Jul 10 2010
Hammock
Two days ago I bought Alison a hammock for her birthday. I had no idea how I came up with that gift, she never asked for it. Then I saw this photo, taken 3 years ago, that I used for our calendar. Subconsciously I must have been inspired by it.
Unfortunately it rained and thunder-stormed all day yesterday so Alison couldn’t try it out. (Fortunately it cooled things down a bit, after a week of sweltering heat with temperatures of 30-35 and high humidity)
She likes it. She stole my iPad and just read the whole Internet. And Plume likes it too, just as Poupoune did before. She eats her Kong toy and enjoys the rocking motion of the hammock.
Plume is slowly taking over the special place Poupoune had in our lives. I still love Poupoune, but she’s getting older and isn’t as active anymore. She still goes on walks, but usually not in the morning when she’s too stiff of arthritis. She seems reasonable happy although she’s a bit jealous of all the attention Plume gets. To keep her busy we gave her a Kong for own and that seems to have helped.
Saturday, 10 July, 2010 @ 08:05
As usual, my version of the story is slightly different. Thursday night we came home with the hammock and Mark was so excited he hung it up immediately, in the dark. Then I climbed into it and fell asleep. When Mark went to bed after midnight he had to wake me up to call me into the house.
Sooo nice on muggy days. Thank you, Mark!
Saturday, 17 July, 2010 @ 10:12
Nice! Congratulations, Alison.
Just today, we finally asked the carpenter to make a construction on our roof terrace so we can hang up two hammocks (sorry for the one-upmanship), which we have been planning for months — as Mark knows.
Sunday, 18 July, 2010 @ 19:50
We considered two hammocks. Then Mark tried my hammock, immediately got seasick, and we just as promptly abandoned all such considering.