Mish Mash Update

This is Chase. He is a six year old Greyhound who stopped racing last May. He is able to reach 42 miles a hour in three seconds and if he were to take off after a squirrel, he would be dangerously gone.


Greyhounds are only allowed to race from age 2-5. I'm told 25,000 greyhounds 'retire' each year and 18,000 are adopted, meaning the remaining 7000 are put to sleep. So there is a great need for rescue. I am still surprised JB and I have adopted a greyhound, a breed we know so little about, and I'm very glad. 

Chase is an elegant and unfamiliar dog. His skin is thinner than mine. His legs are unbelievably foldable. He is smart and peace loving and he could not be more gentle. He cannot be off leash unless he is in an enclosed space. He sprints and then he sleeps.


We met Chase because I had a dream that I had a dog named Chase. When we saw his name in Pet Finder, we drove to Connecticut to his foster family.

Chase needs a little extra medical attention but so what? JB and I can do that. It's already nice to have him around. He has lived a life of strict routine as a race dog, and he is not going to have strict routine with us. But we will come to know each other and love each other and I think it will be very good. (Wieneke: these pictures are for you xo)

 This is my friend Tracie performing near me last week at a combination bar and music shop not far from my house. Tracie is one of the five or so singer/songwriters in my Big Yellow writing group. JB and I and a few other friends clapped and clapped after every song. It is very cool to have friends who are musicians. 

I would like sympathy. THIS is the stairway I must climb, to the TOP floor, to see a client. I am too old for this. Quite a job, don't you think? :^)

In contrast, this is the view from my kitchen window. Until Chase arrived last week there were five robins hanging in the bird bath and around and about. I've loved watching these and other birds so much. But not a peep in the last week..... 

Once a year I pull out my watercolor and paint something. I copied this restaurant scene from a magazine ad. When I wrote down what I wanted to do on vacation this summer, I wrote "Paint A Tree." So I painted this tree. 

THIS is where I currently am again. Back in Provincetown. For a lost weekend with JB and Chase. ♥

Been a good week or so. I'm happy for that!

love

kj