This Year’s Additions
They jockey for attention and steal the old dog’s ball.
When I try to calm them down, it does no good at all.
To get any quiet time, I have to lock them out.
Paths worn through the garden show where they’ve run about.
They commandeer my deck chairs in spite of my requests
that they should surrender them to my party guests.
They make off with my underwear for a tug-of-war
so it has been three times now I’ve had to order more.
Puppies are enchanting when one first gains custody,
but they jump up on my lap each time I try to pee.
When I go to bed at night, exhausted from my day,
that’s the time they want to join me for frenetic play.
They walk across my laptop to burrow in my hair.
They are an energizer bunny sort of pair.
My sister says I’m crazy. Two puppies in one year?
But the first one was so tiny and the second was so dear.
Their delight in each other so delighted me
that I had to add them to our family tree.
Three dogs and two cats, it’s true, is probably too many.
The only thing that would be worse is if I hadn’t any!!!
Prompt words today are path, custody, enchanting, jockey and ball.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
my first read of the new year. 🙂
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Honored to be your first, Art.
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🙂
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I life without ones pets does seem rather dreary, doesn’t it? I’d have more, but the Duke really wants to be THE dog and considering how expensive vet care has gotten, we have let him have his way. Morrie must be getting up there by now. I so very much miss our Scotties!
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I know what dog fans you are…that has been clear down through the years…
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I still have a pile of dishes from when we had many more dogs, but OH how much I miss the terriers.
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I think he is around 11. I don’t know how old he was when I got him as he was an abandoned rescue dog.
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My guess is probably closer to 12, just gauging how long I remember you having him. Generally, Scotties are long lived. I was unlucky to lose both of them relatively (for Scotties) young.
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Well-said, Judy. Adorable little beasts are good company.
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Thanks, Lisa. I hope you have a prolific new year…
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You’re welcome and thank you, you also.
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Great shot!!! Good for you having bundles of joy!!!! Happy New Year and thanks for all your fun poems!!!
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Thanks, Perry, and Happy NY to you as well. I appreciate your reading and commenting…J
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They are adorable!
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Yes..and good footwarmers as well. Just heated up my tootsies. First time they’ve been warm all day.
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Oh my – it’s that cold, eh?
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The thing is that most Mexican houses, like mine, have no cooling or heating systems and I had to have the gas to my fireplace turned off because of a leak. Also, houses make of brick and concrete hold in the coolness. Great in the summer, but if it gets a bit cold, they can get very nippy. On the other hand, we don’t especially have winter weather here. Usually I go outside and I warm up. it is inside that I’m a bit cool these days.
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What about portable heaters?
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I have a small one. and lots of portable fans. I think I may have another small heater but have lost it in the netherlands of my closets!! ;o)
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