His Dogness

Poos the Cat had run out of food.

Garnet had been feeding him tuna until one of us got a chance to pick up a bag of his special food at the pet store in Thruway Shopping Center. So, when I came over after work, I asked Garnet whether she had had a chance to get it.

Well, she said, she had driven over there but, as she was parking, she noticed that the Christmas merchandise had arrived at the Hallmark store next door. So, naturally, she went in to look around.

Garnet loves the trappings of Christmas. She has seven artificial Christmas trees – don’t hold me to that exact number – of various sizes that she sets up throughout the house. She has a lighted Christmas village. She has a collection of Nativities. And she has loads of other holiday decorations.

She remains ever-vigilant for any new Christmas decoration that might fit in. So I have an idea of what a powerful force a Hallmark store filled with newly arrived Christmas merchandise would exert on her. When she came out of the Hallmark store, she said, she didn’t give a thought to food for Poos and got in the car and drove home.

To keep her impulses from getting out of control, Garnet has a rule that she doesn’t set up the first tree until the day after Thanksgiving. So I’m guessing she was eager to get home as soon as possible to consult the calendar and count off the days until the day after Thanksgiving.