This must be the hottest, dryest summer (if you don’t count the oppressive humidity) that I’ve ever experienced. The forecast is cruel, often predicting rain that never actually materializes. I’m trying to keep my plants alive, but I’ve mostly lost the will to be outdoors. I think it’s time to start fall vegetables, but I can’t seem to muster up the motivation. I keep telling myself that I’ll do it “tomorrow.”
In more positive news, I officially hired my 17-year-old son, Keats, to help me with my little business. I should have done this a long time ago, but I am terrible at delegating. I had no idea how much stress this would relieve for me, or how much mental space it would release, but it has! This is life-changing for me! Keats is doing most of my prep work now and some of my finishing work as well. He has always been very attentive to detail and it’s so good knowing that I can trust his work. He’s cutting fabric, ironing, trimming, and reskeining yarn. I can hand him a bolt of fabric, give him dimensions, and he returns a tidy stack of whatever it is that I asked for. Last weekend we spent a couple of hours listening to violin concertos while working on sachets. He cut all the fabric for me ahead of time and then I sat and sewed the sachets while he turned them right side out and ironed them. It was wonderfully productive and all-around happy for me. I think it’s a good situation for both of us. I am freed up to focus on the more creative side of things and he can save more money towards purchasing a viola. He plans to continue to make things for the shop as well: little bird shawl pins and hopefully cutting boards as well. We will be updating the shop next week (Friday, I think) and I’ll have more details about that in my next post. I’m super grateful for Keats’ help and hope this can translate into some great shop updates for all of you!
p.s. Jonny and I visited our county animal shelter this week. I promise our intentions were completely innocent, just your typical date night (afternoon, actually). I assured Jonny that I just wanted to visit the cats, and possibly adopt one, but only if I felt a strong connection with one of them. (I’ve been a little sad because Intruder and Rosie have chosen to stay with our neighbors after all.) After spending about half an hour with the cats, we decided to visit the dogs too, for no reason really other than that we like dogs. There were only about half a dozen dogs there and we were immediately struck by the presence of a funny little white, long-bodied dog. I’ll tell you all about him soon, but in the meantime, could you help us name him? We can’t seem to come up with anything that fits.
My son thinks ‘Bub’ is fitting. ?
My son looked at your dog and immediately said, “Oliver.”
I am not one to like human names for dogs but Oliver seems so appropriate for your dog!
Another vote for Tin-Tin’s Snowy. We are hoping to get a “Snowy” ourselves one day!
Pistachio 🙂
He looks like Poirot to me. I think it must be the eyes.
Roch, after the patron saint of dogs.
Oh! He is so cute. He looks just like a little white dog we used to have named Teddy
Your new dog looks just like Tintin’s dog Snowy!
So cute! Our friends had a little terrier named Pippin a while ago. That would be a cute name for him!
Merlin. A family friend had a sweet male that looked quite similar to your new pup…his name was Merlin.
There have been a lot of great suggestions. Bogie was the name that popped into my head.
Rupert. for the British Teddy Bear that goes adventuring.
Re: dog name: Pax. We all could use a little peace right now.
Looks like the first dog we had when I was as a child. Her name was Copper. I don’t know why they named her that. My mom and dad got her when they were first married.
Looks like a Jack to me☺
My suggestion is Cotton!
Pip!
Or Scooter. He’s so cute.
He looks so regal – How about “Prince Charming” and you could call him Prince or Your Highness!
how about marshmallow?
marshie for short??
what a sweet little guy! I have no names but lots of well wishes for your new best friend.
Did you decide yet? I keep coming back to Pepe.
A poodle/daschund?? Adorable! I like Casper for a name.
Jon Snow 🙂
Guimauve. That’s marshmallow in French.
I really like the previous suggestion of Fergus. I would also like to suggest Casper or Winston.
Fergus!
He looks an awful lot like the dog in David Shannon’s book “Good Boy, Fergus!”
I think that since you can’t find a name that fits…his name should be Fitz. 🙂
The little sweetie looks like a West Highland White. I had a Westie who we called Sarah.
My suggestion would be Jamie.
“Serendipity,” call him Dip
Mr. Bo Bo
Three names come to mind: Scout, Murphy, and Buddy. With his long little body he may have some dachshund in him but his face is more terrier. Whatever his ancestry, he sure is a cutey!
Rascal.
Because I’m sure he will get up to all sorts of mischief :))
Warning! We have a Rascal. Believe me, they live up to their names. Don’t tempt fate ?
Snowy.
Trusty!
The new doggie really reminds me of Štaflík from “Štaflík a Špagetka” (google them :-)). Even though Špagetka (the black one) has the longer and thinner body. It’s a Czech TV cartoon for kids before they go to bed (“večerníček), originally from 1971.
Štaflík is pronounced [ʃtʌflɪːk], something like shtufleek, emphasis on the first syllable.
Victor!!!
simon
Virgil. He looks like a very dignified, watchful boy.
I have a great name: Lucky
We heartbreakingly put our 17 year old schnoodle Jack to sleep last week. My granddaughters called him Jackie. Brings tears seeing your sweet new dog. How about Jackie
Apollo. And oh he’s super cute.
Cotton. We had a bichon named Cotton and it was just the best name for him. Your little fellow looks like he has a bit of Bichon in him as well.
Ladd, as in “He’s a handsome lad”.
Shepherd.
Dewey 🙂
Hello, je te propose Snowy !
Il ressemble tellement au petit chien de Tintin !
Ou bien “Sugar” ?
Il est mignon comme tout !
A bientôt !
Nice pup. Seems to have settled in quite quickly.
Offer the following link for name choices: http://www.nihonken.org/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/4922/japanese-white-dog-names/p1
Rocky! Rocket came to me first when I saw the pup’s face but then Rocky seemed more fitting. Pup looks like a Rocky to me.
Snowy from Tin-Tin?
Blanco (whiite in Spanish) or Albus (white in Latin)
Sebastian popped into my head. Not sure why.
Funny how a name will come to people who love dogs they see a new one. To me he looks like an Alfie, but I can’t tell you why. Jake would be a close second.
We had a dog line that for 18 years. She was the best dog we’ve ever had. The kids named her Honeybun.
Honeybun made me thing “Frosting.” The local Amish make these huge cinnamon rolls slathered with white frosting/icing.