Big Black Dog

 My stitching mojo wandered off this week, but I did get the big black dog on Carmen stitched.

There has been some discussion about the markings on the dog. I thought they might be the way the stitcher highlighted some areas, or gave the dogger some spots. Someone else who lives in this household has started calling the dog "that mangey mutt." I have no other comment to make about that.

I do want to mention whatever it is that is extending from the dog's mouth. His tongue or is he blowing a raspberry? Or is this a devil dog spitting flames into the universe? Inquiring minds want to know.

And while I'm asking questions, does anyone remember a mystery/suspense book that involves a black dog? It's not the Hound of the Baskervilles--I looked that up and it describes the dog as being "luminous" but not black. Maybe an Agatha Christie? BDE says there's a legend in Irish lore that describes a black dog as showing up either as a portent of death or a minion of Satan, but that's not it. At least, I don't think it is.

Something else to wonder about in the middle of the night, along with wondering why in the world I have lost all desire to stitch for awhile. I have plenty of projects, have even added more to the stash, but at the moment, I don't feel like doing any of them.

Let's hope it's just the Dog Days of Summer.

Maybe that's why I only worked on a black dog for the past week.