Summer Day, watched Liam Lay

LIAM'S WORLD

Since summer's arrival last Friday Liam seldom stands.for long.  He seems to always be laying on the rug, the floor, the grass. He walks only to lie down. It is done fast and quick. He is up, then a thump and there he is. Sprawled. Inserted. He fits himself between the couch and table. This is a new pose. Maybe this is the path that the cool air takes from the air conditioner. His bark has changed also. It is now high pitched and sometimes squeaky. Liam is a compact dog, all muscle. Perhaps he retains heat and the small voice is all that he can force out. At this moment he is lying on the landingoutside the room across from where I am typing his blog. He got there after a series of short high barks. A thump. Liam in a lump.

We think he looks like he is ready to be put on a spit, he is so neatly arranged.

Sorry, not a good visual but that is another summer activity, the barbecue

In writing this story of the new summer Liam, I had to revisit the infinitives -to lie and to lay. Why? I had a title for this week's story but I had a nagging feeling I was playing with laying in an incorrect way. My original title was "Sultry Summer Days and Liam Lays" I remember that lay is used "to put something down" and lie  is "to rest or recline" Lay needs an object, what is Liam laying?  but throw in a wrench because the past of lie is lay...confused? read more in this link. I needed to review it all again. It is fun and easy on the mind. http://www.getitwriteonline.com/archive/051402LieLay.htm

My conclusion. The reader will get what you mean no matter how you lay it out. I mix quotes and italics and omit periods and ignore Caps. Why am I obsessing over lay and lie?

Liam lay a lot this past week

Liam has been laying himself down all over

There has been no sitting out

spot thunderstorms 

flash floods

Steamy days

Keep you in 

no bug zapping

no bites

lying about

laying yourself down

We are laying off writing next Thursday. It is July 4th. It is not that we are busy with a celebration or that we are busy celebrating. It is traditionally a tough day for Liam. There are noises and the worst of these are fireworks. Liam will be in his thundershirt in the woman cave... he knows the loud day is coming... preliminary fireworks have been sounding this week. He has lain in his safe room this week when 
not in his summer sprawl.

Wishing you all a fun safe Independence Day. Sending this video

Long before Sandy was a SuperStorm who damaged our psyches 

 rearranged our landscapes and shriveled out shores

 she was a character in a wistful Springsteen song iconically evocative of the beach and July 4th.  

Before Sandy was bad, she was good. 

Bruce singing in 1975

 everyone in the band is young and alive

the shore is intact

Enjoy

Woof, woof