Some Bread

I got hold of a little piece of bread this afternoon. I had eaten not long ago, but when the opportunity came, I grabbed it. You do what you can, when you get the chance to eat something tasty.

Apples

There are a lot of apples on one of our apple trees this year. The harvest varies from year to year, there were hardly any apples last year. I found that fitting, considering that Paula was not well and spent all summer and most of the autumn last year as a patient at the hospital. It was as if the apple tre was sad for the absence of Paula, just like all of us dogs were and Daniel were. This year, we have all stayed healthy, despite the pandemic going across the world. As if the apple tree is happy, we get a lot of apples from it. This is good.

The Comfort of a House

It is raining tonight. We are indoors. It is dry, warm, and comfortable indoors. The comfort of a house is one of the great advantages of living with humans. I pity the wild animals who do not.

Crayfish

Paula bought some crayfish today.

It’s the season.

Crayfish are not actually fish. They are seafood with shells. They are just as tasty as fish, or even tastier. I wish we couldhave crayfish more often.

Charging

A disadvantage of all the great modern communication devices, is that they often need to be charged. This makes them less mobile than you want to. I have to charge the Ipad while writing this blogpost, which means I cannot be wherever I want with the Ipad in the house. I have to sit close to an outlet for electricity. On the other paw, there are so many other advantages with these devices, that I guess you can stand a few disadvantages. Life is good anyway.

Dogs Are Not Plausible Source of Covid-19

A recent study has debunked an earlier claim that covid-19 may have had its origin in dogs, before infecting humans. There isnot enough evidence for the claim this virus came from dogs. the new study concludes.

While no blame would fall on dogs, if the virus came from dogs, it is still nice to know that no dogs are likely hosta of early forms of the covid-19 virus. You never know what doghating humans would do about dogs, if they thought the virus came from dogs.

More Barbecue

Paula and Daniel went to a barbecue today as well. Just like yesterday, I was not invited. I had actually had a little hope that I would be invited, because the family inviting Paula and Daniel is my brother Nemo’s family. Nevertheless, I had to stay at home. Itis not that I dislike staying at home, on the contrary, I like it, but I am not so happy to hear how others in the family go to barbecues without me.

By the way, I learned that everything is well with Nemo. This is good to know.

Barbecue

All of a sudden this afternoon, Paula and Daniel were invited to a barbecue and rode away on their bicycles. I wish I wouldhave beeninvited as well.

I love barbecue, but we have had too little of it this year. Barbecue is mainly a thing for the summer, and summer is far from over. I hope we will have barbecue more times this summer.

Raw Pasta

This evening, Paula had some raw pasta to eat. It is hard and not very tasty. She had the kind you make lasagne from. I do not understand why she could not have made a little lasagne instead, this wouldhave been mich more tasty and pleasant. In sich a case, I might have wanted to try some.

Meatballs in the Morning

This morning, Paula could not find any bread or other normal breakfast food. She fried some meatballs instead. Meatballs are great food. I do not know why Paula and Daniel have never had meatballs for breakfast before, at least not as far as I know. Perhaps this is the start of a new, great morning routine? One can always hope.

Burning

We had some paper waste this evening. This was put in the stove, and we burned it. This is good. We have had rather cold and rainy weather for the season, lighting a fire makes it warmer indoors. Life is cozy.

Lasagne

Paula cooked lasagne this evening. Later in the evening, she had some in front of the TV. I was there and got to taste some. I do not think there are any dishes that are tastier than Paula’s lasagne. I wish I could have more of it every day.

Formula 1

The third race of the 2020 Formula 1 season was completed today. The season started late due to the pandemic. I am a little disappointed that Lewis Hamilton won and is yet again in the lead of the championship. It is not as interesting, if it seems like the same racer will win yet another year. I do not dislike Lewis Hamilton, I dislike that nobody else seems to be able to challenge him. On the other paw, the season is far from over, even though it is shorter than it usually is. Except for English dog Peanut, we root for others this year.

Late Night

We had another one of those late nights, when Paula has worked late and voth Paula and Daniel will not work the next day. Then they know that they can sleep late in the morning and are able to stay up late and talk and whatever. This caused me to miss midnight, so I did not write any blog entry fo yesterday. I have to compensate for this today.

Paula’s Bicycle

Paula has got an electric bicycle. It is an ordinary bicycle with an electric motor that helps her when she rides it. Last week, it did not work properly, so Daniel turned it in with a bicycle repair man. It proved to be a manufacture fault, known with this model of bicycle, so it was repaired without any cost for Paula. Now she can use the vicycle again. She took it to work today. Personally, I do not care much about bicycles, I rather walkor run. I am happy for Paula, however, because she likes her bike. I hope it will work properly for a long time now.

Laura Is Here

We have got a visitor. Laura, who was born here but live with another family in our town, is here to visit us. She is a nice, red Shiba bitch. While she is not the best of my friends, we do get along with each other. It will be interesting to get to know her better.

Shedding My Coat

At the moment, I am shedding my coat. This makes me look bad and it itches a bit. Daniel combed me for a while this evening, which made me lose a lot of the strands of coat that were avout to fall off. This feels good. It is good that we have humans to do this for us.

Some Lawn Mowing

Daniel had a day off from work today. It was no rain. He found the timeto mow large parts of the lawn. It looks a bit funny now, when part of it is well mowed and part of it is not. We have to see when he can carry on.

The Lawn and the Large Amounts of Rain

It has rained a lot over the last couple of weeks. While this is good for the amount of water in the well, it also causes the lawn to grow and makes Daniel abstain from mowing it. Daniel says the lawn mower does not dunction properly when the lawn is too wet. I have no reason to doubt this. The lawn starts to look to wild, however. There is more than grass poking up from the dirt. We have to see when the lawn will dry up enough for Daniel to mow it. It is actually overdue now.

Less Air Travel

The ongoing covid-19 pandemic has seen a huge decline in air travel. This is bigger than the decline after the terrorist attacks by air on the 11 September 2001. There are even speculations that this will be the end to air travel. I do not see it as the end, but I think it will make a substantial change and decline in air travel.

I have seen how Daniel can sit and work at home, having meetings with people with sound and moving pictures through his computer. Meetings like this can be held regardless of where you are in the world. During the pandemic, people have gotten more and more used to meetings through their computers. They will not want to travel so many times just to go to meetings, when they can sit at home and have almost the same meeting quality.

Dog shows will have to be held live, however. We hope there will be dog shows again next season. People willhave to fly with their dogs for dog shows and the exchange of dogs to breed. Dogs can, thus, help preserve the existence of air travel.

Medication

Because of my injuried paw, I get pain medication. It is good that things like this are around. It makes my days more bearable. The veterinarian said it could take months before I am fully recovered, but I guess it will not hurt as much the whole time. Nowis a good time tohave the medication.

The Veterinarian Was Impressed

We went to the veterinarian today, because of my limp. The veterinarian was impressed by me, because except for vaccinations and ultra sound examinations when I have expected pups, I have never needed to go there before. This is unusual for a dog of my age. Of course, I am a Shiba, but it is still unusual. I guess it is legitimate to be impressed by this.

Limping

I have hurt one of my front legs. I am not sure when this happened, but it hurts a bit now and then and I have a limp.

Paula have consulted with a veterinarian and we will go to see the veterinarian tomorrow. I am usually not very fond of going to the veterinarian, but if I can get help with myleg,it is definitely worth it.

It would be great to have a body that would heal itself faster. Unfortunately, though, I have not got super powers like this.

Meat Sauce

Daniel cooked his great meat sauce this evening. It is his favourite dish, one of the favourites of Paula, and also one of my favourites. Fortunately, I got to taste some. There are few things that are as good as a tasty meal.

Rain, Rain, Rain

We have been wishing for rain, because it has been very dry outdoors. It seems that wishes can sometimes come true to a greater extent than you wished for. It has now been rainy weather for several days in a row. I am glad Paula and Danielis as adversed to staying out in the rain as I am. Now I wish for a few days without rain. Any rain may fall during the night, when it does not bother us, who stay indoors in the night hours.

Independence Day

This is the national holiday of my grandmother Sunni. She was born and raised an American and always proud of it. The 4 July was the day when the first part of the present day USA declared its independence from Great Britain. The origin of the feud was a small tax that the Brits levied off the American colonists to pay for the military defence of these colonies. Ironically, the Americans pay much higher taxes today. Grandmother Sunni still claimed the USA was the freest land in the world and that the taxes would have been higher, had the colonies stayed British. I hold these things to be true, since grandmum told me about them.

Healthy Japanese Food

The people of Japan live longer than most. There are more people reaching the age of 100 years in Japan than in other countries. This may have to do with Japanese food, at least in part. There may be reasons to eat more like the Japanese eat. I would support this for more reasons than health. Japanese food is very tasty. For one thing, I love sushi. I also love other Japanese food that I have tasted.

Japan is a great country with a great culture. We would all benefit from more Japanese culture, not least Japanese dog breeds. After all, the Shiba is a Japanese dog breed and the best dog breed in the world.

Read the article that there is a link to. You donot have to change allof your habits, but if you change some, it may be for the better.

The Minister’s Daughter

Paula is often reading a book in Swedish about the daughter of a minister in the 19th century Hälsingland. She consider it great litterature. Daniel begs to differ.

I only consider stories with dogs great litterature. As far as I know, this story that Paula sees as her favourite does not contain dogs. This makes it bad litterature. I guess I agree with Daniel, but on other grounds.

Grand Dad

It would have been Grand Dad’s birthday today. He wouldhave turned eightteen years old. Hardly any Shiba lives to see this age. Nevertheless, he lives on in our memories and in our hearts. We miss him.

Anniversary

Today is the anniversary of the marriage of Paula’s parents. This is important for us. Without it, Paula would not have come to Örebro and become the person she is, would never have met Daniel, and no Aangenaam dogs would have been born.

Paula and Daniel went over there and gave her parents a gift for the anniversary. They were grateful. We are grateful for them.