...a dog's day "afternoon"

so when last I wrote...Molly was discovering her new bed...
[her wrinkled face makes her look sad...she wasn't]

after I finished my last post...
I came out to find this...



she was asleep with her head on her "Octo-Korg" toy...
dead to the world...

when I called her name...
she "roused"...

and then it began...



the s-t-r-e-c-h-i-n-g...



and the dogsong that accompanies it...
[a lot like whale song...but with rowhff-ing...
sliding vocalization and grunting...]



all the while... dog yoga...[hmmm]


so after she carries on like this a bit more...
she jumps up...we attach the lead...
and go "out"...

I had planned to plant things today...
but put that on hold for the time being...

we only had about 2 hours until "vet time"...
so after a walk around the block...
we went to the back yard...

there are a few "breeches"[holes] in the fence...
so I'm not comfortable putting her there, unattended...
until the fence is fixed[replaced]...
also...the "back yard" is Piglet's Magic Kingdom...
and I wouldn't want to freak or displace her...

once in the yard... I unhooked the lead...
and sat, comfortably, in one of the green chairs...
[that I haven't "fit" in since 1986...]
watching her explore...



she wandered back by the peach tree...



being drawn to one of the fence "problem" areas...
I encouraged her to leave it alone...
and Molly did...



about that time... the Piglet was roused...
and when admonished to NOT CHASE...
Molly didn't...



she continued "exploring"...
always coming out of the undergrowth as soon as I called her...
the Piglet & Fluff beat it to my bedroom...
and hid under the bed for the duration...

since Molly was so good...
I let her come with me into the driveway...
as I planted the mums & marigolds...
she stayed "right there"...
or came as soon as I called her...

she seems to know that she's "Molly"...
I don't know where that name came from...
I've never had an animal named Molly...
but my neighbors to the north had 2 dogs named Molly...

when the first one died...
JF went to the shelter...
got another big black & white dog...
and named her Molly...

and one of Mom's last 2 dogs was named Molly...
the other was "Tisha"...
and my Molly looks just like her...
same soulful eyes...



I'd say this Molly is smiling now...
[the tail was going real fast...
and she was "singing" a happy song...]