Well aware that this isn’t the best photo I have of Ella and Louis, I’m bit pressed for time. See, it’s their birthday and I’ve been rattling on about these exquisite hounds via social media and responding to queries about them from people who haven’t been following them for years. Which is hard to believe if you think about it.
Numerous people have told me they started reading my stuff only after getting pulled in by images of those two red dogs.
If I wrote a blogpost about them every time they touched my heart, this would be a blog devoted entirely to the smart one and her less than bright brother. That’s all I’d talk about, and there could even be a number of you who’d prefer that anyway.
Here’s the thing, though: how do you get across just how important these two are to me? How might I adequately express why I get choked up at the thought of anything happening to either one of them? The people who are already nuts about dogs already get it. I could write this for them, and they’d nod their heads and insist this is a perfectly reasonable passion for nonhuman beings.
That’s too easy for the likes of me. Instead, I’d love to find the right words to even win over those who shake their heads and say, ‘Why would anyone devote so much time and attention to such creatures? It’s just a dog, after all.‘
Just a dog? I know. Why would I want to reach such a person in the first place? Good point. I often say to myself that these two give so much more than they take. Once again, that’s only going to make sense to the already converted. Preaching to the proverbial choir, as it were.
I even want to persuade cat people about these two. I know, I’m mad. Truly off my rocker.
So, Ella’s sitting behind me as I sit at my desk writing about them, and she just gave me a look that said, ‘You see the irony of blathering on about how much you love us, but here we are NOT GOING OUTSIDE, which is all we really want. You do see that, right?‘
Yes, Ella. I get it. It’s time to go out. Has been for a while.
For those of you who see a photo of Ella and Louis and insist that you want MOAR photos in addition to the one I just shared, today’s for you too. I’ll stumble over to other platforms and do some unrepentant spreading of the canine adoration.
Happy Eleventh Birthday, you two. There’s a celebratory Schweinsohr in it for you.
I am one of those people who first followed you because of Ella and Louis and have absolutely no time for those who uses expressions such as “only a dog”. From a distance I love Ella and Louis and wish them both the happiest of birthdays with many more to come.
That is so kind Barbara. They’d love your attention, I’m sure. Ella appreciates the sentiment and Louis is not remotely interested in such things.