Darcy Loves Animals

I know that you will all be astounded to learn that Darcy has a fondness for the critters. I mean, given how little I care about our furred, feathered, scaled, and finned friends. She talks about them. She pretends to be them. She knows what they say. And she likes to be with them.


We recently played host to Tule for a couple days, much to Darcy's delight. When I first told her that our friend would be bringing her dog, she lit up and said, "Dog LICK Darcy!" And, yes, Tule made good on that prediction and licked Darcy, bringing on many squeals of delight.


Darcy also likes to ride animals. During our recent trip to Simi, we went to the farmers' market and found pony rides. Darcy showed interest, so we waited for two other sets of little girls to ride the ponies and then Darcy got strapped into the very secure saddle. After a few rounds, the 20ish guy leading her pony came over to the fences and said, with a big grin, "She keeps saying, "Say neigh! Say neigh!" She got a little extra riding for that, I think. Unfortunately, we didn't have the camera with us because we didn't expect the ponies, so instead, here's a picture of her riding an elephant at a nearby mall's play area.


And riding is even fun if there's no animal underneath you; here's Darcy with (Mimi) Betty and (Aunt) Jo on the saddle at Kelso Depot a few weeks ago.