Kima has decided that her chicken-flavored nylabone is interesting enough as long as I am not doing anything more exciting than catching up on New Yorkers and blogging. I'm not sure it's getting her teeth clean (as advertised) but a little therapeutic chewing will be good for her regardless. And it is nice to see her engaged in the very doggy business of working at a bone.
We had an epic day out yesterday, driving up to a part of Pennypack Park that has a paved path through beautiful stands of trees and some marsh, and that circles back on a trail nearly free of other hikers and especially dogs. Kima was a bit gimpy (which manifests as not bounding too far down the trail away from us) but seemed awfully happy to be out in the woods, as were we on a perfect fall day.
Stops at Target, PetSmart, Super Fresh and the liquor store followed, picking up Halloween candy and canine dental health supplies, and ingredients for Trotter Gear. Now we have a pot of Hazan's ragu simmering on the stovetop and the other big Le Creuset (proving we did indeed need both!) in the "gentle oven" reducing the trotters, madeira, aromatics and chicken stock into "unctuous potential". I'm not yet sure how we will use this potential as our usually reliable Kitchen Hotline is not answering the home phone or the text messages, but all will be revealed to us in due course.
The house is filled with that excellent aroma of slowly cooking meat and tomatoes that signifies the beginning of fall, with an overtone of porkiness.
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