Friday, June 06, 2014

Baby Boy and Big Brother

As many photos as I've taken of Levi and Gimpy, this may be the first one that clearly shows the difference in their sizes. Full brothers from the same litter, Levi (on the right in the picture below) is taller than Gimpy and outweighs him by at least twenty pounds. If I correctly remember what I was told by my niece, who owned their parents, Levi was the anomaly in the litter; the other pups were Gimpy's size.




Long-time visitors here may recall that I got Levi almost a year and a half before Gimpy came to join us. They've been inseparable ever since, so close I can't imagine how either one ever got along without the other. It's even harder to imagine how I could get along without them. God, I love these curly blond boys!

The other day I was tinkering with this blog and browsing through the list of personal favorite posts in the sidebar. One of them (from 2007) featured a picture of a pile of Butch and Kadi's dog hair I'd swept up, sprayed with water, sculpted into a dog shape and digitally painted facial features on. Seeing that image again, I was surprised at how closely the fake dog resembled the two big boys I have now. Levi and Gimpy weren't even born until four years later, but maybe the idea of them was on my mind (or in my heart) way back then.



7 comments:

  1. Oh my, that is uncanny!!! Love ya, Sis!

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    1. Quite a resemblance, huh, Sis? The only thing missing from the hair dog is a green tennis ball in its mouth.

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  2. I think you are a witch who used the broom to conjure the future. At Hogwarts you were in House Ravenclaw, with all the smarties (analyticals. Griyffindor are expressives, Hufflepuff amiables and Slytherin are drivers.) My theory, just in case your wondering.

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    1. Hahaha! You might be right, Annette. As old as I am, I would love to board a train at Platform Nine and Three-Quarters and ride out to spend a little time at Hogwarts. Why don't you go with me? Afterwards we'll swing by the shops in Diagon Alley and have a butterbeer while we talk about the experience.

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    2. I would love it! Scott and I have going to Universal Studios for The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at the top of our vacation list.

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  3. I was pondering this today... I used to tell Maggie, that I was going out to find her a sissy that would sleep with me whenever I wanted. And Mabel came along and insisted on sleeping in my bed. I used to tell Mabel I was going out and find her a sissy that would kiss me whenever I wanted. And Macy is the most overly enthusiastic kisser... Very odd!

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    1. Odd, yes, but if I were you, I'd be telling Macy you're going to find her a sissy that poops silver dollars. What have you got to lose?

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