We have had snow and temperatures below the freezing point for a couple of days. It seems like winter is already here.
Normally, winter does not arrive until late in December. Not all Christmases are white. Morran claims this snow will likely melt and disappear long before Christmas. I hope it doesn’t, but you never know about the weather. We just have to wait and see.
The snow makes the landscape brighter. This is good.
Daniel made some pasta for dinner. When everything was eaten or put in lunch boxes for later days, there was some pasta with cheese left. He put this down to us dogs. Paula had given us ordinary dog food earlier in the day, but I have to say I enjoyed the pasta with cheese more. It was something else.
Paula and Daniel went away this evening to listen to a lecture on genetics. This is important, especially for dog breeders.
Snow fell and the roads were slippery. They made it to the lecture and home again without incident. This is good.
The lecture was very interesting. Paula and Daniel told us about it when they got home. We believe it was a good thing they attended it. More people should know about genetics.
Earth is a fantastic place. There are mountains connected to the hot centre of the planet, where lava erupts into the sky. It would be interesting to see this, but I would not want to live near an active volcano. Then it is nice that you can watch film clips of it from the comfort of your home. It is a fascinating time we live in.
On cold days in November, iris nice to spend time under the covers of the bed. We have spent most of the day like this, actually. Paula was at home and let us stay in bed. It was a lazy day, but a good day. We quite enjoyed it.
The weather forecast said it might be snow, but the temperature went up. We had rain all evening instead. November is a month of autumn, but after quite a few days with freezing temperatures, we did not count on rain. It would be more fun to get snow now. You cannot get all you wish for, though. We can wish for a white Christmas instead.
We listened to an on line brush up seminar for ring stewards tonight. Daniel had got the link, because he is a ring steward. The subject was interesting, but I got tired of it all after a while. Perhaps I would have had a better understanding, if I had been to many dog shows. I have not, even though all of the humans Ihave had around me have. There may be dog shows forus next season.
It is Sunday, but Paula and Daniel have been busy. They have been away on three different occasions, doing errands.
We watch the house while Paula and Daniel are away, so we are busy too. It is satisfying to have a job like this. I believe the house would be much less safe without us.
In the evening, Paula and Daniel was back home. Then our cat friends Malin and Totte went out for the night. It is rare that everyone is at home at once.
It is Friday night, and Daniel is at his lodge in Odd Fellows. They usually meet on Friday nights.
I think we have more fun at home with Paula.
Paula has the flu, or the influenza, as is the ful name of this virus infection.
We feel sorry for Paula and lazy close to her to help her get better soon. The body heat from our bodies help. The flu in humans does not affect dogs, so we are safe and can still help. It feels good to be able to help.
Daniel bought some candy today. Each and everyone of us dogs got a piece of fudge. It took me some time to eat the fudge, but I liked it. Morran did not, however. She said she’d rather have some of the rosat beef that Paula and Daniel had for dinner. Well, you cannot get everything you want. I much rather have fudge than nothing, which was what Morran ended up with.
We had a little snow on the ground this morning. During the day, the temperature rose and the snow melted. It is still cold, though, and freezing temperatures in the evening.
Our cat friend Totte decided to stay outside tonight. While I can understand when the cats stay outside on summer nights, I do not understand it on cold nights like tonight. I hope Totte is still happy with his decision.
It has been temperatures just above the freezing point today. This evening when we were outside for the last time, it was actually a little colder than the freezing point. We have to see how cold it becomes tomorrow. Perhaps winter is coming now.
It is Father’s Day in Sweden. None of us dogs who live here now, live with our respective fathers. Paula told us we can see Daniel as a father figure. We do, of course, to a certain degree.
Fathers are good. Without them, we would not be here. They also help in other ways. We hope all fathers out there have a great Father’s Day.
Today is a day when you would traditionally celebrate St. Martin of Tours by eating geese. We doot have any geese to eat at home, though. It would be interesting to taste goose meat. I like chicken, goose may be similar, I believe. Our dog food is good as iris, but it is always interesting to try new kinds of food. I think I would like goose.
On this day one hundred years ago, the Akita called Hachiko was born in Japan. He became famous for waiting for his human outside a train station. His human always came back from work by train, but once died while he was at work. Hachiko kept waiting for him outside of the train station every afternoon for the rest of his life. He outlived his human for many years.
There is now a bronze statue of Hachiko on the spot where he used to sit and wait. Movies have been made about Hachiko, making his fame even bigger.
While we feel sorry for Hachiko, who never got to see his human again, and could not have understood what had happened, we are also in awe of his devotion. This is true devotion to your human. Fortunately, most dogs never have to show such a deep devotion. If we had to, we hope we would, however.
Eightyfive years ago, thugs in Germany following the policy of the German National Socialistic dictatorship of the time, destroyed a lot of Jewish property. The night has been named Kristallnacht. This is for the huge amounts of shattered glass from windows, which made the streets look like they were covered in crystals. It is hard for us dogs to fathom how evil humans can get. They can be even more evil in groups.
In the present time, hatred against Jews is expressed more than usual. Now it is not Germans who express such hatred, but Islamists. Islamists have hated Jews for hundreds of years. I do not know why, but they have. They also believe dogs are filthy and bad. I wish they would change their views. I believe this would make the World a better place. May the commemoration of Kristallnacht help us to reach this goal.
One of the Shibas bred by Paula and Daniel has passed away. His call name was Biki and he lived in Bergen in Norway. His mother was called April.
I never knew Biki. He was born and raised here many years ago. I still feel for Paula and Daniel, they feel the loss of a dog bred by them.
Rest in peace, Biki.
Some human scientists have published a theory on why dogs tilt our heads. They claim it may be connected with concentration on a task at paw. This is interesting.
We know ourselves why we tilt our heads, of course. I still do not want to ruin the further human scientific studies on the matter by telling you too much. It will be nice to see what further human research may come up with. Human science is interesting, though they do ot know quite as much about us dogs as they would like to think they do.
Paula and Daniel took some time today to go grocery shopping. When they returned home, Daniel had Gustavus Adolphus pastry. As I wrote yesterday, he could not get hold of any on the Gustavus Adolphus day. It is better late than never, however.
We got dog food rather late in the evening today. Again, it is better late than never. When you eat late, you do not feel hungry when it is time to sleep, so this is an advantage.
Daniel was late business the Gustavus Adolphus pastry today. It is the 6 November and we would celebrate the Swedish national hero, King Gustavus II Adolphus. We had to dog without the special pastry, though. This does not matter much for us dogs, we rather eat meat or treats, but Daniel was disappointed. We hope it will be better next year.
It is a Swedish tradition to put candles on the graves of lost relatives this weekend. This is mostly done on the Saturday, but Paula was to tired yesterday. She and Daniel went to do this today instead.
This is a fine tradition. We did not light candles for the late dogs, but our thoughts were with all of them, nevertheless. The memories of them are still with us.
This weekend is when we celebrate All Saints’ Day. This is tomorrow, and All Saints’ Eve today. This day is actually on the 1 November, but it is celebrated on the following weekend in Sweden.
We will commemorate all of the dogs who have lived here before us. Not just the ones we knew, but also those who passed away before we arrived. There have been many dogs here. It is sad that they are no longer with us, but we believe they are somewhere. Paula and Daniel have all of them in their memories.
The snow is gone again. We have had temperatures above the freezing point and quite a bit of rain. While I thought the snow would disappear quickly, this was even quicker than I had imagined. I guess we will have autumn for a while longer, before winter is here.
There is a little snow on the ground. Winter is coming. We have heard that this snow will melt, but the first snowof the season often does. There will probably soon be a permanent layer of snow. The Shibas always wanted a lot of snow. As Chihuahuas, Viola, Pepe, and I think a thin layer is enough. It is deep enough for us. We will see what happens.
