Precious and Fragile Things

Since today was unusually cool for June -- very unusually cool -- the kiddo and I spent a few minutes outdoors with the camera and both dogs. I tried very hard to get some decent shots of Sasha and Penny together, but, well, I'm not a miracle worker.



( Three more puppeh pictures under the cut, with bonus kiddo cameo! )

A typical day with Sasha indoors:

Sasha: "Muahahahaha! I has a football!"
* Sasha jumps onto the couch, climbing onto her spot on the back with a small toy football in her mouth.
Sasha: (muffled) "Look! I has football!"
Jade: "Yes, I see the football, and I see you have reclaimed your spot from the cat."
* Sasha tries to play with the football, not realizing the back of the couch only has so much space for her and her toys. The football falls from her mouth.
Sasha: "I has lost mah football. Woe iz me."
* Sasha stares down at the floor, sadly.
Sasha: "Mah football iz go-OH I SEE A SHOE!"
* Sasha leaps from the couch and finds an old shoe she was allowed to have. She proudly carries her shoe over to her doggie bed.
Sasha: "Om nom nom."
* Jade just shakes her head.

A typical day with Sasha outdoors:

* Sasha flops down onto the floor and sighs, or nudges my hand and barks.
Sasha: "Woe iz me. I iz bored."
Jade: "Need to go outside?"
Sasha: "Woe, woe, wo- Wait, you said that word."
Jade: "Outside?"
* Sasha barks and starts hopping up and down.
Sasha: "Yes, that word! OH MY GOD, ARE YOU OPENING - YES, THE DOOR IZ OPEN! MUAHAHAHAHA!"
* Sasha takes a running leap through the door and runs out onto the porch. She stops, spotting an insect.
Sasha: "HALT! INTRUDER!"
* Sasha leaps up in the air and then chases an insect.
Sasha: "YOU SHALL NOT PASS! Come back here! I'm going to get yo- Wait, what's that?" *spots another insect, possibly a grasshopper* "The bouncy things are back!" *gives chase*
* Sasha clears the immediate area of all the six-legged creatures she spots flying around. Jade opens the door after a few minutes.
Sasha: "I HAZ DEFENDED U FROM INVADERZ!"
* Sasha proceed to drink copious amounts of water, finds an air vent, and promptly flops down over said air vent.

Meanwhile, a typical day with Penny:

Penny: "Um, excuse me, I hate to trouble you, good lady, but would please be so kind as to open the door? Yes, the sun is quite lovely to lay in this time of year upon your back porch."
* Jade opens the door and Penny quietly trots outside to tend to her business, and then sun herself. When done, she politely scratches at the door.
Penny: "Oh thank you ever so much. That was delightful. I shall go and nap now."

A typical day with Penny after I return from shopping and/or other errands:

Penny: "OH MY GOD, YOU WERE GONE! I LOOKED EVERYWHERE FOR YOU! I WAS SO WORRIED! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEEEEEEN? ... Oh, might a trouble you to let me outside now?"

Sasha and Penny play:

Sasha: "Hah! I pounce you!"
Penny: "It is unbecoming of a lady to behave in such a manner. I must ask for you to cease and desist this immediately!"
Sasha: "Um, ok. ... I POUNCE YOU AGAIN AND BARK!"
Penny: "Oh no you don't! I pounce you!"
* Sahsa and Penny proceed to wrestle each other and, if outside, chase each other around the yard. Afterward, both dogs drink copious amounts of water and then pass out in their favorite spots.
Sasha: "Wheeeee!"
Penny: "Oh, I'm terribly sorry, good lady. I don't know what came over me. It is so embarrassing. Um, but might I trouble you to scratch my chest?"

Yes, the difference really is night and day between those two.

I'd tell you about Prissy the cat, but there's only so many ways I can say "I could kill you in your sleep, you know," and "Hoo-man, feed me now if you value your life."