The twins have landed parts as dalmatian puppies in Lagniappe Theatre’s February production

of 101 Dalmatians. To audition, they had to sing and bark. Anyway, a few days ago they had to go to practice, so Josie came to my house.

To start off, she did a little work on the ipad, and then decided to interact with the cat

that was sitting on the back of the chair. That didn’t last long. I don’t know why,

but Josie must have received some bad vibes. So…she moved on

to finding her favorite music on my phone, followed by

practicing her duck calls.
Then she wanted to go in my bedroom and get on my bed. I gave her a flashlight and turned out the light. Josie followed the beam across the ceiling and walls, but soon decided she wanted me to make a tent with the sheet. So I did.

That lasted until she got the idea

to model my slippers and

put plastic cups on her feet.
But the thing that fascinated her the most

was an old

Pentax camera. We opened up the back, and she watched the shutter

open and close … until it was time for her to go home. Go figure.

Last Sunday it rained in good ‘ol Woodworth, Louisiana. The rain was followed by some cool air, and for about three days it actually felt like winter. I was even able to wear my jacket

that I wore in Alaska last January.
The water left standing after the rain

turned to ice. Even the little pond in the back

rocked a thin sheet of the frozen stuff.
Matilda dared to step out

and break the ice so she could taste the water below.
Although it was cold, we were outside quite a bit.

With a new puppy, you go out a lot, no matter what the weather brings.
When I wasn’t out running laps around the property with Piper,

I was inside enjoying the fire…

and even doing a little cooking on the hearth. By the way, that’s a turkey breast, and it was pretty tasty.
Piper tried to be good

and most of the time

looked really innocent. But what you don’t know is, behind that sweet little face…

lies a toilet paper thief.