Yesterday was the International Cat Day. Paula bought some luxury cat food for our cats Malin and Totte. However, they were outdoors the whole afternoon and night. Paula gave them the luxury cat food today instead. They loved it, Malin almost so much that she tried to steal Totte’s food.
Our cats are good friends and guard our house against mice. They deserve to be celebrated. It was quite alright to do it a little late, today. Better late than never.
The huge amounts of rain has caused a train to derail outside of Hudiksvall, further north than us in Sweden. The rain had caused the foundation for the rail to be too instable. Fortunately, there were just minor injuries and just on some of the passengers. I still would not have wanted to go by this train. All passengers were evacuated, so they had to go out in the rain, and everybody was delayed. It feels good to stay at home instead.
It is Monday, but we did not wake up to the alarm clock. Both Daniel and Paula are off from work. This is the joys of summer vacations.
The weather is still rainy and dull. It was not as much rain today as yesterday, but some. This is the downside of summer vacations, but we have had a nice time indoors, nevertheless.
Japan won its first game in the knock out stage of the FIFA World Cup versus Norway, 3–1.
Hailey, creator of this blog, and my dear late friend Polly, would have enjoyed this. Their Japanese roots made them root for Japan.
Laila, our Poodle friend who was born in Japan, likes it.
If Sweden wins its next game versus the United States tomorrow, Sweden will face Japan in one of the quarter finals. Laila says she will still root for Japan and that the Shibas would have, too. I will root for Sweden. We will see what happens.
Polly often wrote about news from Japanin this blog. Since I am not the owner of the blog, but just the care taker until a decendant of Polly can take over, I thought I might try to do the same. News from Mexico is still more interesting for me personally, since Chihuahuas are from Mexico, just like Shibas are from Japan.
In a place close to the Mexican Pacific coast, a bus crashed yesterday. Fifteen humans died. Just like Polly would have done, I question if any dogs were among the casualties and how things will turn out for dogs whose humans were on this bus.
It is a pity that news like this hardly ever tell you whether any dogs were involved. This seems to be the same regardless of the country the news are from, whether it is Mexico, Japan, Sweden, or any other country. I will continue Polly’s critique of this.
It has been raining a lot today. In the evening, when we usually go out for the night, it is pouring. We don’t know if we should go out quickly anyway or just wait. I guess I will write my daily blog entry before we go out, anyway. It is not that I think the weather will change while I write it, but at least it gives me a small opportunity to delay going out. Summers can be rainy, this is one such summer. Life is still nice indoors.
After three consecutive victories, Sweden won its group in the FIFA World Cup and went on to the final sixteen. There, Sweden will face the USA. While the USA came second in its group, it is a great womens’ football team and the game will not be an easy victory for Sweden. Indeed, there is a huge risk that Sweden will lose it. The game will surely be exciting. It will be played on Sunday and we will probably watch it on TV, unless, perhaps, the suspense gets to big.
We got food on the deck outside today. It is nice to eat outdoors in the summer. The air is fresh and warm, and it adds to the experience of the food.
In the winter, I rather eat indoors, but in the summer, eating out is a great thing.
In Hertfordshire in England, a fundraising has started with the aim to raise a statue of a late former police dog. The dog, a German Shepherd, was injuried while saving the human police officer he worked with. He was cured from his injuries and resumed his job, until he later retired.
This is a good cause for a statue. If I lived in Hertfordshire, I would contribute to the statue.
Mexican Formula 1 driver Sergio Perez came second in today’s Belgian Grand Prix. We were a little disappointed, because he started in front of his team mate, but was overtaken. They have equal cars, but I regret to say Morran is probably right when she says Max Verstappen is just a better driver. Perez is still second in the standings, which is not bad.
Sweden won against Italy, 5–0, in the FIFA football World Cup for ladies. Pepe said it would have been a more meaningful victory if it would have been in the gents’ World Cup. I guess he is right in the way that Italy is normally much stronger than Sweden in gents’ football, while Sweden is stronger in ladies’ football. Pepe said the gents’ World Cup is also more important, but I do not agree. This is as if you would say dogs’ classes are more important than bitches’ classes at dog competitions, and everybody knows this is not the case, they are equally important. Oh, well, Pepe was as happy as the rest of us for the victory, anyway. At least he said he was.
Daniel is responsible for hiring ring stewards to the dog show in Askersund in two weeks. He is now done with it and have told the others who help administrate the show about this. As long as nobody has to cancel with short notice, this is it until the show starts. I can understand that it feels nice to be done with it.
Paula and Daniel were away on an important meeting tonight. It was about the upcoming annual dog show in Askersund, that they help administrate. When this is the reason for them not to be at home, we cannot blame them. We watch the house in the meantime. As soon as they were back, everything was just as good as usual.
Pepe, Viola, and I have one important thing in common with Paula. We all have Latin American roots. While every Chihuahua has roots in Mexico, Paula was born in Colombia. It is not very far between these countries, Colombia is just a bit further south east.
Colombia played South Korea in the World Cup today, and won 2–0. Paula is happy about it, and so are the rest of us, because we also root for Colombia because Paula does. Besides, Mexico failed to qualify for this World Cup.
We will have to see what happens if Colombia will face Sweden in the knock out matches.
It is interesting to note an article about long working hours for humans. As a watch dog and as a pet dog, I am on duty around the clock. My predecessors as bloggers noted the same thing once in a while. Why do articles like this never mention the long hours of dogs? It is not that we dogs complain, we love what we do for our humans as much as we love them, but it would be nice if our long hours would be recognised.
Japan played Zambia in the football World Cup, and won 5–0. Polly, who rain this blog before me, and her mother Hailey, who started it, would have loved this result. As Shibas, they always rooted for the home country of their breed, Japan. They would also have liked that Denmark beat China, 1–0. Denmark is Sweden’s neighbour and friend, while China is a dictatorship with a culture where many humans are cruel to dogs. I have to say I also liked the results, even though I do not have as strong opinions on the matter of many countries as Polly had. I believe Hailey had about the same strong opinions as Polly.
Sweden will play tomorrow. Then we will root for Sweden.
Both Hailey and Polly used to write about the FIFA Football World Cup. There is another one that has just started, but it is the ladies’ World Cup. There are not as many humans who follow this World Cup, as far as I can understand because the ladies do not play quite as well as the gentlemen. The games can be interesting, nevertheless, such as when New Zeeland beat favourite Norway.
I believe that if there would be football World Cups for canines, the bitches would play better than the dogs.
We have had some trouble with the router and its connection to the Internet. A new SIM card arrived today from the Internet provider. They were the ones at fault, but it seems to work properly now. This is good, now we get what we pay for.
The Internet connection is important. Without it, Daniel cannot work from home. We all like it when he does. The Internet connection is also good to have when we write blogs et cetera. Now life is easier.
A dog and her human were saved by Mexican fishermen after spending a long time on their storm damaged boat far out in the Pacific Ocean. Here is a short video about the rescue. The human says his dog is much braver than he is. It is a sweet story.
There is a Waffle Day on the 25 March every year, but you can eat waffles any day. We had waffles today.
One might think a meal of waffles does not fit on a day in the middle of summer, but it fits very well. Waffles are great food any time.
It was raining here at home in the afternoon, but we talked to Daniel over the telephone. He was at the office, which is in the centre of the town about 5 km from here. It was not raining there.
Rain can be very local. This is quite interesting. I had never thought about how close you can be, and have rain in one spot, but no rain in the other. It is still logical that it can be this way, so I would not say I am surprised.
A spectator at the Tour de France bicycle race held his mobile telephone too far into the raceway, knocking a cyclist over and causing about twenty cyclists to crash. This is dangerous, it is unsportsmanlike behaviour, there is no excuse forint in my mind.
On dog shows, you are not allowed inside the ring when dogs are judged, unless it is your turn to be judged. This is despite that such an infringement would not be as dangerous, because the dogs do not run fast in the ring, like cyclists in a bicycle race.
I hope people are cautioned by this.
When Daniel came inside, he told us he had found something on the ground when he mowed the lawn. It was a metal sign saying VOLVO. Daniel says it is likely a Volvo car that has lost this on the road outside us. Somehow, it must have found its way onto our lawn.
Neither Paula nor Daniel has ever owned a Volvo. Now Daniel has a Volvo sign, nevertheless. I wonder what he will do with it. Time might tell.
There are posts around on social media where Swedes State they celebrate the French national holiday today. This is a little odd, if you consider that Sweden was against the revolution, Swedes tried to save the French royal family, Sweden fought France and her allies in the Napoleonic Wars that followed, and lost Finland because of it.
I would rather celebrate the birthday of Crown Princess Victoria today.
In an event to celebrate that it is 155 years ago the first recorded litter of Golden Retrievers were born in Scotland, hundreds of Golden Retrievers have gathered there with their humans.
It is amazing to have a fixed historic starting point of your breed. We do not have this for Chihuahuas. Polly used to say she was proud that the origin of Shibas were so old they could be the oldest breed ever. Chihuahuas also have an origin before things like this was recorded. Nevertheless, I congratulate Golden Retrievers for their jubilee. It must have ben fun to be there.
We may complain that it has rained a lot lately in Sweden, but it is nothing compared to what happened in Kurume, a town on the southern Japanese island Kyushu. The recorded rainfall was 402.5 millimetres. This is much more than the 30 millimetres we noted in our rain gauge the other week. Floods have followed the rain and there has even been some deaths due to it. This is not even a record for Japan. While rain is usually good, there can be too much of it. I hope we do not get such heavy rains here.
Paula got a strange error message today. It said she had no surf pot left. We have a service that gives us unlimited surf. As if this was not strange enough, in a little while, the surf worked properly again.
Why did Paula get the error message? Why did it disappear again? Life is full of mysteries.
Whenever we got minced meat and Polly was in charge of this blog, she used to praise the food. You had to watch your piece of minced meat for her, otherwise, she ate it quickly. I came to think of Polly tonight, because we got some minced meat. It really is great food. I hope Polly gets a lot of minced meat in Heaven.
Mexican Formula 1 driver Sergio Perez did climb from storting position 15 to finish sixth in today’s British Grand Prix. If he had made a better result in the qualification, he could have finished much better. This is not good enough, we believe. Perez’ team mate Max Verstappen won and is worthy of leading the Championship. All of us Chihuahuas were disappointed, we want the driver from the home country of our breed to win, but he was far from it. How could it become better? Unfortunately, we do not know.
Viola, Pepe, and I root for the Mexican driver in Formula 1, Sergio Perez. We are of a Mexican dog breed, so this seems natural. Sergio Perez also drives for Red Bull, which has the best car on the grid. Nevertheless, he made a terrible result in the qualification today for the British Grand Prix tomorrow. He did not even go on from the first qualification round. You can blame the difficult weather with constant changes between rain and a dry track. This is no excuse, when Sergio Perez has the best car and every driver faces the same weather. It is even far from the first terrible qualification of Sergio Perez. The other Red Bull driver, reigning World Champion Max Verstappen, got the best result and will start from pole position tomorrow. We are deeply disappointed with the Mexican driver.
Daniel wanted us to go out in the late afternoon. It is just that rain was really pouring down at the time. We told him we could stay indoors for a little longer, so he let us.
Rain may be good for nature, but if I can chose, I stay indoors when there is heavy rain falling. I wish it can be a lot of rain in the night, and no rain tomorrow during the day.
In the rain, none of us were interested in leaving the yard, like Pepe did yesterday for a while. We just wanted to get indoors again.
The second time we went outside this morning, the gate from our dog yard was open. Pepe ran out to watch the rest of our land. There is a stretch of land between the house and the road, but Pepe ran down to the road. This is where Daniel later fetched him.
Indoors, later, I asked Pepe what he did, when he got down to the road. He said he secured the property from intruders. It is not that we often have intruders, rather the opposite, actually. Pepe like to claim this is to a large part thanks to him. Chihuahuas like us are watch dogs. So are Shibas, by the way. I still do not think Pepe is a large contributor to the fact that we almost never have intruders. I play a greater part myself, I believe.
Paula and Daniel were upset today. A classic pastry, Mums-Mums, will go out of production. Apparently, there is not enough demand for it.
I have never had Mums-Mums. There is a chocolate topping on it, and chocolate is said to be poisonous for dogs. This does not mean I cannot feel for my humans. I know what it is like to love a special kind of food.
For Paula’s and Daniel’s sake, I hope the manufacturer of Mums-Mums changes its decision and continues to produce Mums-Mums. There must be more humans who would also like this to happen. They all need to buy more Mums-Mums, to show that there is demand for it.
Paula and Daniel had the Swedish take on Mexican food today, tacos. Some of the minced meat went to us dogs, which was great.
Rumour has it, tacos is much better in Mexico. It should be, since it comes from Mexico. Since I have never been in Mexico, I do not really know. I can imagine, though. Chihuahuas are from Mexico, so many other Mexican things are probably great as well.
We really got a lot of rain today. It was as if all of the rain of June was saved until the 3 July. The rain gauge got full in four hours before lunch, this is more than 30 millimetres of rain.
Nature needs it, we did not have to go out in it, so we are happy about it. Rain is good, when you can stay indoors.
Potatoes for dinner, and I am reminded of the fact that potatoes come from the Americas, just like us Chihuahuas do.
Polly was proud of food from Japan, where Shibas are from. She used to raise this issue when sushi was served. Sushi is great food, I can understand her pride, but potatoes are more spread around the world and come in many more forms. Can you compare them? Perhaps not, but both are food for thought.
The Wi-Fi works again. This is convenient.
We had rain today, for the first time in many days. Nature needs it. Polly also used to point out how we need it, since we get water from our own well. Then you can take that it is a little inconvenient to go out when rain is falling from the sky.
The forecast for the weekend is updated, it looks like we may have rain tomorrow and the day after tomorrow as well. This would be good, so I hope it will be so.
Our Wi-Fi does not work.
Daniel called our Internet provider and had to wait for a long time before anybody answered. After a short diskussion, the person at the Internet provider believed the SIM card in the router did not work. He asked Daniel to check the SIM card in his telephone. Meanwhile, he would send a text message to Daniel’s telephone which would tell him how to bypass the queue. Daniel tested the SIM card and it turned out it did not work, as predicted. He switched back to the ordinary SIM card for his telephone, but never got the promised text message. Eventually, he called back, but the support service had just closed for the day.
It is fortunate that we can reach the Internet by other means, even though it takes longer time without Wi-Fi. We hope we can solve the matter tomorrow.
When the outdoor temperature is never below 20° C in Sweden, we call it a tropical night. We do live far away from the tropics, but it is still so warm that we call it tropical. The forecast for this night is that it will be a tropical night. I hope everyone can sleep well despite the heat. I do not think it is troublesome for us Chihuahuas, Mexican as we are. We can tell tomorrow.
Paula came back home this afternoon. We have missed her. Life has pretty much returned to normal now that she is home.
I still miss Polly, though. Polly will not return, I know, but I wish she would.
Bugs are bugging me, when we are outdoors. Why do they have to bug us? Couldn’t they just leave us alone?
I am even more annoyed with mosquitoes, but I can understand them. They want to eat our blood. The bugs, I do not understand, they are just annoying.
Perhaps it is like Pepe says: life is not meant to be understood, it is meant to be enjoyed. Then the question is still: how do you enjoy bugs bugging you?
The big news today is the Russian forces (”the Wagner group”) turning against Russia, but quickly giving up, as it seems. For a while, it seemed like there would be a civil war in Russia.
I do not think the risk of fights between Russian forces is over. The Russian war on Ukraine does not go as planned. An unsuccessful war may make the people who wage war turn on each other.
We will have to see what happens. Hopefully, there will be peace soon, but I would not think so.
A few days ago, I wrote about my thoughts on taking a break from this blog. Obviously, I never did. I just went on writing it. When I spent a lot of time to come up with something to write about today, I had some regrets that I did not take a break. I guess I will just keep up the daily blog as it is. This is in the spirit of the former bloggers, so it cannot be wrong. The daily blog will still be daily.
It is the shortest night of the year, the summer solstice. It is very little darkness outside. We can sleep anyway.
Humans in Sweden celebrate the summer solstice on the evening of the Friday closest to the solstice. This is a little strange. If you want to celebrate an astronomical event, why don’t celebrate it on the very night it occurs? It has something to do with the human work week, but I still think it is a little strange.
Sweden did not reach its goals in the Euro qualifyers in football tonight. The Swedish team played against Austria in Austria, and Austria won, 2–0. Sweden will now have a hard time to reach the tournament. We are really disappointed.
I read this article about a ”new” species of dinosaur found on Isle of Wight, England. Of course, the species was not new. It is estmated to have lived about 145 to 66 million years ago. This is no new species of dinosaur. It is a newly found species, but it is not new, is it? Humans use their languages in curious ways sometimes.
The humans where we stay for now are nice. They also think we are nice. Over all, it is nice here. Life is good.
This is supposed to be a daily blog, even though I never made the decision that it is. It is harder than I anticipated to come up with something to write about every day. Indeed, I missed out on writing in the blog yesterday.
Now I am considering a break from the blog for a while. We can call it a summer break. I would not write anything in the blog for at least a week, I believe.
Viola objected to my plan. I told her she could write in the blog in my absence, but she refused. Then I told her I did not like that she objected.
We will see what happens. I have not made up my mind just yet, but I wanted to warn the readers that there may come several days without any blog posts. Stay tuned, and you will see.
Daniel cut the claws of Morran tonight. She needed it. Even though she did not like the process, she was pleased to have shorter claws when it was done.
I got away from having my claws cut. Daniel agreed with me that my claws were not so long that it was urgent to cut them. I am happy for this.
Daniel cut the claws of Laila and Pepe tonight. He also cut one of my claws, but then he got interrupted by a telephone call. After the call, he must have forgotten about my claws, so I got away with just a single newly cut claw. This was a relief. I hate having my claws cut. They are not that long, so I really think it was unnecessary to cut them. I hope Daniel does not make another attempt to ut my claws tomorrow.
Paula is not at home tonight. She will call later to tell us the latest update, so we may know when she will come back home.
I hope Paula is doing well and will come back home soon. We are missing her.
A French Bulldog who was stolen in England has been returned to her humans. There was a burglary where the dog lived and she was among the things stolen.
I am happy the French Bulldog could be returned. It went quickly as well, thanks to people who helped when the police made a public appeal. Two people have also been arrested on suspicion of burglary. It is good when crimes can be solved quickly, especially when it concerns dogs.
Daniel mowed the lawn today. We have a big lot, thus, a big lawn.
A well kept lawn is good to keep us from getting ticks. It is evenmore important for small dogs like us Chihuahuas, than it is for Shibas and other bigger dogs. I like it when the lawn is newly cropped.
I know Polly liked when the lawn was newly mowed as well. I hope the lawns are, where she is now.
It has been a week since Polly left us. We will always remember her. It was a day when we thought a lot about her. We all comforted each other. We are lucky to have each other, to share the sorrow.
Polly is probably in a better place now.
Once again this evening, Paula was looking for her mobile telephone. It is so mobile, apparently, that it leaves her. She loses the telephone quite often. Granted, she often finds it quickly, tonight more than ever. She hardly had time to complain that she could not find it, before she did find it. I am glad she did, so she could stop complaining. Now everything is fine again and Paula is her usual, lovable self.
Daniel was late tonight, he did not come home until after seven. He had a meeting in the evening. There are times when he comes home even later, but this does not make his arrival home any better tonight. It is as Polly often wrote in this blog: it would be better if both Paula and Daniel were at home most of the time. We understand that they have to make a living away from home, but nevertheless, life could be better.
We have had an old Chrysler Grand Voyager standing in our yard. I have never travelled in it. The brakes have not been fully functional. Today, Daniel sold it. There was another human who came here, payed a little for buying it, and went away with it. Daniel says it used to be a good car, but he is glad to be rid of it now. It was a good trade, I believe.
Viola and I had a debate on how I spelled ”mosquitoes” in the blog post of yesterday. Viola asked why I did not spell it ”mosquitos”. We checked it out and this turned out to be the correct spelling in Spanish. Spanish is the Chihuahua language, since it is the language of Mexico, where we are from. However, this blog is written in English from the start and it will continue to be written in English. The correct spelling in English is ”mosquitoes”. This is how it will be.
We had the window open in the bedroom, before going to bed. Some mosquitoes took the liberty to fly inside. They are annoying. The sound of them is disturbing. If they bite, it itches.
Some birds eat a lot of mosquitoes. We would not want such a bird inside the bedroom, but if we had one outside the window, it would have been great. You cannot get anything, though.
It is with considerable awe of my predecessors, and no small amount of nervousness, that I write this blog post. I will do my best to keep up with the legendary Hailey and my late friend Polly, to take good care of their blog.
This blog is written in English. This is not my first language. My mother taught me Swedish, Icelandic, and some Spanish, the language of my Mexican breed. Still, English is an international language among dogs, as well as among humans. Modern dog breeding had its origin in England, English is the most common of the four official languages of the FCI, and we do learn it. Polly has also taught me a great deal. I hope I will not make anyone disappointed with the language.
We will have to see what I can write about. I will try to write in the style of Hailey and Polly. Laila, Morran, Viola, and Pepe have all said they may help me, for which I am grateful.
Stay tuned, please!
Polly
SEUCH Aangenaam Full Moon Eclipse
* 19 February 2010
+ 2 June 2023
Rest in peace, dear friend!
This blog will be cared for by Polly’s Chihuahua friend Piffy, until a descendant of Polly is able to take over.
We talked about my granddaughter Honey today. She must have her hips x rayed, so we can know for sure she has good hips. When this is done, and she will most probably have a good result, she will be able to get pups.
It is very satisfying to have pups. It is also a continuance of the life, to future generations. I hope Honey will get many pups. She will certainly enjoy it.
We have to make an appointment with the vet for the X ray examination. This can be done soon. I hope all will go well.
I would like for Honey to inherit this blog. Since she does not live here, she has never tried. It might be that Piffy will take care of the blog in trust for Honey.
We have nice and sunny spring days, but I feel too tired to truly enjoy it. This morning, I jumped down from the sofa, but I sort of missed the floor with my paws, falling on my belly. I cannot run around with the younger dogs. I see their happiness, I recognise it, but I cannot fully participate in it. It is nice to lay down to rest, though.
Paula and I watched a documentary about a part of Japanese history, in the 16th century. It is always nice to learn more about Japan. I just wish they would say more about dogs, especially Shibas. We are an essential part of Japanese history.
Canada can never be underestimated in ice hockey. It is their sport from the beginning, after all. Team Canada beat Germany in the final.
Earlier in the day, Latvia beat the USA in the bronze game.
Both the Germans and the Latvians are to be congratulated. These teams both exceeded the expectations. Germany has not won medals in the World Championship for a long time, and silver is a great result. Latvia has never before been in a medal game, their bronze is historical.
I just wish Sweden would have made a better tournament.
Our Affenpinscher friend Morran roots for Germany in the IIHF World Championship in ice hockey. Her breed is German, so this is where her roots are.
Tonight, Morran is happy. Germany has advanced to the final of the World Championship for the very first time. They beat the USA in overtime, 4-3. In the final, the Germans will face Canada. This is not an easy opponent, but Germany has a chance to win, nevertheless. Either way, a silver would be a great result for Germany as well. For Morran’s sake, anyway, we will all root for Germany tomorrow.
Go, Germany!
In the IIHF World Championship in ice hockey, Sweden played Latvia in the quarter final, and lost.
Sweden would normally be seen as the better team. This does not help, when the Swedes do not score more than one goal on really many chances. Latvia played well enough and score med more goals on fewer chances. It is the number of goals that counts.
Congratulations to Latvia.
At the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, they have a new way of helping students come with anxiety and stress. They let dogs take care of the students, through a programme called Paws on Campus.
This is good news and similar to when dogs are taking part in the care of the elderly or ill. I think it is a great idea. We dogs are great at helping humans feel better, just like humans make us feel better. It will be interesting to see if the University of Edinburgh idea will spread to other universities. I think it should.
We celebrate Daniel’s birthday today. This is worth celebrating, not least because any birthday means more treats. We love Daniel, just like he loves us. May he have another great year!
In the IIHF World Championship in ice hockey, Sweden beat Denmark tonight. This was hardly a surprise. The big surprise tonight was that Norway beat Canada. This game was tied after full time, which in itself is a great result for Norway. There were no goals in over time, but Norway won the shoot out. Canada is a great power in ice hockey, even a mediocre Canadian team will usually beat Norway. This year, it seems like Canada has a team in the World Championship which is not even mediocre. They will good to the quarter finals, but I do not believe they will continue to the semi finals.
Daniel moved the lawn today, for the first time this season. It is good to get the lawn mowed, it makes for less opportunity for ticks to get close to us from the high grass. Daniel is satisfied with himself after mowing the lawn, which makes the day better. Life is nice.
We got our food supplemented with sausages today as well. This is great. I love sausages!
In the evening, Sweden played France in the IIHF World Championship in ice hockey. Laila rooted for France, as a Poodle, her breed comes from France. Sweden won, however, 4-0. Morran said a country which is not known for sausages cannot be good at ice hockey. I do not know if this is true, Germany is known for sausages but is not much better than France at ice hockey. I am glad Sweden won, though.
We got sausages instead of our ordinary dog food today. Sausages are great food.
You do not really know what is in sausages. The German Chancellor Otto v. Bismarck is known to have said that there are two things you do not want the people to know how they are made: sausages and laws. I do not care, sausages are tasty anyway.
This Thursday, a fixed time after Easter Day, is celebrated as the day of Christ’s ascension into Heaven. He rose from the dead, meeting his disciples again, then went up to Heaven.
In Sweden, this is a holiday. Paula and Daniel has celebrated here at home with us dogs. We also got some sausage beside our regular food, which was tasty. It has been a fine day. I wish more days would be like this.
It is the national holiday of Norway. This day always makes me think of my late grandfather Kuro. He was born in Bergen, Norway. Even though he moved to Sweden as a pup, he remained a Norwegian patriot. I like this. You should always be true to your roots.
Happy national holiday, all Norwegians, and my late grandfather!
Sweden plays Finland in the IIHF World Championship in ice hockey tonight. It is a close call. The game ended in ordinary time in a tie, 1-1.
Finland was the first team to score a goal on Sweden. It is worth noting, however, that Sweden has just played Germany and Austria so far. Sweden should win versus those teams.
On days like this, I am glad none of us dogs here has such ties to Finland that we have anybody who roots for Finland. The ice hockey games against Finland are too important.
There was no goal in over time. Thus, the game ended with penalties, where Sweden finally won. Sweden got two points, Finland got one.
Daniel has extrakter the first becket full of dandelions from our lawn for the season. He hates them saying that they are ugly weeds that must be removed. Over the years, he has managed to make the dandelion presence much smaller, but some always pop up here and there. I have asked him if it would not be less stressful to just let them be, but he says the least stressful thing is to take them all away as soon as he sees them. To each his own way to lessen stress.
The Song Contest is on tonight. Sweden does not have a good song. Japan does not participate. I guess I have to hope for another country.
Sweden played its first game of the IIHF World Championship in ice hockey versus Germany.
Our Affenpinscher friend rooted for Germany, since her breed is German. Sweden should win, however, but did it with just 1-0. The rest ofta were a little disappointed.
Daniel is responsible for contracting ring stewards to the unofficial dog show this Saturday. One of them has turned sick and had to cancel her participation. We got notice of this early this morning. Fortunately, Daniel managed to get hold of another ring steward during the day. We have to hope there will not be any more cancellations now.
Paula and Daniel participated in a board meeting with the regional kennel club today, but they were at home. The meeting was held through a web link. It was great that they did not have to leave, but stayed at home.
It also meant I could hear what they talked about at the meeting. I thought this would be more interesting than it was. Economy and administration is not really my thing. It is good that the humans take care of those things, though.
I wish more meetings could be held from home in this way.
Paula and Daniel had shrimp as an ingredient for supper tonight. I got to taste some. Shrimp are good food.
I guess Shibas are used to ses food for generations. This is common food in Japan. I like it very much, so I guess in this way, I am an ordinary Shiba. Shibas are out of the ordinary, ordinarily, so this is good.
We have had a lazy Sunday today. You need to take days off, once in a while, like this, not doing anything special, I believe.
Sure, we cleaned and washed a bit, like we usually do on Sundays, but in a very modest pace. It was restful anyway.
Over the years, I have come to love lazy days more and more. I guess this comes with age and wisdom.
Peanut, who is from the United Kingdom, followed the TV broadcast of the coronation of King Charles III of the United Kingdom and his other realms. I was not as interested.
My late grand aunt Linni was always interested in Australia, since her father was from Australia. Charles III is the King of Australia as well. I guess this made me a little more interested in the coronation than I would be otherwise.
For my part, I am quite content with an interest in Sweden and Japan.
It is nice to ave a black coat these cold but sunny spring days. When I am outside and the sunrays hits my black coat, I really get warm. Most sunrays, with their heat, stays where it is black.
In the middle of the day today, we got to get out in the yard. When the others went inside, I stayed out in the sunshine. It was nice. During this time, I could forget sorrows of my life.
I hope the weather will soon be even warmer, I feel like I need it.
On the 3 May 1947, the Constitution of Japan came into force. Since then, this is a Japanese holiday. The Constitution is an important part of any country, especially of free, democratic countries like Japan. This is, thus, an important day for all of us who have Japanese roots.
Few things are more important to a country than the Constitution. The national dog breeds are definitely more important, and probably the monarch, but I cannot think of anything else.
Hurrah for the Constitution today!
One of the best known fictional dogs of the world is Snoopy, from the comic strip Peanuts. Snoopy often plays a World War I flying ace, whose arch enemy is the German flying ace the Red Baron.
The Red Baron existed in real life, Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen. He was born on the 2 May 1892.
Our Affenpinscher friend Morran, whose breed is from Germany, celebrates the Red Baron. She says that the world would have been a better place, had Germany won that war. I am not so sure about that. Japan was an enemy of Germany in that war, so if Germany would have won, Japan would have lost. Morran says that history would have become different, and there would not have been a Second World War, which Japan lost and became the target of two atomic bombs.
Alternate history may be interesting, but you never know what would have happened. I can understand that the Red Baron was a gentleman of war, though. His memory also made Snoopy a more interesting fictional dog.
