Looking for a cute picture of Grover isn’t hard. Looking for one you haven’t seen is. Some people don’t like big dogs and I have very little patience with those “some”. We were out walking last Saturday afternoon (in the light for a change) and a couple came toward us on the other side of the street and made a comment about “their dog” not liking big dogs because they were “scary”. I just looked at those two and prayed they were childless. They weren’t even talking to me, they were talking to their dog. I just placed my hand on Grover’s head and kept moving.
Tuesday night/Wednesday morning I was awakened by Grover. When he gets up at night it’s hard to ignore. Big guy that he is. Anyway, about 3:00 a.m. he got up and went out to the living room. I got up, too, and wandered out to check. He went straight to the back door and I let him out. He went down the deck steps and to the gate. I closed the door thinking he had heard a cat or something when I heard a loud bark. Just one bark. I waited just a bit and opened the back door and called his name and he came meandering back in. It seems he felt confident that he had dealt with the problem and was ready to go back to bed. He waited for me in the hall and when I caught up, he went back to bed. I have no clue what that was about. He is certainly the master of his domain. Most of the time, anyway.
BTW, Joy asked about the WordPress avatar that has a pic of Grover. It’s only on WordPress. I don’t know how to make it work anywhere else. And, yes, Joy, I am lame.
So, this is Thursday. Another 9 day week. I think we should name a commission to look into the problem. I think we should name it the Committee On Weekdays, or COW. Another brilliant idea inspired by sleep deprivation. I marvel at my creativity and brilliance at times like this. I hope there’s medication that will help.
Since I’m still working on the Jefferson Airplane, here’s another rock solid tune from the late 60’s, right here on KWPT, a Jorma Kaukonen piece, “Embryonic Journey”. Lovely.
Have a good one!
I’m all for a committee called COW. You are often brilliant.
COW..YES!
Aaah, the 3am with Grover, had me cracking up. Considering their heightened senses, it does make you wonder… and wish they could speak the English language,eh?
I spent a fair time in youtubeland this morning, you may or may not have seen this one, but it’s my gift to you this morning, which is more of the same but a bit more recent version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuXqiVFnbY8
and this one for good measure :^)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVstafKZDYY
Happy Thursday!
Looks like Grover’s got everything under control and managed to scare off whatever it was he was protecting you from.
I’d definitely feel much safer having him around, even if it meant having to get up at 3am sometimes to let him do his job
COW is the answer.
COW for president!
NOT lame (mine doesn’t work anywhere but WordPress either, and who’s got time to worry about it) but you’ve got to admit it’s a neat photo of the boy! Sounds like he’s definitely got things under control.