Goodbye Poppy

We said a sad goodbye to Poppy today.  I will write a more complete tribute later but I wanted to let Poppy run free on this blog.

Poppy was most assuredly Russ’s dog but when it came to games, she was mostly mine!!  We had a couple of favorites…one was “Fight over the blankie” and the other was “Run, Poppy, Run.”  That was our favorite.  The game was played with me clapping my hands and hollering, “Run, Poppy, Run.”  Her part was to tear through the house at breakneck speed – from the bedroom, through the hall and the living room, to the kitchen, where she would skid to a halt and turn around and race the other way.  She never did like to play this game much outside, but she sure liked to tear through the house.  Even within the last month or so, she would make little attempts to walk fast on the straight shot through the living room, pretending to play “Run, Poppy, Run.”

Poppy was camera shy and regardless of how I tried to get a picture of her running through the house, she mostly managed to avoid the camera.  I have one shot clip in the middle of this video that shows a small part of her house run. 

So Poppy my love, this is for you.  Run, Poppy, Run….I will catch up to  you some day and we’ll play a few rounds of “Fight over the blankie” too. 

Run, Poppy, run; run wild and free
With legs that are strong now and eyes that can see
Run, Poppy, run with the wind in your face
Run Poppy run, to a happier place