Chance = Change

And THAT (to your left) is the darling Cyrano Yonka-Baron! Standing majestically, scoping out the rampant squirrel and white-tailed deer situation in the yard of the Upstate House! At any moment, poised on tip-paw, ready to chase...whoosh! Feet barely skimming the grass...that flying furry blur? Cyrano, the Deer Chaser! (One of our names for him is Daniel Day-Dachshund, since we think he looks like that particular British actor , only slightly furrier)... Cyrano is a dappled long-haired dochsie, with luxurious and soft fur, the most pettable of dogs...and a lover of all things human, especially the humans themselves...he is a cuddle bunny of a dog, dear, warm ,friendly and loving...and extremely protective...so much so, in fact, that he will produce the loudest and most unexpected bark whenever another dog of any (perceived) threatening proportions crosses his path on a walk...this ordinarily peaceful canine immediately transforms into Cyrano the Loudest Dog on the Planet, barking til you think his heart will break...we have had to continuously discipline him, and he will obey, finally, but his initial response to seeing another 4-legged critter is to bark furiously,until his little feet lift off the ground...he is small but mighty! And he barks like a crazy dog....then, as quickly as the storm arose, it peacefully disappears as if it never happened, and he licks your hand and proceeds to sniff his surroundings...walking as if nothing had ruffled his fur....calm, pacific and oblivious...who? Me??? Yep, that's our precious boy....Cyrano, the dearest dog ever. And , for his size, probably the loudest barker. He came to us with his pet-store sister Sally, when they were both about 12 weeks old. A gift from Paul D. Two tiny squirming worms, peeing everywhere, and falling asleep on any available warm human body part....it was love at first cuddle, even though, with me in rehearsal for THE JAZZ SINGER at Jewish Rep and Peter busy at work, we did almost give them away because of the inconvenience of caring for their needs...but that was 7 years ago, and here we are...a family. Sally, her photo and story come tomorrow...

Off to I MARRIED WYATT EARP rehearsals....a read-through today....then Peter, the pups and i go Upstate to spend the weekend at the House....much to do there. The pups will romp til they drop! They love the grassy meadows....and fly free there....even Sally the timid city dog becomes her true forest self there...she transforms into a mad forest refuge monk...intrepid, curious and wily....despite all behavioral evidence to the contrary, she is not a City dog....i love watching her morph into the true stout-hearted creature she truly is...but more on her tomorrow....

Expect me to become quite pesky about publishing photos...a new skill, I shall abuse it, I'm sure...