Tuesday 27 July 2010

A dog named Indy

He arrived in this world on the 17th of February, just 2 days before my 30th birthday.  We were sunning ourselves on the beautiful beaches of Thailand, and a little litter of beagles was born in the cold, wintery, snowy Finland, on the shores of a frozen lake close to the city of Varkaus.

He arrived in our city home in April, causing stress and gray hairs and arguments, lack of sleep, and raising of voices.  He sticks his nose anywhere and everywhere, and wants to take part in everything we do.  He chews and plays, not sitting still for a moment.  He loves to fish and lives to eat.  As his hair lightens and he grows up, my heart fills with joy and excitement and love.  As he curls up to sleep, bites my arms with his itching teeth and gums, jumps up to scratch my legs, as I find bite marks on my favourite shoes and as he pushes me off my place on the mattress, I am filled with warmth.

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