7 Days Until Halloween

[eldritchhobbit]

Virginia is a Jack-O'-Lantern!

Every year, my parents send their granddog, the fabulous Virginia, a Halloween costume for her to wear (as well as treats to bribe her to model for pictures). The latest arrived last week. As you can see, this year she's transformed from a Boston Terrier into a Jack-O'-Lantern.


















As always, you can see more pictures of Virginia here.

Text of the Day: In honor of the start of Harry Potter Fest 2010 tomorrow, here's a poem originally written for but later edited out of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. This is "The Ballad of Nearly Headless Nick" by J.K. Rowling (1965-present).

It was a mistake any wizard could make
Who was tired and caught on the hop
One piffling error, and then, to my terror,
I found myself facing the chop.

Alas for the eve when I met Lady Grieve
A-strolling the park in the dusk!
She was of the belief I could straighten her teeth
Next moment she'd sprouted a tusk.

I cried through the night that I'd soon put her right
But the process of justice was lax;
They'd brought out the block, though they'd mislaid the rock
Where they usually sharpened the axe.

Read the rest of the poem here.

Comments

[tiny-antares.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD. i think i am dead from the cute. how so pretty, ginny? she knows it, too, clearly.

okay, wait. do your parents actually know her size? like... does your mom have to call up and ask for measurements and then scold you for spoiling her with too many treats if she turns out to have swelled an inch since last year? because that's just too hilarious to fathom.

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

LOL! Thank you. Sometimes I have a hard time getting a shot, because I'm laughing so hard. She was a bit disgusted with me for a while, because I kept moving behind her to get her back in the picture, and she kept turning around to face me, posing. She couldn't imagine why I'd want to see her back, when her cute little face was in front!

Ha! Indeed yes, my parents do know her size. And they have asked for her measurements more than once. (Mother actually sewed one of the costumes herself, in fact - the last one pictured above.) They're also very savvy about getting adjustable costumes. For example, this one could be tightened or loosened around the "waist." I had to cinch it in for the pictures, to keep the jack-o'-lantern "face" on her back from moving. But then I let out the velcro a bit, and she quite happily wore the costume around the house. (It's very soft and fleecy.)

We walk every day, but we usually lengthen our walks in the fall and winter, when it's coolest. Sometimes we go for an hour a morning. My joke is that Virginia needs to get svelte in time for her annual costume's arrival. ;)

Thanks for letting me share these with you!

[idwoman.livejournal.com]

I'm dying of the cute from both the costume and the All Shall Love me icon. It's too true. Damn I miss owning a bostie.