Why is it that it’s always on the weekend that the kid or
the dog gets sick? With the kid, you can
always take them to the emergency room, but it’s not quite so easy with the
dog. Olive, the pug, started acting
strangely in the afternoon on Saturday.
The strangeness continued on into the night. She wanted to go out all the time but didn’t
seem to do anything. Greg was out of
town so it left me holding the leash, so to speak. Olive was up all night, in obvious
discomfort, and I was up with her. Believe
me, this is not normal for a dog who usually requires 18 hours of sleep to have
the energy to get up for dinner. Well,
long story short, it seems that she has a bladder or urinary tract infection,
poor baby. On Sunday, she actually seemed
to feel a lot better, but we have an appointment this afternoon at the vet to
make sure all is truly well. I, on the
other hand, still feel like I’ve been hit in the head with a two by four. It’s no longer so easy to lose that much
sleep and snap back. But I will feel
much better when Olive has a clean bill of health.
Meanwhile, she walked with me to check out the
new ferns that are coming up. I think
they may be my favorite thing about spring.
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In other news, I am displaying some photos at
the Spencer Public Library for May and June.
It’s part of a program with the Massasoit Art Guild to display local
artists’ works at various places in the area.
Here’s one of the photos that I hung over there.
I think that it is incredibly difficult to
decide what actually rates a public showing when it comes to my photos. Good photography is so very subjective. But I just kind of pick things I like and go
from there. That can be a long and
arduous process. I know from being on
Flickr that what I like isn’t always well received publically. But what the
heck, as far as hanging stuff in the library, it’s good to have the exposure…no
photography pun intended. The thing I
like most about this program is getting to see the insides of these fantastic library
buildings. The Richard Sugden Library in
Spencer is a truly beautiful structure.
I
actually have this pipe dream of photographing all the public libraries in
Massachusetts. There are 370 libraries here
and I have photos of about six. I guess
I better get some sleep and start moving.
