Monday, May 12, 2008
Lotus and Lula the Pineapple
My dear friend Elizabeth stopped by last week with her doggie Lula Poki Pineapple or Lula the Pineapple according to Lotus. Elizabethe or Auntie Boo as she would like Lotus to refer to her as is my "Into the Wild" friend. I rarely see her because she off living off the land and having grand adventures. I picture her life a bit like Chris McCandless, except she's a field botanist who works for the Federal Park System, so she has a job, as far as I know has never burned all her cash and knows what she is doing. But she is never at one park for long, all her belongings fit in her Chevy Tahoe and camps a lot, so that seems very counter-culture, checking out of society to me.
It was great to see her and have her meet Lotus. I'll be damned if I am going to go off to some nature reserve with my toddler, so I had to wait until she could make it to the city to introduce her to my kid. She blew through town on her way to Colorado for her summer gig.
I don't know if Auntie Boo will take hold in Lotus' vocab, but Lula the Pineapple now trips off her tongue. We added this photo to Lotus' bedside collection of dogs she loves. It helps bolster our argument to her father that she needs a dog.
