One Hell of a Dog
Oh, Tonka.
Izak put it so perfectly: He was a great Elvrum and one hell of a good dog.
I didn’t know that I’d be so sad about Tonka being put down today, but I sit here with tears in my eyes and my face moist from the ones that have already trickled down my cheeks.
Tonka was such a good dog.
When Sydney was a puppy she’d turbo all around him and he would spread out on the ground and bat her around, letting his body and puffy coat be a soft landing for all her energy.
Oh, Tonka, we’ll miss you.
He was always ready to greet us with a tail wag and a slow hop when we’d arrive at Camp Janet, no matter what hour it was.
I liked to think of Tonka as the grandpa of the Camp Janet dog crew, accompanying Sparky and Tag on their excursions to make sure that all goes well.
That Tonka, what an exceptional member of our family.
Guard Dog & My Tat
Last night as we were falling asleep I had to warn Barry that if he woke up and saw that there was a woman with a tattoo sleeping next to him not to be too alarmed – it was just me. I had affixed a big sticker on my arm as if it was a tat. It came from the rice candy box, you know those candies that have rice paper wrapped around them? Ohhhh…..they are so delicious it is a bit ridiculous.
I found myself at the grocery store last night to pick up some rice that we needed for dinner and I ended up coming home with a very random assortment of things, one being the tasty rice candies. I think it might be unsafe for me to go grocery shopping sans list.
Wait! I had a list, remember? Rice. Anyhow, I came home with my treats and everyone was happy. After we put the Magpie in her jammies we spent a little bit of time outside enjoying the evening air. I’ve really missed the sun and the ease of being outside in the heat of the day. Oh, I digress.
Basically, we were sitting there re-hashing my grocery store trip and our daily triumphs and some sirens started to go off.
You’d think that Maggie bugged her eyes out when they started making noise, but you’d be wrong if that was your thinking. She started to bug her eyes out when Sydney made a bee line towards the noise.
Syd made it to the edge of her stoop growling and looking around with her bone hanging from her mouth. She stood there for a good minute before the bone tumbled to the ground and she took off around the yard barking her head off.
Barry went back to staring at Maggie and Maggie went back to….well, being the cutest little nugget in the world. I went back to staring at my sticker-tattoo and eating the delicious rice candies.
Just another Wednesday night at HBHQ.