it'll grow back...

when flanner was a pup, there was a woman in the park who was adamant that she was the spitting image of falkor, the flying luckdragon from the neverending story. i had a vague recollection of seeing the film when i was a kid, but couldn't quite picture the character in question. then j and i rented the movie to get an idea of what exactly boca's person (naturally, we only know the woman by her dog's name - this is the way it goes in dog-park world) was talking about. i was amused; could see the root of the comparison. but falkor is this really weird looking dog-dragon with a big poofy head and skinny little flipper leg-wing-y things. my dog doesn't look like that. or didn't - until yesterday when we brought the poor neglected mat-ridden creature in for her spring groom.

flanner, circa end of february:




flanner, this morning:




falkor, the luckdragon:




i get it now.


jane siberry - everything reminds me of my dog