Rufio - the lucky dog.

Hello art lovers and art doers... my daughter leaves for college in the morning, for her second year. We are helping her move into her first house, of which we are paying the rent. She's sharing it with 5 girl friends so it makes the rent pill easier to swallow.

Along with all the furniture from her room, we'll be taking Rufio, her new puppy. The previous owners said he is a healer/mix, but he looks more like a bird dog to me. Rufio is sporting a full leg splint because he got hit by a car yesterday. Fortunately the car only clipped his leg, but I watched in horror and I saw little Rufi fly in the air and then down the road. He is resilient! A broken leg and road rash on his tummy are all that happened. My daughter was in tears just like a new mom, but very brave. I was a wreck, just like an old mom. So, the mutt she picked up at the grocery store is now a $500 dog.

You know I really didn't want her to bring this puppy home. I'm way to busy to worry about yet another animal. But when we saw him we all instantly fell in love. I'll post his photo when we get back from moving her up to college. He's crying right now and it's breaking my heart.

Now I get to take care of him for the next 4 weeks, as he hobbles around. So much for being way to busy, huh? Rufio and I will be here in my home studio staying calm. College daughter will be working to pay vet bills, I hope. School starts next week and I'm wondering how it will all play out.

Gotta run. Rufi is call...