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MIRROR BOY

Yesterday, Booker really discovered the mirrors.

We aren't embarassed to admit that we bought a house that is mirrored to the tits. We used to be and would explain tediously that we didn't install them.

The bedroom particularly has one entire wall as well as the large, long accordion doors to the walk in closet.

Very Southern California.

We can finally let go and enjoy them. We are true SoCals. They show us from ten angles. You can see yourself coming and going.

Make that arriving and going.

Yesterday, Booker suddenly got that he was able to see himself, or another dog, in ten different places at one time.

It started with the video console which has a smoked glass panel door. Not technically a mirror, but still.

He looked and put his paw on the image. He barked.

Then he went to the folded accordion door. He saw me in the mirrors watching him. He barked at me. He saw himself in the mirror. He barked.

He saw me in two different places. Bark.

John came in and got into the fun. Booker barked at two or three Johns. I couldn't tell as I wasn't in that picture.

Then he got into the dog he was looking at. He pawed the door and then walked around, inside the closet, to see the other side. He pawed the inside of the door. There is no mirror on the inside. Came out again and barked.

Our laughter sort of put him off and he left it for awhile. A bit indignant to be the butt of fun. But we caught him, later, going back to look again. Both sides.

And later still.

I guess they don't have so many mirrors at floor level in Reno.

He has actually been interested in another reflection and that is on the pool surface. Only when it is calm.

This would be at night when the pump is off or early in the morning. He looks over the edge and will occasionally try to paw the surface of the water. Of course, that makes the image disappear.

He didn't have a pool in Reno either.

Today, he seems to have forgotten the entire mirror project or, perhaps, he got his answers and is moving on.

When I was looking for images of a dog looking into a pool, I found this one. It is unrelated and it is not Booker but it is a pretty good dog/pool shot.

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