Yesterday Brenda and the kids and I took Rufus with us to the Tennessee Arts and Crafts Association Fair at Centennial Park. It is a semi-annual affair that we attend and always enjoy it. It’s not your country “artsy-craftsy” stuff that you see at some fairs --- these items are really unusual and very pricey.
Everything is hand made: lots of yard art sculptures, jewelry of all types, stained glass, copper items, wooden bowls, etc. etc. Brenda bought a beautiful set of wind chimes made of solid cylinders of red glass; I bought a turquoise colored stained glass cross for my window. We rarely ever come away empty handed.
It was a gorgeous day --- low seventies and low humidity, couldn’t have asked for a better one. As a result, there were crowds of people there. And lots of dogs.
I gave Rufus a bath before we went and he was all fluffed out, looking his best. After all, I knew there would be plenty of attention and I was not wrong. Many people ewwwed and ahhhhed over him and wanted to pet him. He was unusually docile except occasionally when he would see another dog and then he would bark his high pitched yap. He also wanted to be carried a lot, a sign he was overwhelmed at times. Mostly, he behaved very well and did me proud.
I overheard one girl ask another if she wanted to buy anything and the other answered, “No, I only come to see the dogs.”
RUFUS AND Y'MOMMY AT THE "DOG" FAIR
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Okay, I know I've been absent for a few posts, but I blame it on the stress of the end of the school semester (which will be complete tomorrow). Reading this post, though, I laughed out loud when reading this part: "Many people ewwwed and ahhhhed over him..." Personally, I would have written "...ooohed and ahhhed", because I read ewwwed in the context of "Ew, Gross! What the heck is that?!"
Again, I couldn't help myself, and I'm sorry for my absence the last few posts. I know you missed me, and I hope Rufus knows you still like him, even if many people at the fair were disgusted with him.
OK, smart guy!! Ooooohed is pronounced with a long o. How do you write something that you want to sound like oo?
I'm glad you are almost through. I look forward to kicking up my heels with you and K. in 2 weeks!
Now THAT's funny. Oooohed is pronounced with a long "o" but 'how do you pronounce oo?' --that has two o's!! Maybe if it's an odd number of o's in the word, it's the long o sound, but if it's an even number, it's the double o sound.
On the subject, I guess ahhhhh could be a scream of terror, for that matter. So first, people were grossed out, then they screamed in terror? Killer dog on the loose!!!
Just razzing you Mom. It's not possible for Cuj--I mean Rufus to disgust or scare anyone.
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