into your eyes, at which time his ear flops back and looks like it’s standing up. SO. CUTE.
Edit: Darn it! His name is Itachi! And he’s got an adorable instagram along with his buddy ‘So’, whose name I have spelled right I promise.
