Our backyard is songbird friendly so we prefer that the neighbourhood cats stay clear of the backyard. A cat was unfamiliar with the rule and Achilles busted it trespassing so it was compelled to seek shelter up a tree. Achilles kept a watchful eye for about 90 minutes until we all went inside, giving kitty a chance to escape.
Stella comes to investigate what I am doing.
taken and posted with the playbook
Stella, captured in a burst of late afternoon sun.
Sunshine, a warm day, and grass. What more does a dog need? It’s good to be a dog.
It’s also good to have a dog.
Stella watched me very intently for several minutes the other day. My voice, my tone, my body language revealed something to her. What, I did not know. Even when we humans aren’t speaking to our dog(s) we are communicating to them.
Stella’s paw . . . leaving an invisible mark on the grass and a tangible one in, on, my heart.
Something that included the word that begins with a w and ends with alk?
You may remember that in June we let go of Fayes’ beloved chocolate Lab Kendal.
The network that our vet clinic is in offers a wonderful opportunity to clients who let go of a dog during the year. You can plant a tree and have a stone engraved in your pets’ honour. Chatham very generously offers public parkland for this. We planted a tree Saturday. We joined a dozen or so others on a cool and windy day to plant our chosen tree, a serviceberry. Unfortunately the stone was not ready.
Kendal lives on in our hearts and minds. Now there is a living memorial of his time here, one that will likely outlast us. We will visit it and take care of it as long as we can.
Miss you sir. Am also very, very glad to have been blessed with the time we shared.
Achilles and Stella greeted me at the gate yesterday. Achilles has greeted me nearly every day for over nine years, Stella for over twelve. I am so blessed to have shared life with them.
I have heard that you get the dog you need, whether you are conscious of it or not. I needed Stella’s drive, energy, need for leadership and for a job. I needed Achilles’s gentleness, sweetness, and eagerness to please. All these years along, I still need them. How lucky to have found and to still have them!
Tonight instead of a landscape, seascape, skyscape, I give you a view of Stella’s fur.
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