For the Love of Dog
The one and only Rhett***
An issue devoted entirely to the dogs of Violet Vale . . .
I share a bit of Chapter Thirteen,
where we meet these marvelous canines,
on YouTube here.
I know, I know, Butch is a long-haired Dachshund.
So this is him with a haircut.
It is summer when we first meet him, after all.
Some may say there’s no such thing as too cute.
Claude begs to differ.
The photographer wouldn’t even let him
rip the teddy bear to shreds.
Did you know Great Pyrenees have “self-cleaning fur”?
Freya looks relatively clean here, but I can assure you from firsthand experience that white fur gets grimy.
There is, I believe, nothing quite so wonderful
as a Labrador leaning against you
and looking up at you adoringly.
As Crackers would say:
Oh my good and gracious me.
Who wrote this content???
Lipton’s a GIRL!
Well, male, female, or non-binary,
in my not so humble opinion
Lipton is the star of the story.
If you haven’t read Two Over Easy All Day Long
and want to know more,
or if you’ve read it and want to share it
with someone you love,
hie thee to a bookseller:
Amazon.com, Bookshop.org, BarnesandNoble.com, Powells.com, etc.
Better yet, order it from your favorite local bookstore!
To all of you from Rhett-Dog:*
A Happy New Year!
May your days be filled with
everything you like best**
and nothing you like least.***
* Rhett is currently the sum total of our own Hairy Horde, and not a character in Two Over Easy All Day Long. He did model for Freya, though, so his photo is included here as an honorary member of the pack.
** Rhett would have listed belly rubs, chicken-flavored treats, roaming the fields at his favorite dog-sitter’s house, snoozing by the fire near myself or my Other Half, and any time spent with one of my adult children, or my dad - who is visiting as I write this and is one of Rhett’s new favorite people. I agreed to share his personal list of favorites because he can’t. No opposable thumbs, you know.
*** Trips to the vet, nail-trimming, mornings when it’s raining so hard we skip the walk, and any time someone Rhett has identified as a member of his flock walks out the door. Even momentarily.
The images shared here - other than Rhett’s photo - are [mostly] how I picture these sweet and silly dogs. Butch image by NORRIE3699 from Getty Images (text added). Marigold image by Alkir from Getty Images (text added). Claude image (sans squirrel toy) by Wavetop from Pexels. Freya image by JZHunt from Getty Images (text added). Callooh image by Elina Volkova from Pexels (text added). Lipton image by Petar Tutunjiev from Getty Images (text added).
