The word of the day is "famine" — noun — 1: an extreme scarcity of food. 2 archaic : starvation. 3 archaic : a ravenous appetite. 4: a great shortage.
Lloyd and Bubbles have been having a wonderful time of it now that I am back at work. They play with Bubbles' toys until Lloyd gets tired. The dog then lays down with him and they watch television with their eyes closed until I come home at lunch. I have found that, left to his own devices, Lloyd will not eat lunch until he is so hungry he can't stand it anymore and will then eat a half-gallon of ice cream and not take his meds. So it's just as well that I go home at lunchtime.
The dog has decided that if he goes outside and comes back, I will fill his dish with goodies. He has taken to haunting the back door until I let him out, and then insists he wants back in, upon which he races to his food dish, looking all pitiful when he finds it still empty. Maybe I need to feed him fewer times during the day.
The quote for the day is from Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961), U.S. poet. “Dead Priestess Speaks, A....”:
I knew the poor,
I knew the hideous death they die,
when famine lays its bleak hand on the door;
I knew the rich,
sated with merriment,
who yet are sad.
3 comments:
Lol at the dog. Yes, good job you are home at lunchtime.
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Mind out that your little 'Bubbles' doesn't train you up instead of the other way around. He sounds like one smart little dog.
It's as well you do come home at lunchtime Jan otherwise you would need a giant freezer for all that ice-cream Lloyd would end up wanting to eat.
Poor Bubbles...he must think that there is a 'famine' each time he walks to his bowl at lunchtime...bless his little whiskers. lol!
Hugs to you.
love
Jeanie xxx
These animlas of ours get so wise don't they. Dee is the same if he goes out in the aftrenoon he often gets a wee biscuit..he would be out and in half a dozen times and as fat as a pudding if we let him !! These words of Hilda Doolittle are so so true. And we worry about feeding animals..... Thanks for the Birthday greetings. I aint getting any older !! Love Sybil c
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