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A Hipster Pooch

We all have our things.  Some have wonderfully groomed flower gardens, others have the latest designs in their home, others are raising well-rounded children, some knit and others spend lots of time on their pets.  I embrace all of these options and today want to focus on dressing one's dog to fit into a hipster culture.

Google, Hipster Dog Images and hundreds of photos appear.  Add memes and you get options like these:




So imagine my satisfaction when a former colleague started posting these photos of her own hipster dog, Jamie:


Here she's a hipster due to the handmade bandaid.  She was put under in order to get her teeth cleaned.

Or how about this bespectacled Jamie:



She has a lot in common with the first photo above.  She looks very well read to me not nerdy at all.

But my favorite is this one (although, the knit bandaid is pretty cool).



This is Jamie balancing a cupcake I knit on her head.  Apparently acting boss-like is hipster as well. Although I followed the pattern  perfectly, the cupcake turned out to look more XXX-rated than GP-rated to give to children.  On Jamie, however, it looks appropriate; in fact, she brings it back into family appropriate GP range.  Hipster??  You can be the judge.

One never quite knows what happens with the things one knits.  This photo came as a totally satisfying surprise.  And yes, in my opinion, Jamie has proven herself to be a hipster pooch indeed.  Thanks to John and Candy for keeping me up to date about Jamie-adventures as a hipster.

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