Non-verbal communication

The other night while playing with the dogs, Thomas stood holding a stuffed toy at arms length and encouraged Lola to leap for it. She played coy, not confident enough to jump five and a half feet straight in the air. Lola made small jumps or tried to climb up Thomas' body to reach the toy but did not have any success. She sat down a few times hoping that if she was patient Thomas would just give up and hand her the toy. I sat back cheering her on and trying to coax her to jump higher. This went on for about five minutes all while Henry sat beside me patiently watching, waiting, and little did we know, calculating. Finally he had had enough. Without warning, from a sit about six feet away, Henry leapt past me over a standing Lola and BANG! He snatched the toy from Thomas' hand, gliding through the air and landing on the other side of the room. He casually turned back to see our faces stunned in amazement. Henry casually dropped the toy and said to Lola, "That's how it's done, bitch."

He wouldn't fit through the shredder

Smiley

If a dog can smile then this is Lola smiling. She will flip on her back so I can rub her belly but after a few seconds I get bored and poke and tickle her. She never rolls over or tries to get away. She just growls and opens her mouth almost to say I'M GOING TO BITE YOU! But see that eye? That's her begging for more.

In the weeds

In between the working, sleeping and endless jaw gnashing I managed to take some pictures. Not very many but at least there were one or two that I thought decent enough to share. On the plant that gave me two beautiful pink flowers a week ago appeared this white and lavender bloom.

And just for fun, here's a "Behind the Scenes at Heather Ink" photograph for you.

A weekend at home

The weather was perfect this weekend, 72 and sunny with a slight breeze. In between working and cooking I tried to get outside as much as I could. I think the pups appreciated it!

I also found this little gem hanging out in one of my potted barrels. I planted them last year but they didn't do anything. I couldn't get them to bloom, I thought I was a calla lily failure, so I ripped them out. Or so I thought. There's about four new plants popping up and I'm so excited. What's better than a pink calla lily?