Grammys Corgi Country

For many years now… actually, since around the time we got Welsh Corgis, I’ve had a rule. When my Honey Bear and I want to snuggle, the corgis are to be on the other side of a closed door! It’s been a rule for so long, that I forgot the reason, and didn’t follow it this morning…. BIG mistake!

An interesting phenomenon occurred. Suddenly, my hubby’s shoulder grew a pair of ears… About the time he got over the shock of an icy nose in the middle of his shoulder blades, the pair of ears grew into a “Kilroy…” For those of you in the younger set (under 45), during W.W. II, one of the inspectors of the rivets on newly made ships was named James J. Kilroy, and to mark an area that he had inspected, he would write “ Kilroy was here.” Many times the ships were moved out and put into action before these “inspection marks” were painted over. They became a source of inspiration to many of the servicemen, reminding them that the people at home were doing their job to support them (with the inspections, etc.).

A little cartoon grew up into the legend that stood for this saying. It was of a bald head, a pair of eyes, a long nose with fingers on each side, peeking over a line. It ended up being an icon for the American Spirit during that war and since, even ending up on the moon. It’s a very interesting story, and if you want to read more, check out the following link: http://www.livescience.com/history/080915-hs-kilroy.html

Anyway, except for the bald head (this one had corgi ears), there was suddenly a “Kilroy” peeking over Hubby’s shoulder. The little eyes and tilted head were clearly asking, “Whatcha doin’, Daddy?” We kissed again to see what would happen (both of us are giggling by now…) and Beeg tipped his head back and forth a couple of times and then jumped on over into the middle of us and wanted to join in the kiss too, I guess.

Well, I guess that will teach me that I’ve made rules for a good reason, even if it has been to long for me to remember it. At least this incident helped bring back some good memories of my dad who worked in the shipyard in Long Beach during the war, and also used to draw little cartoon characters from things like his Ham Radio call sign.

May you have a day full of fun and good memories…

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