I have to admit I love the clean look of new baseboards in a house. Or just plain the look of clean baseboards in any house. I've been looking at the doors and baseboards here and have come to the following conclusion. They have seen a lot of life and felt many paws.
Each mark could tell a story of curiosity, excitement, urgency. There are marks from naughty dogs, nosy dogs, dogs protecting the house from UPS men, garbage men and other passersby. There are scratches that shouldn't be there and appeared when no was was looking. Or when we were looking the other way. The front door is worn from paws of dogs looking out the window. To someone else it would look horrible. To me it looks well loved and worn smooth.
There has been a lot of living here in this house. Of course, the list of things we want to do, and were going to do is longer than the list of what we have done. No big deal. Better the house be full of life, love and dogs than lacking in the commotion those things provide.
Look at your woodwork....and tell me the marks on it aren't inspired.
Life with dogs. A little humor, a dash of play, a seed of faith, and of course, some dog fur.
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