My Pug Has An Underwear Fetish

Should I be worried?

-Related to posts Because She’s A Nut and Ten Things About Sony The Pug.

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Dog Portrait Day In The Pecos Mountains

First, Rafael.


Oh, there’s the human taking my picture. Lemme give him this profile.





Oh no, my schauze looks big in that one. This side’s more flattering.





Wait, what am I thinking? Straight ahead is always the most dignified.






Next, Otis.


I’m here to save the day! Aha! I knew he’d love my Rin-Tin-Tin.






Finally, Sony.


Sony of the River. Strong, fast, deep. Wait, why don’t I get to stand in the meadow?





Way better. Man, mountain grass is good. Purple asters and daisies…yum-my!





I LOVE the mountains. Please, Mom, please, please can we move here??








Rafael, Otis, and Sony in the Pecos Mountains on July 22-24, all taken by Jim except for last two, photos © 2008 by Jim or ybonesy. All rights reserved.

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Otis & Me (My Version of Marley & Me)

Ah, it’s a beautiful day. Look at the clouds.
I think I’ll just lie down here and take a picture.







Oh, hi Otis. What are you doing? (plumph)
Otis, hey, do ya mind? You’re sitting on my chest.







Otis, really, you’re too big to lay your dog down on me.
Come on, I need to get up now.







Otie, come on, this isn’t funny, I can’t get up.
Otie, get up, boy…







Hey, you guys, help! Help me!! Someone!! (no answer)
Otis, PLEASE, let me up!







OTIS, DAMMIT, GET OFF ME NOW!!!!!!







Whew. That’s better. Thank you, Otis.









For more touching stories about people and their special relationships to dogs, check out NPR’s These Books Have Gone to the Dogs.


No animals were harmed in the making of this post. (I do have a sore lower back as a result, however.) Photos © 2008 by ybonesy. All rights reserved.

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A Girl With A Curl & Her Pug, In Spring

Sony Pepperoni, pen and ink on graph paper, doodle © 2008
by ybonesy. All rights reserved.

 
Em, my youngest daughter, has been reading and writing poetry all this month with her third-grade class. She wrote two limericks and one haiku, and she carried in her Poetry Book a poem called “My hobby” by Shel Silverstein. She read all of these poems to everyone in our family.

I asked her if I could publish on red Ravine the poems she wrote. “Yes!” was her answer. She has been eagerly awaiting the post since then.

So, without further ado, here are three poems by Em.

              




There was a girl named Pearl.
She had a big curl.
She saw a pig,
gave him a wig.
The pig met a pretty girl.




         




There was a pug called Sony.
She smelled like a piece of baloney.
So we took her to see the Soapy Dog,
people there said, “She looks like a hog.”
Because she ate so much pepperoni.




   




Spring has sprung

Flowers are blooming
Bees are buzzing all around
Sun shining brightly

-related to posts Got Poetry? (National Poem In Your Pocket Day), haiku (one-a-day), and Ten Things About Sony The Pug.

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