thank goodness we don't have a puppy

i came home from a week in new orleans to find that scooby, apparently, missed me greatly:



check out his before photo and you will see that, although my boyfriend is wonderful in many, many ways, watering plants is not one of them:



a scooby chia pet is hardy. and easy. one of the few things i've ever been able to grow in my life, but, alas, his time has come.