I’ve never been boisterous. Such activity exhausts me, even watching it. Which doesn’t mean I’m not often on-the-go, but you won’t find me jumping around.
I purposely chose the calmest dog in the litter. This is him being boisterous beside me.
Lack of boisterousness, it seems to me, is taking on a new face in the world. I imagine at one point it meant walking slowly for miles to get to school (uphill both ways, of course), or steadily working on whatever needed to get done. In present times there is no need, often, to leave our homes to get the things we want. More people than in decades are working and learning at home–I was going to say more than in history, but it’s like somehow we’re going back to the same scenario when people were home-taught by their parents and worked the land. Only now we’re stationary, working and learning at home from long distances. Human interaction, like the old days when farmers rarely saw anyone outside their families, is slowly reverting to minimal, but for different reasons and by different means.
Wow. That took a rather un-boisterous philosophical turn, didn’t it? Something to think about.
This post is brought to you by Just Jot it January, and in particular, prompted by the word, “boisterous,” provided by Dan! Thank you so much, my friend! You can find Dan’s JusJoJan post by clicking right here. Please go and say hi! To participate in the prompt, please visit this post, where you’ll find the rules and you can leave your link in the comments.
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January 2, 2018 at 10:35 pm
Interesting observations of the big picture. My coonhound Doodle looks like yours color wise. She is the only boisterous member of our family. Shes eleven years old and I’m still waiting for her to calm down. Enjoy your sweet one.
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January 2, 2018 at 9:25 pm
It DID turn bigger picture there at the end, and your thoughts are apt. I’m rarely boisterous, but when I am, I’m happily unflappable. I’m married to boisterous. We can scare people in those moments 😛
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January 2, 2018 at 4:05 pm
Great prompt word Dan
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January 2, 2018 at 3:34 pm
From one unboisterous blogger to another, wishing you a happy but calm 2018. 🙂
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January 2, 2018 at 4:27 pm
Thank you! Right back at ya. 😀
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January 2, 2018 at 2:51 pm
I like the idea of us returning to a village like society. The only difference will be that unlike in those ancient time – we will be able to talk to any lone anywhere in the world. And that is a good thing.
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January 3, 2018 at 12:19 am
Indeed it is. 😀
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January 2, 2018 at 2:39 pm
Roxy is not overly boisterous either until we have visitors then she will be all waggy tailed and wanting to be made a fuss of. Then she falls asleep!! 🙂
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January 2, 2018 at 2:45 pm
That’s pretty much what Winston is like. He has his short moments. 🙂
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January 2, 2018 at 4:02 pm
My kind of dog!!! 🙂
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January 2, 2018 at 2:22 pm
What a good puppy you found! Boisterous is over-rated in puppies. Cody, at 3, is finally becoming the dog I’ve always wanted, but there were days … probably the golden retriever in her.
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January 2, 2018 at 2:44 pm
Yep, that would do it. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by, CM! Happy new year! ❤
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January 2, 2018 at 1:30 pm
Hooray for introverts. That’s definitely the kind of dog I would want, if I wanted a dog.
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January 2, 2018 at 1:39 pm
It was a tough decision to get him in the first place. I’m so glad he stayed as calm as he was as a puppy. 😀 And hooray indeed! 😀
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January 2, 2018 at 1:27 pm
You baby is just perfect 💜
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January 2, 2018 at 1:28 pm
😀 Thank you, Willow!
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January 2, 2018 at 12:47 pm
I’m also feeling a tad green with envy. My one year old golden lab is the epitome of boisterous. It’s a badge of honour in her book. 🤪
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January 2, 2018 at 1:20 pm
I think it has a bit to do with Winston’s breed, too. He has his moments occasionally when the beagle in him takes over, but he’s mostly basset hound, judging by his laziness. 🙂 Your golden lab sounds like a handful! 😀
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January 2, 2018 at 1:25 pm
I’m grinning at the thought of Winston and his ‘inner beagle’. 😆
Molly is Labrador inside and out. She could do with an inner sloth just to give me a break from apologising to everyone we meet on our walks!!
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January 3, 2018 at 12:18 am
Haha! I bet. 🙂
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January 2, 2018 at 12:25 pm
It’s rare to be an unboisterous dog!!!!
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January 2, 2018 at 12:30 pm
It is! I’m lucky. 😀
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January 2, 2018 at 1:05 pm
🐶😉
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January 2, 2018 at 12:13 pm
Perhaps history will refer to this period as the beginning of the era of the introverts being in control.
I have to say, I’m a little jealous of the fact that you have a quiet dog. Maddie is quite boisterous.
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January 2, 2018 at 12:30 pm
Yes … and the meek shall inherit the earth. 😉
I’ll trade you Maddie for Alex for a week – he’s the boisterous one in the family. 😛 Haha!
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