Little Visitor

On Wednesday, Agnes came to visit in the back yard. I had a lot of apprehension about this, but things actually went much better than I expected. What struck me most was Piccolo's reaction. She appeared to like Agnes, more than Agnes liked her. It made me wonder if Piccolo has wanted companionship all along, and if her position as only dog in the household was not that important to her. The result of this experience is that I am in love with Piccolo more than ever. I am moved that she is capable of so much love and generosity. The two dogs are an odd contrast. Piccolo is all roundness and perfection. Agnes is a little bony, and has a pigeon toed walk, and not as lithe and supple as Piccolo. She stumbled on the step coming down from the back deck. The sweater is courtesy of her foster mom, Sara. It's cute, but not wooly. I think adapting this to a hand knit will be a cute design for the next book. I've already designed a sweater in Agnes' honor for this book. I was hoping to have Agnes in the apartment to test out the two together inside, but the adoption people at New Leash on Life have not gotten back to me. I understand that this is an all volunteer organization, and that their concept of time passing is different from mine, and my deadlines are only important to me. This would have been the perfect weekend for the transition, because I was home both days. I'm working part of next weekend, and my trip to San Francisco is in a few weeks. All this delay will make Agnes' adjustment to my home more difficult as she has been at Sara's since Christmas, and gets more comfortable there each day. The Man is lukewarm to this idea, mostly because of Agnes' assumed age, and doesn't quite understand the foster/adoption process.