c-o-l-a, cola.

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Fri, 20 May 2011 17:16:10 -0600

ghost dog

Sun, 15 May 2011 08:40:45 -0600

ghost dog

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Mon, 25 Apr 2011 07:24:50 -0600

got legs

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:27:18 -0600

got legs

at the plant store

Sun, 10 Apr 2011 11:04:31 -0600

at the plant store

someone really doesn’t wanna go to work

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 06:20:08 -0600

someone really doesn’t wanna go to work

post-playdate

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 18:59:24 -0600

post-playdate

happy anniversary

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 07:08:00 -0600

cola, i can’t believe it has been a year since you have been mine. from the first time i strolled past your little pen and saw your tiny body languishing atop the little raised bed, i was taken. we walked around looking at other dogs but there was a tugging in my heart, and before i knew it, a casual visit to the animal shelter to just ‘look’ turned into: me sitting at a desk, intiating the adoption process. i slipped past the gate, and knelt down to your level and you jumped on my knee, the first sign of animation. i took you out to a fenced area to see if you wanted to play, but you just pooped. i wanted to hold you, but you wanted to romp. we didn’t bond in that moment, but i loved your little face. i took home a piece of paper that said ‘pick me up after 5pm 4/2!’, and drove straight to petsmart and spent $100 on things, for you. my dog. the next evening, i drove excitedly back to the shelter. i paid $70 in cash, they handed over a folder of papers. a volunteer emerged with you in her arms, groggy and out of it from having your little balls removed. in the car you just sat, rather despondently, while i cooed at you. once we got home, you became alive. it’s like you knew this was going to be your home. we put on a kinks record, like kismet, and we all roared when ray davies sang, ‘c-o-l-a, cola’. you!

i don’t believe in fate or things happening for a reason, so cola, you are the best accident that ever happened to me.

my first photo of cola (he was ‘prince’ at the...

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 08:27:56 -0600

my first photo of cola (he was ‘prince’ at the time), on the day we first met: april 1, 2010

he looks like a tiny deer

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:33:21 -0600

he looks like a tiny deer

snow shoes, no way

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:29:10 -0600

snow shoes, no way

dignified

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:23:30 -0600

dignified

cola’s first hotel stay

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 08:53:21 -0600

cola’s first hotel stay

on the way to corpus christi

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:54:45 -0600

on the way to corpus christi

cola goes to san antonio

Sat, 26 Mar 2011 10:43:46 -0600

cola goes to san antonio

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