Finally, some snow!
January 16, 2008
Today we had a lovely little snowfall. Maxwell the puppy was fascinated with the huge flakes coming down. When the ground was mostly covered, we went outside and ran around. Everyone loved it. The snow is mostly gone now, from our running and sliding. I fear our backyard will be nothing but mud come spring. But we had a good time.
While we were reading afterwards, we learned that on this day in 1885, “Snowflake” Bentley “developed the world’s first photo-micrograph of a snow crystal (from Winter World by Bernd Heinrich).” Eleanor in particular was thrilled with that bit of information. Any reason to celebrate!
Max is a great dog, by the way. Someone, somewhere, taught him indoor manners. Outside he just runs and runs; inside he is very calm and respectful. Only a few tentative attempts to get on the furniture. (Yes, we are one of those families who do not let the pets on the couch.) Not a chewer. He’s good with the big pleading eyes at the dinner table, though. (Yep, we don’t feed him from the table, either. Mean dog parents!) He’s already sleeping outside the crate, on the kitchen floor on a soft doggie pillow from Petsmart and James’s old crib comforter (not an heirloom). We figure he’ll be sleeping in James’s room soon.
I tried again to get the kids to change his name; I thought Calvin would be good. No go. Max he will be.
