Saturday, May 13, 2006
Small Things
Today in flora and fauna:
Above: Cleared out spaces adjacent to the lilac bush. Ph. and I then built up 12-15 hills and planted zucchini, yellow squash and watermelon
Above: Four tomato plants here along with a jalapeno, green bell pepper and another watermelon hill. It's messy because I cut the grass after Ph. and I spent about two hours weeding, digging/hoeing and planting.
Above: Androids holding flower pots.
Above: Our new pet.
Above: Here charging at the camera with Ph. using the leash to restrain him.
And until we come up with something, he's Mister Needs-a-name. Ideas?
Posted by Derek Mueller at May 13, 2006 6:00 PM
to Perrito
Awww... look at the doggy. What is his/her name?
Posted by: Tamika at May 14, 2006 1:19 AMOh, my post seminar paper fatigue made me miss your last line. How about Chico?
Posted by: Tamika at May 14, 2006 1:23 AMHe's a cute puppy--what kind of mix is he? And is he a puppy? How about Ph.D for Ph's dog? Okay, maybe not.
Posted by: joanna at May 15, 2006 2:02 PMFang is taken. How 'bout Cujo? Though he looks like a Murphy.
Posted by: Sarah at May 15, 2006 7:47 PMThanks for the suggestions. Lots of good possibilities here. We need to settle on one soon, but we still haven't reached family-wide consensus.
Learned yesterday that he was born in Missouri, so we were thinking over M0-themed names: Truman, Show-me, etc.
He's a mix of beagle and pug, Joanna (favoring beagle, just a bit). They said he'll get to be about 20 lbs when fully grown.
Posted by: Derek at May 16, 2006 8:18 AMBorn in Missouri? Gotta be "Huckleberry" ("Huck" for short).
Posted by: Lance at May 16, 2006 8:46 AMAnother good one. I think we might have to just drop them all into a hat and pick. It's not getting easier to train a puppy without a name. I was looking into his hometown landmarks and newspaper to find materials to name from, but it's still a stalled effort. Harlen? No. Red? No.
Posted by: Derek at May 16, 2006 3:35 PMI don't want to hog the comments, but now that you've narrowed it down to a specific town, I have two more. West Plains is in one of the most remote and interesting parts of the state (if also a little scary, in a Deliverance kind of way, depending on how far out of town you venture). Deep in the hills/mountains of south-central MO, it is the quintessence of the Ozarks. So, Ozzie would be a good choice, as would Bill or Billy (as variations on hillbilly, a term of honor to south-central Missourians).
Posted by: Lance at May 16, 2006 5:34 PMWould you believe the pup's dad was named Billy Bob Casino? I'm not kidding. But that rules out Bill/y or Bob/by. Well, yeah, and Casino (won in a bet?). Ozzie's a good option. We've all agreed to settle on a name at the dinner table this evening.
Posted by: Derek at May 16, 2006 5:43 PM