I decided to do the flowers for the Thanksgiving table myself and that reminded me of Mrs. Dalloway saying she'd get the flowers herself. Then I briefly wondered if I was like her in surrounding myself with events as a way of avoiding the void.
Anyway, the day before an event is always suspenseful for me. I tend to make a lot of food, but we have just the one fridge and freezer, so I can't overshop or cook in advance, and it's a gamble if I'll find everything on my list. I didn't find parsnips today. But I suspect no one cares about the parsnips but me.
Pic: Max and Huck in a post-dinner "face-wrestle." There's a lot of groaning-growling-baring of teeth and positioning of jaws in scary ways... and they seem to be having so much fun. It reminds me of my two boy cousins--whoever arrived first at my grandmother's place for the weekend would wait anxiously for the other one, and the minute he arrived, he'd be greeted with the affectionate invitation, "Let's go fight, da!" And then my baby cousins would kinda fight like Max and Huck do now.
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Awww, I love how dogs play, and they seem to always know how to do it!
Love the Mrs Dalloway reference.
Happy Thanksgiving, my friend! I'm sure your dinner will be wonderful. Even without parsnips! (even I don't love parsnips!)
Dogs are truly the bastions of Joy.
Enjoy your Thanksgiving. I know your table will be merry.
Happy Thanksgiving
Face-wrestling, love it. My kids used to 'feet fight' and one memorable time I heard Angus say "aaahh, I almost feet-fighted your face!"
I hope the cooking is more enjoyable than stressful, and your Thanksgiving is wonderful.
Thank you, Nicole :)
I love parsnips--and I got them! (A went to the store again this morning.)
P.S. I do not like turnips.
Thank you, Nance. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours as well! I don't think I could do life without my doggy family.
"Feet-fighting" is going in my word bank right away. (What a nice distinction to make!!)
Our cats are always wrestling and chasing each other around the house. I don't know what they would do without each other.
I'm glad you found the parsnips. I always enjoy them.
I follow 'Tug Dogs' on FB, and if you are on FB (or likely elsewhere, but I'm not elsewhere) I highly recommend it. It's a dog training place in Northern California, and they board dogs and train them out of their anxiety issues and if I'm feeling crummy I just LOVE seeing pictures of a pack of dogs snoozing on the sofa, or running around the yard, or jumping in the swimming pool. They call this game 'bitey face'.
Steph--Yay for Willow and Walter!
BITEY-FACE :)))))))))
I'm going to go follow Tug Dogs right away, thanks for the tip, Jules.
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