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[rootofnewt]

The club night we go to, the_dawning is all-ages. I talk to people who are younger and who are older than me, not being the type to discriminate based on age. I frequently forget that mbickers is 19, since she's a junior in college and we share many of the same interests. I frequently forget that xiane is older than me (she's been goth since the dark ages) because once you become an adult and enter the real world, that type of thing seems to matter less.

That said, when M suggested we go to Amelia's party this weekend, I said "Sure!" Amelia's sweet and I like her. It sort of slipped my mind that, since Amelia's a high school student, so are her friends. I had fun, though. It's just rather odd to hear people kvetching about AP chemistry these days. I felt a little out of my element, but I didn't let it bother me too much. I'm not sure too many people there realized I was a decade older than most of the guests. Cory's close to my age, and boy also, of course.

Amelia lives with her family down towards Appamatox. It was about an hour's drive, but we chatted along the way. Rather, boy and Cory (M's boy) sat quietly in front while M and I giggled in the back seat.

We were greeted by a jumpy Australian Cattle Hound? Dog? named Brisbane and some yappy pugs. We saw a bonfire and headed toward it. We sat down and enjoyed the company. Amelia and her family have a lot of pets--one goat, several chickens roosting in the bamboo, three pugs, Brisbane, an aged zombie Whippet, a grey cat, a black cat, and nine Ibizan Hounds (one of which is a wee puppy, but I forgot to take a picture of him). I was in heaven. I got LOTS of doggy love. Amelia's family is also chock full of artists, so there are paintings everywhere, mostly of pets past and present. It's quite nifty.

I was told the pugs resemble their names. Grub is the old one looking at the camera. Gir is wearing the orange collar. Dreidel (who spins a lot) is enjoying M's lollipop,

Dreidel, Corey, and Gir with M's boobs
Cory with flaming peeps, Amelia laughs
cory pets an ibizan
m and gir check out cory's climbing style
dreidel, grub, and an ibizan and again. notice that the ibizan curled up is still larger than both of the pugs.
dancers
gir tried to get in every shot somehow, i think that's Amelia's brother
out of the tree!


it was easy for me to remember the names of everything but the ibizans. It was dim when i was introduced to the Ibizans and seven large dogs with similar colors tend to be difficult to tell apart. (The eigth was in back with her puppy.) One, Ru (rue? roux?) likes certain smells, especially perfume. This does not explain why he adored my smell and kept rubbing against me and smelling my hair joyfully. I guess he likes my clean human smell.

An Ibizan watches a cat
gir and brisbane (there's a laser pointer just out of frame, those two LOVED it

the terrifying cake o'peeps and candy

such a pretty fire, fun to poke.

M on the couch of pug love
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Gir joins in
4
5
Amelia joins the fun, the Ibizan leaves
great fun

gir really did attempt to get in every shot.

uh, yeah. so i took lots of pictures of the dogs. i spent lots of time petting dogs, too. i love dogs. it was nice. there was an Ibizan on acomfy surface everywhere you looked. it was great. Wimpy (the Whippet) sat curled up under a blanket, quietly eager for gentle pets. Ru was eager to leap onto the laser dot or sniff hair or dance. Brisbane was eager for pets. The black kitty liked the laser, too, but didn't like competing with the dogs. The striped kitty avoided us haughtily. The chickens shook the bamboo. It was a good night. ;)


update:
if you looked at this in the 10-20 minutes after i posted, i've added six more pictures.

Comments

[lady-lion.livejournal.com]

I talk to people who are younger and who are older than me, not being the type to discriminate based on age.
-I'm pretty much the same way. Of course, my boyfriend is nine years older than me. ;-)

One, Ru (rue? roux?) likes certain smells, especially perfume. This does not explain why he adored my smell and kept rubbing against me and smelling my hair joyfully. I guess he likes my clean human smell.
-Perhaps you had touched a plant that he was smelling? Dogs have a better sense of smell than humans do and any plant is going to have its own unique smell, even if it isn't potent. And I know that you garden and have various plants around, so that could be it. Or whatever it is that you wash your hair with (botanical or otherwise).

gir really did attempt to get in every shot.
-The "every shot" link doesn't work. I get an error message with it.

[krasota.livejournal.com]

i use *nothing* scented and i didn't garden that day. i stayed inside sewing, using freshly laundered fabric. and i use *nothing* scented in my laundry, either. he really just liked ME.

and i fixed that link. :)

here it is for you:
http://www.explodingcat.com/krasota/amelia/sillygir3

[sapience.livejournal.com]

Great pictures! The pugs are hilarious - I felt like I really got a sense of their personalities through your words and images. And the Ibizans are gorgeous! I had no idea they were so large, or so beautiful. My favorite "people" picture is "M on the couch of pug love" - what a great shot! Thanks for sharing.

p.s. I love that you're such a dog lover.

[mskit.livejournal.com]

Eee! Looks like you had tons of fun Thanks for sharing the piccies : D

[mskit.livejournal.com]

Hmm.. I have no clue how I did that... oh well ;)

[explodingcat.livejournal.com]

My favorite pic is the goat!

Don't know what it looks like on the Mac, but on my PC screen it's just two glowing eyes.

[lightning-rose.livejournal.com]

Download it. Open it in whatever paint/photo program you use and adjust the gamma to +3.

*Now* it's scary! :)

[porcinea.livejournal.com]

Eeeeeeee, pugs! Cuuuuuute. (But the goat was scary.)

[circumspectly.livejournal.com]

looks like y'all had a great time. i would *love* to have that many critters, but the vacuuming alone makes me cringe. we have the two licky hair-beasts now, and i can't keep up.