Considering the way that Ziva can gnaw a very large bone into shreds (and eat them), and that she has been known to chew various objects not intended for her consumption (e.g., she removed an elastic strap from one of my concert shoes), you might think that I would be concerned about the fact that shoes are regularly found on any of four of her "parking rugs". These shoes are normally kept in a large bucket by the front door.
However, after two such chewing incidents, things have settled into a groove where it is apparent that our cunning quadruped simply likes to have footwear near her as a comfort, particularly when she is alone for awhile. We have already heard some of your comments to the effect that dogs like strong smells... Be that as it may, Ziva is a comely foot-fetishista. Although I love Greek cheese, please, let's not have any puns involving feta, okay? But then, this blog post is enough off-the-wall that I really should allow open season in the comments section, as usual.
By the way, the shoe is completely intact, no missing sole, it just happens to have an insole that is a pretty good color match for the rug. Maybe Ziva has a genetic mutation that gives her trichromatic vision (like humans) unlike other canines and most mammals (which have only two types of color receptors, somewhat like humans with red-green color blindness). Of course I'm engaging in fantasy; I think Ziva was just lucky about the color. On the other hand, I could not identify hundreds of people by traces of their odor, hours after they passed through an area.
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GREAT photos of ZIVA!!! I wonder how much her attraction to your shoes is also visual...she sees your shoes (and pant legs) more closely more often (I imagine) than she sees your upper body/face maybe?
ReplyDeleteGood point, I'm sure she sees them up close more often, though Ziva is a dog who looks up frequently. Also, she loves to rear up so that her face is at my chest level, and a slight bow allows her to kiss me. Some people would go "yuck!", but we dog lovers don't mind.
DeleteAre puns involving gorgonzola acceptable?
ReplyDeleteSure! I like Italian cheeses too! And Dutch - they're all Gouda, love to Edam, and French - have brie with brio. But no American "cheese", which is not cheese. Though I guess for puns instead of eating, even Velveeta could work.
DeleteI don't know who wrote this...
Deletehttp://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ode-to-cheese-2/
Ode To Cheese,
Which Makes Us Smile,
When Camera's go Clack.
Ode To Cheese,
Which make us taste,
The greatest of flavors, the wackiest of whack.
Ode To Cheese,
Blue, Gorgonzola,
American and Cheddar.
Ode To Cheese,
Beja and Feta,
In all types of weather.
Ode To Cheese,
For those on a diet,
or trying to get fatter.
Ode To Cheese,
with crackers and wine,
with grapes can flatter.
Ode To Cheese,
when you're sad and happy,
Cheese just fits.
Ode To Cheese,
Mountains and Mountains,
or bits and bits.
Ode to the Cheese,
To appreciate,
eat,
and take pictures.
That's pretty good! Funny that the site "PoemHunter" doesn't have any attribution for the contributions of "Life Poem". Hmm, perhaps you are (s)he...
DeleteYou are not the only one with an "off-the-wall" blog...http://www.projectfamilyphoto.com/?p=4793 (although I might argue that this post was more "on-the-floor...")
ReplyDeleteThat "alternate gravity" set of family photos is a lot of fun! Creative use of one basic set built to fool the viewer. Compared to much of what's out there, my blog and my photos are pretty tame, but I hope somewhat interesting, at least for a certain type of person. One of these days, though, I want to come up with something that makes viewers say "whoa, that is waaay out there, man!"
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