Lucy, the love of my life.

Animals are such agreeable friends-

they ask no questions,

they pass no criticisms.

George Eliot

 My daughters are grown so now my dogs are my furry children. We've had many great dogs over the years.

Currently my dogs are siblings Lucy and Lily, lab mixes. My mother and I share 4 dogs, all rescue animals.  My daughter has 2 cats, both strays.  It's quite a menagerie around here.

There is always one animal that's has a special place in your heart and, for me, that is Lucy. Lucy came home a cute 12 pound puppy and now she is an affectionate, intelligent 70 pound dog and the love of my life.

If we have a repairman come into the house, all of the other dogs stay in the bedroom, but Lucy stays right with me and the repairman.  As long as I am there and calm, Lucy is my calm protector.

When Lucy and Lily were puppies, we kept buying dog toys and, no matter how tough the toy was supposed to be, Lucy could shred it or unstuff it in a matter of minutes.  And then we bought them some stuffed animals from Goodwill.  We were careful to avoid stuffed animals with the little styrofoam pills.

And the stuffed animals solved the problem.  Lucy and Lily now had "babies" to carry around and love.  Occasionally Lucy will instigate a game of "tug of war" but mostly they used them for pillows.

I bought a really big stuffed dog, Filbert (pictured with cat) , as an experiment and Filbert became Lucy's baby.  When I saw another very large white fluffy dog in Goodwill, it came home and became Fluffy.

The only problem with these big stuffed animals is that Lucy grabs them right in the middle and wreaks havoc as this becomes quite a wide load.

Of course, cats are not respectors of dogs' toy and they really appreciate a nice, squishy pillow for a "cat nap" as DandyLion demonstrates here.

I will keep my postings about dogs to a minimum but they are such a big part of my life, I have to post about them occasionally.

I hope you enjoyed this visit.  Please visit often.  Comments and questions are always welcome.    Lael

One of many current projects...

My current project is a colorful scarf  in Double Crochet with Lily Sugar 'n Cream cotton yarn and a Boye J crochet hook.  The scarf is approximately 250 stitches long.  I will provide exact dimensions when I finish next week.

I was making a shopping bag out of Bernat shopping yarn when I realized how light and soft the yarn was. It seemed so more more practical for North Florida than the fuzzy wools and acrylic blends. And I seem to have inherited a love of bright colors from my grandmother.

This picture shows the scarf at 2 rows wide.  It is currently 5 rows wide with enough yarn for 6 rows.  Now is the point where I must decide which is the most aesthetically pleasing.

Thanks for visiting at Lael's Corner.  Comments and questions always welcome.

Why blog?

I spend a great deal of time at home with my two large dogs and my mother's two dogs spend the day as well.  I'm not a hermit, though.  I do out with my crafty friends and my mother.  But mostly I'm home alone.

I fill my time with crafting of almost every imaginable sort and gardening, too.

Through this blog, I hope to meet and chat with like-minded souls that, too, feel they spend too much time alone.

In the next week or so I will be reworking this blog so bear with me and visit often.

Feel free to post comments or questions regarding this blog.