Last year, tired of all the mess
and allergies, I decided to start burning candles in my fireplace instead of
wood. One evening while relaxing in my
favorite chair, I noticed that Lolly was sitting in front of the fireplace
gazing at the candles for a long time.
I wondered what was going through her sweet little mind but didn’t think
too much more about it until the next evening.
I was working on the computer and
had not yet lit the candles when she came over, sat down beside me, looked up
and started barking at me. I asked her
what she wanted. She stared at me. So, I went back to work at the computer. Again, she started barking but this time in
what I call her “bossy bark”. You know
the kind of bark I mean? The kind of
bark you just can’t ignore that seems to go straight through your brain like a
lightning bolt! As my ears were still
ringing from the volume of her vocalization, I looked at her and impatiently
inquired, “What do you want?” She very
pointedly looked back over her shoulder to the fireplace. Perplexed, I questioned, “Lolly, do you want
me to light the candles?” She started
grinning from ear to ear, jumped up and ran over to the fireplace to wait. I retrieved the lighter and began to kindle
the candles one by one. When I had
finished and closed the protective screen, she peacefully settled down for a
stint of doggy contemplation! Needless
to say, when the weather gets cold or rainy, candle-gazing has become one of
our favorite new traditions!
