DAY 24 of 30 Paintings in 30 Days

"Herman's Hideaway"

6" x 12"

oil on wrapped canvas

(will be painted around the edges to match 

the continuation of the scene)

When we first moved to farmland Kansas, we thought it was gonna be

so neat to let our dogs run!  We did for a very short

time, and you will understand why.

Our black and tan dachshund, Herman, really was

a TRUE badger dog.

He hunted as much as he could..from squirrel to raccoon 

to bird to bunny to cat.

He loved the chase!  Don't worry, he never got a cat.

One day he slipped away down the road on our property

and stuck his head into a tree like the one above,

barking and creating such a fuss.

I just knew by the sound of it,

he had cornered something 

good - for him.

Long story shortened...we eventually had to pull him out of the hole

in that tree

by the tail and backend..he had gone so far into

it, it was starting to 

become doubtful if we let it go

longer that we could help him out.

From that day forward, we had to keep a

very close eye on Herman.

There are just too many wild critters

to let a smallish dog go running.

Fast forward...we did an RV trip to

Indian Cave State Park in Nebraska

a few years back. While doing some site

seeing we ran into all these great trees,

growing right along the bank of where

they had dug the road.

This tree caught my eye - a PERFECT tree

for Herman!! 

Herman's INVITING SPACE!!

He is no longer with us - but boy,

that dog left us many good and fun memories!