Christmas in Tulips

Zuul has been enjoying our Christmas tree more and more lately. I cut the branches off back in December and kept the trunk for Zuul. She wasn't too interested in it until a few weeks ago. It apparently needed to age a bit. Now she smells of Christmas just about every time she comes back inside. Here she is having a pre-lunch nibble in front of some tulips.


Zuul had a busy weekend. We attended the Northwest Pet & Companion Fair Saturday morning. We rode the MAX to the Portland Expo Center rather than paying $7 for the priviledge to park at the event. We only rode one stop, Zuul sat at my feet and enjoyed the scenery.

Once inside the event, Zuul was treated to endless attention and many dozens of dogs. Zuul is now the proud owner of several bags of mini-kibble that we can use for training treats as well as some new tasty cookies. Needless to say, we had a blast. I regret to inform that we did not come away with any decent pictures from the event :(

Last Thursday Zuul and I found ourselves walking towards Lents Park. It is about 2.5 miles from our house and features an unfenced off-leash area. It looked decently sized on the map, however someone decided it would be a fantastic idea to put in a fenced community garden right in the middle of the dog area. This reduced the off-leash area to being pretty much useless. Fortunately the rest of the park is huge. Zuul and I set off exploring. We eventually found ourselves watching some softball as the Sun set.


Sunday was mostly spent hiding from the impending chance of snow. We finally ventured out to visit Laurelhurst Park, not too far from Mt. Tabor Park. There were quite a few dogs and Zuul spent most of the time being too cool for other dogs in a way that only a teenager can. She played a bit with a dog had the great ability and desire to bark while it chased other dogs. It was quite impressive.


I suppose that's it for now.

picture credit: me
picture credit: me
picture credit: me
picture credit: me