26 August 2014

Callie the collie

Callie is a "red" border collie. When we decided we wanted a border collie, we assumed we'd get a black and white dog. But we got Callie. She is 7½ years old now. Here's a view of her that I see very often. We take a walk in the vineyard every day.


Sometimes Callie follows behind me on our walk, but mostly she goes out ahead. Sometimes she runs along a parallel row in the vines. She basically knows our route, but she'll wait for me if we come to a point where I might choose to go one way or another — pour varier les plaisirs. Often I just let her lead.


Here's Callie as we get back to our yard. I snapped this shot through the leaves and branches of a tarragon plant that I have growing in an old plastic paint bucket. In the photo you can also see some lavender, some sage, two apple trees, the vegetable garden, the garden shed, and, in the distance, a plum tree that I planted a few years ago.

7 comments:

  1. callie is a beautiful furkid. she is lucky to have 2 attentive daddies.

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  2. Isn't it great having Callie to love? :)

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    1. Judy, Having Callie means taking a nice long walk every day. She does as much good for us as we do for her.

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  3. Good grief, doesn't seem possible it's been 7 years since you
    bought her home. Makes me realize how long I've been reading
    your blog every morning.....since 2003, the year of the canicule,
    I think. I remember you were harvesting from your first garden.
    Time flies.

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    1. Hi Sheila, Walt an I both started blogging in October 2005. Nine years coming up...

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  4. I love all species of dogs but your is so nice.

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    1. Gosia, it is true that Callie is a very sweet dog.

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