raccoon

raccoon is what peoples call that thing by the dumpster that smells like trouble

this is ruby

this is ruby

she is a baby

she is quite littles and she smells like maybe you have met somewhere before but you cannot remember where

 

a baby is like a puppy that is learning to be a peoples

she does not even know about breakfasts or lunches or dinners or bedtimes so my mama has a lot of sitting and explaining to do and someone has to watch the door for botherers and that someone is me daisy mae

taking care of a baby requires vigilance which is peoples for you always have to watch her and sniff her and every once in a while give her a little kiss on the nose and the feet to make sure she is okay at both ends

and if someone takes her into another room and she makes noises you have to run run run and see just what is going on in there

you can save some energies by staying close to the baby at all times

then everybodies is safe and happy

today

today is valentimes day which is peoples for my birthday

birthdays are when you used to be zero

but now you are four

and you still like to sleep on your mama

plumbings

plumbings is when the kitchen sink fills with water and won't unfill and everything in the kitchen gets used and dirty

it can be confusing because washing the dishes makes my mama grumpy but not washing the dishes makes her even grumpier

and so you have to call Phil the Plumber and be very calm while he walks in and out and in and out and in and out which is a very strange way to pay a visits

and all the faucets are on so it sounds like bathtimes

and there is jackhammerings under the floor

during a large-scale natural disaster like plumbings it is best to stay in constant physical contacts with my mama like against her legs or on her hands or in her laps

she says this is very convenient which is peoples for thank you for keeping me safe daisy mae

we had christmases

we had christmases in new york city this year

 
christmases is very good for visiting so i spent lots of time with my mama's mama and my mama's papa and my aunt kathryn and my aunt emma and my uncle doug and my uncle austin and my friends rosaline and dan who came over to help us eat the seven fishes which i helped cook

my mama's papa is the chef of the seven fishes and my aunt kathryn is the sous-chef who assists the chef and i am the sous-sous-chef who stands under the sous-chef just in case anything falls on the floor that needs to be eaten


i am also very helpful in this regard at dessert times

being helpful is a lot of work so the next day my papa and me we took a christmases nap

this was a special christmases because my aunt emma gave me a purple squirrel that poops treats and also because my mama has a bunny in the oven

this does not mean she was cooking bunnies because it is Just An Expression which is peoples for something that is only true in the sense that it is not

i do not know exactly what it means

treats

treats are very good for eating but there are some rules

cookies are little and crunchy and come in a jar or a bag and you can have one if someone comes to the door or you sit-stay or down-stay or sometimes just if you Are So Cute Daisy

peanut butters are sticky and go in the kong and you can have some if there are visitors or it is Time To Settle Down Daisy

but yesterday my mama put them all together and made peanut butters cookies




and those are only for peoples