Conversations with Cody

My best friend Gus, the incredibly handsome and awesome-in-every-way white lab, overheard Jane and I talking about names. He was interested in all the different things she calls me besides Cody, such as Codus. Coco,.Kookaburra , Mischief, Trouble, Licorice Stick, Chocolate Cake and many other dessert type foods that don’t make much sense like Pumpkin Pie, and, of course,…

Jane’s friend Millie is watching a “captivating” documentary about Penguins. I’m pretty sure I know why she likes it so much. You know why? Because Penguins are black and have white chests. Just like ME! Except I don’t like to swim or fly or anything like that. People say that penguins can’t fly. But I think…

I wish Jane could paint the way things smell. That would be so cool and way more interesting, I think. Instead, she just paints what she sees. I mean, that’s kind of cool,  but I don’t 100% get it. She says it’s not all about seeing, but also about feeling. I cocked my head sideways…

  Cats get a lot of credit for being curious. But I’m more curious than most cats. And it’s a good thing. Because if  I wasn’t then today would have been the weirdest day. First of all it was pretty cold out but the sun was shining and the sky was seriously blue. I guess Jane was glad the gray…

Jane says I’m the best thing in the world. Like ever.Best thing ever. I wasn’t even doing anything. We drove to the farmers market and I stood on my seat and stuck my nose out the window. That’s when she told me. Best thing ever. I just kept sniffing the wind.  I didn’t even have to say anything….

Todd bought me some small breed dog food today. I’m not sure why. He told me it’s because even though I am a big dog on the inside, I’m actually a small dog on the outside. I’m not sure how I feel about this revelation, but I tasted it and it was pretty good. Plus,…

Jane said it’s Leap Year. Because of yesterday. So, it’s like yesterday was a Bonus Day. I wasn’t for sure what she meant but I love treats. It sounded like a treat! She said it has to do with the seasons and the time it takes the earth to  orbit around the sun, which is about 365¼…

Jane said she it was a Bad Art Day today. “What’s that?” I asked. She said it’s when paintings don’t go the way she planned. Or inspirations start to look like mud. Or when she really doesn’t know what she’s painting and apparently neither does her muse. Or it starts to rain too soon after…

Jane spends a lot of time thinking about stuff. Like this past weekend. She went to a workshop to think about things for 3 whole days. Don’t tell her I said so, but it’s kind of odd isn’t?  I mean, first of all, she wasn’t with me, so that is just plain ridiculous, right? Secondly, you…

I told Gus that I think Jane has started to worry about what she’s going to do without me. She doesn’t say so but I can tell the way she looks surprised and relieved when she sees me some times. And we’ve been having extra long snuggle-time. He said, “Maybe she doesn’t get how this works.”…