Once again I have waited a while to write anything. I get busy with so many time eaters that I don't take the time to write down my thoughts. And then today happened. It started early with dogs barking and whining to be let out, as it always does. I had coffee, got on Facebook and spelled a bunch of words (with friends), fed some leftover green beans and mashed potatoes to the chickens, went to the post office to mail the 40ish Christmas cards I had made out last night, went to the store to get dog food, bread and mayonnaise and headed back home. These are all normal activities. I got home, ran the dishwasher and then decided to wrap Christmas gifts. I got most of it done. I then decided to go get eggs and take the dogs out again. The chickens came through once again and we got 24 eggs with a couple still in the nests.
I will now interject that when I say take the dogs out I mean the following: one old female German Shepherd, one adult male German Shepherd mix, one adult Shetland Sheepdog (aka sheltie) and two adult long-haired overweight chihuahuas. Keeping track of them all can be a challenge when they decide to go deaf. This time, however, they were all fairly well-behaved. We also have indoor/outdoor cats with one in particular that feels like an open door is an invitation. It doesn't matter if she just went through it the other direction. If it opens, she goes. When we went out, so did she and jumped up on the deck railing and watched the dogs do their business.
After retrieving all the eggs and reflecting on how much I'd gotten done today already (I also started a load of laundry) and it wasn't even 2 pm yet, I called the dogs and we headed back to the house. Anticipating an open door, the cat jumped off the deck railing and took a flying leap towards the door. She leapt at the precise moment that one fat chihuahua reached that same door. I was two steps behind and all I saw was a flying cat land on a chihuahua back, legs straddling the little guy and for one split second the cat was riding the chihuahua. The cat turned and looked at me as if to say, "Holy cow! I landed on a dog!" The dog turned and looked at me as if to say, "Did you just throw a cat at me?" Time stood still and I nearly wet my pants laughing.
Even if I had a camera I couldn't have caught that split second that the cat was on the dog but it is indelibly etched in my memory. These are the moments that keep me going. I love my animals.
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