Howdy, dearest San Saba loves, and how have ya’ll been doin’ since last we spoke? I hope my southern drawl is believable enough you are picturing this dachshund in a cowboy hat! I love speaking Texan because mom often speaks to me using the most irritating perfect enunciations, British accent you can ever imagine! Yep, she got it from her mom, and she is way too good at it!! I think the best way to describe it is to say she makes words sound like an education in my ears as if they are stuck in detention!! I suppose we all are a product of our youth.
I am thinking about doing a research paper to find out what makes cats tick. We have several cats across the street, and I do not think they claim any particular human. I look out the window to watch them. And perhaps I have been watching too many episodes of NCIS, but I think they might be criminals, or perhaps spies! I watch them cross the street, go into a yard, cross to a wood fence and then “poof” they disappear! Furthermore, they have meetings to discuss things, talk about their secrets. I wonder at times if they are planning attacks; I know they have been in my yard! Do they want my chicken?? Trust me, I am keeping track, watching them, and I will be recording my findings! Hey, at least squirrels and birds are opened, clear and loud about their intentions!
Mom goes crazy over every animal who needs a home and I have to reign in her desire to save every one of them by reminding her we live in a cereal box and this dachshund is the only prize in it! Oh, do not misunderstand, I love other animals. I am just not willing to share mom! When I say I am the boss, I am not just saying words. The past few days, mom has pretty much been my human couch, and I would never have it any other way - but I don’t think she would either.
Um, what is the human fascination with oysters? I have never eaten one but continually heard them referenced as slime in a shell! I asked mom, but she rolled her eyes and said… “Lenny, I hate fish! Do you actually believe I am going to try something that looks like it came out of a sea creature’s nose?” Hey, the woman has a point…exactly why I am asking.
Mom and I cannot believe it is already June. We are coming up on the first anniversary of dad’s death, and we want to thank you San Saba for putting our lives back together. Mom and I had lost the sense of home, family for such a long time, and all of you have made finding it again so beautiful! We truly and completely love you to chicken bits Lenny