More Willow-Watching

Realized recently that it’s been a while since I last posted about Willow.

That’s partly deliberate, since I don’t want to become one of those bloggers who post about everything in their life–in fact, I make it a point to post as rarely as possible, and even more rarely about myself or my personal life.

But in this case, I realized that my last post about Willow was about her being really sick. And that three months had passed since then. So a couple of people actually wrote in wondering if she was okay. The thought of anyone thinking that maybe Willow wasn’t A-ok creeped me out more than a little, so I decided it was time to post a little about her.

First of all, she’s beautiful, in great health, thank you for asking, and growing wonderfully. I won’t even get started on how she’s as much a member of the family as the four of us (me, wife, son, daughter), and in many ways, she’s the most important member of the family, because she craves and gets the maximum attention. My wife (who’s not really a dog-lover, or even an animal-lover at that) sometimes gets quite fed up with all the Willow-talk, but even she’s come to (reluctantly) accept our little Basset Hound and incorporated her into her life.

I could probably post a whole book on Willow, and in a sense I am doing something along those lines, a full-length feature documentary titled DOGUMENTARY. But I’m not going to talk about that here, because I don’t talk about my personal filmmaking, music, photography, and other hobbies and interests–even though they’re really much more than hobbies now, they’re professional passions in fact. As and when I complete DOGUMENTARY and decide that I’m ready to screen it for other people, or even just my family, we’ll see.

Meanwhile, I’ve posted these pics of Willow, mostly sleeping, and one of her meeting a friend on the Lokhandwala Back Road. They’re not hot off the presses, in fact they’re from various points in the past couple of months, and none are newer than six weeks, and she’s grown a lot more since, but I wanted to fill the gap between the last post about her and now, and so you’ll have to settle for these.

I’ll just say here that she’s the darling of my life. I love all animals madly, and perhaps they sense it, because almost all animals seem attracted to me as well. But Willow I love more than everything else on earth, and she knows it, because I can see in her big brown puppy-dog eyes that she loves me back just as much.

One last note about the pics: As you can see, they’re not very good ones. Not that I’m a professional photographer–my thing is HD cinematography rather than still photography–but because Willow rarely sits still, so almost every shot of her awake is a blurry mess. That’s why most of these were taken when she was asleep, in only a few of her favourite spots around the house (including a cupboard!).

She has about a half dozen more spots, but her all-time favourite is apparently at my feet, which really makes it hard to keep from cramping up when I’m working.

Right now, as I write this, she’s taking her nap on the sofa behind me and looks adorable as ever. But that picture will have to wait to be uploaded another day.

Apr 02, 2008 | Uncategorized | Leave A Comment »