Every afternoon, between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m., this is what rises up from underneath my desk. Blind Widget has a daily routine, which is to wander into my office, mill around my desk chair, then stand up on her little short legs and put her front paws on my lap. Her expression is inevitably, "So, what are you doing up there?"
My answer is usually the same: "Widget, I'm responding to emails, what are YOU doing?"
She always times this visit for late in the afternoon, when I'm trying to finish up emails and other office tasks so I can head outside for evening chores. For all I know, she just may be assuring herself that I've put in a full day's worth of work while she's been sleeping all day.
So after I give her a thorough ear scratch and some loving, she drops back down to the floor, only to mill around briefly and ... reappear! Once is never enough. This time she had a good flap o' the ears before climbing up again, giving her the windswept ears-back look.
Having satisfied herself that I really am working hard, she typically heads over to a dog bed in my office for a snooze. If both of the beds are occupied, she'll wander back out to the living room, content to know she's made her afternoon rounds and that all is as it should be.
(Click on photos for larger image.)
Our Beagle does that too, gets under the desk and squirms onto my lap, except I have to stay alert to any chewing sounds, as in chewing on the computer cables. She is under the impression that anything she can reach is there to chew.
Posted by: Bruce Small | April 26, 2007 at 10:41 PM
That girl is a riot! She could totally be a children's book character!
Posted by: Morgan Skilling | April 26, 2007 at 10:50 AM
I am enamoured with Widget's antics...quite an entertaining character with charm and personality! The photos are so precious!!!
Posted by: Nina | April 25, 2007 at 10:11 PM
Seriously you are HAH --LAR-E-US !
I think you should us this talent and start a ranch bloggie cartoon.
I'd buy it :) I believe Art Linkletter (I could be giving away my age here and it must be stated that I was a very little girl around that time) did it with the children he so playfully engaged for such comedic responses. Enclosing, I wanted to say thank you once again for making me laugh at the end of this long day. Best to Widget and all there!
Posted by: Karen | April 25, 2007 at 09:40 PM
Looks like Widget has appointed herself as office manager. She's doing a fine job of it as well! (What a slave driver!)
Big hugs to all,
ginger & Tobias
Posted by: ginger & Tobias (the greythound) | April 25, 2007 at 09:04 PM
Steve,
I know it's been said before, but you truly should write a book. You have such a way with telling these animals'stories. I feel like I know them all personally. It would be a bestseller!!
Posted by: Kelsie | April 25, 2007 at 03:30 PM
I think Widget is a non-working supervisor who's trying to catch you off guard with her female pooch ways by putting her head in your lap. I know I'd succumb to her powers in no time flat!
Posted by: Leilani | April 25, 2007 at 09:27 AM
Oooooooooooo.....I just can't get enough of that silly Widget. (and all the critters there....)the posting of the daily blog is the highlight of my day??!!!!!)
Posted by: Kathy Simmons | April 24, 2007 at 11:47 PM