I saw a hummingbird moth yesterday for the first time. Talk about an animal made by committee. It gave the general impression of looking like a bumble bee, of which I often see visiting our deck, but it flits around at speeds that would give a slow, thoughtful bumble bee heart palpitations. Its speed and darting action gives the impression of a hummingbird, but the size is too small and the color is all wrong, again, bumblebee like, black and bright yellow, but the configuration is slightly off. I spent a pleasant two or three minutes watching this visitor to my hot pink geranium. I keep the hanging basket not hanging, on the picnic table on the deck, in my direct line of vision when I sit in the sun room. The colors make me happy just looking at them, and I was sure it would attract interesting visitors. And it did.
I have decided it is time to set up my blog. Ok, I am the last person on the block to do so, but a couple of years ago I had a semi-regular series of emails I sent out to all of dog people I know. I enjoyed the writing and it was satisfying to share the loopy puppyhood of the silliest dog I know. Luka was describing on her rap sheet at the shelter as a “shepherd-lab” mix. She looks like a beautiful white german shepherd. Boy did she pull the dog fur over our eyes. Her face is 100% shepherd, but her personality is 100% silly lab and she has some strain of husky (I think) as no lab or shepherd every had that silly curly tail. I am noticing that I cannot describe Luka for three straight sentences without using the term “silly.” In the Luka Chronicles I went on to write about the addition of a Briad puppy to our household (our second Briad) and it petered out when puppies grew up and settled down.
So I will start this blog with some reruns. Hey, we live in a rerun world. With current non-events as they happen and as I ge the urge to write.
So, here goes!
Now, how do I post pics? Another day.
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