This past Monday, my wife and I decided to finish winterizing the outside of the house and yard. I mowed and picked up after the dogs, while Margaret worked in the garden harvesting all of the remaining fruits and vegetables. Sophia was a good little angel and sat in her stroller and watched as mommy and daddy did their work. My job took the least amount of time and so I picked Sophia up from the stroller and we went for a little stroll around the raspberry bushes. I was picking the remaining raspberries and Sophia was eating them as fast as I could pick them. She loves her raspberries. Fortunately, for at least the last six months, Costco has had huge raspberries in stock and very reasonable. Her normal breakfast consists of either Oatmeal or Mixed Grains cereal and raspberries. Did I mention she loves her raspberries... Typically, I would think that a baby would find raspberries to be some what sour, but not this one. Sweet or sour, she will eat them and ask for more. She takes after her Panu and Dad in how she will eat these bits of ambrosia of the gods.
Anyway, back to Monday, it was such a nice day. The sun was out and the temp was in the mid seventies. We even got some sun on our cheeks and foreheads. Sophia enjoyed playing with the dogs outside as well. Blue, our 110 lbs. lap dog, loves to sniff Sophia and give her little kisses on the hands or cheek. He is very good with her. Apollo, our other dog, slightly smaller (75 lbs.) is still not to sure what to think about Sophia and usually takes a sniff of her feet and then steers clear of her. Apollo is Margarets dog and whenever he is inside, stays very close, if nto underfoot, to Margaret. Blue, on the other hand, is a dog that a close friend suggested I look for. Blue came from teh Humane Society of Utah and it was something that we (he and I) had a conection from teh start. I walked in and immediately saw his blue eyes, looked around at the other dogs and then kept coming back to him. We spent about an hour getting to know each other, went for a walk, etc. and it was immediate bonding. Blue is half yellow lab and half great dane with gorgous blue eyes. He has been my friend and confidont many times over the past seven years.
Apollo on the otherhand, was a fluke that we got him. Margaret and I had just finished up shopping at WalMart about 4 years ago and this lady came up to us and asked if we were interested in adopting a puppy. We thought, it doesnt cost anything to look, so we went over to their truck and there were two pure bred yellow labs in the back. Another family was looking at them too. I asked Margaret if she wanted to take on another dog and she said sure. So I told her to pick one out and she said "No, you pick it out fro me". I looked both puppies over closely and selected teh most active of the two and the people just gave him to us - no charge. He is an excellent fetcher and depending on what signals you give him, he will either drop the toy at your feet or he will set the toy in your hand so you dont have to bend over for it. He is not the brightest dog in the world but he has a great disposition and is always readys to play.
Whenever Ethan comes up to the house, the dogs hardly leave him alone, especially Blue. We make the exception of letting Blue sleep on a bed with Ethan, and Ethan loves it and having a big dog that loves to snuggle. At times I am jealous of Ethan and Blue's relationship, but it is a good thing that they have each other. Now to tie the two topics together, both Blue and Apollo love raspberries almost as much as Sophia does. If I dont get out to make the harvest of berries soon enough the dogs will eat them, and the ones they don't eat, they will both roll in them and make their coats stained red with the raspberries, then gradually lick the berries off their coats.
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