We lost our little Maggye this morning. Tina has been Maggye’s person since she was a puppy. We lovingly called Maggye our little old lady.
She was diagnosed with congestive heart failure a few years ago..but with medication she managed to remain active to the very end.
Early this morning she died un-expectantly.
She will be greatly missed.
Maggye
Does this puppy look guilty?
I will not chase little bunnies.
She is guilty! She caught a baby bunny this morning….and apparently thought bringing it into the kitchen would make her moms proud? Happy?
Well it didn’t! She got chewed out…her response was to lay her head on Tina’s bag and put on her
“I am so sorry Mom” face.
“I will never chase little bunnies again.”
“I just wanted to show you what I found….I didn’t mean to break him.”
Do you think we could stay upset with her? Of course not!
Maggye – not a fan of snow. Of course neither am I.
Hopefully I won’t have the opportunity to take anymore snow photos…at least until next year!
Day 5 of the 5 day Black & White Challenge.
It has been an enjoyable challenge. I’d like to thank Helen from HHC for inviting me to participate. If you have not visited Helen’s blog…do yourself a favor and scoot on over to her page. You will not be sorry…her photography is wonderful and her heart is huge!
There were only two rules to follow when agreeing to participate in this challenge. The first was to post 5 different B&W photos in 5 days. The other was to invite a different photographer each day. I ran into a few road blocks but was able to invite 2 different bloggers Aletta from Nowathome and Amy at The World is a Book. And tonight I invite a third, Taylor from The Darkroom Nerd. I have recently “met” Taylor here in the blogging world. Her photography is very exciting. I like her diversity of subjects and her willingness to tell a little about what was happening when she took the photos. I encourage you all to visit Taylor’s blog as well as Aletta’s and Amy’s….you will not be disappointed!
Here is my final photo for this challenge. My precious lab-mix. Today she divided time between playing in the snow and snuggling with her moms….this is her snuggle time!
Puppy Smile
Sugar loves to be outside and she loves when the ground turns “white.” Unfortunately, the white stuff only shows up here once (maybe twice) a year. But when it does, Sugar runs and plays and runs and plays more!
Our Lab-mix Sugar tore apart her kennel about a month ago. When I arrived home that day, she calmly met me at the door…as though this was the normal routine. At first I thought someone had not latched her kennel correctly…then I looked at the kennel.
I still don’t fully understand how she managed to bend the front portion of the kennel enough to squeeze herself to freedom. I especially don’t know how she did it without hurting herself.
Sugar will be 2 years old soon. She is extremely well potty trained and for the most part doesn’t chew anything but tissue paper and the occasional advertisement. So we decided we would allow her to be free in the house during the day while we are at work. Its going well…our furniture is still in one piece and no holes have appeared in the dry wall.
Now, for the photo explanation….Every morning, after all dogs have completed their business in the backyard, I tell them to go bedtime. Everyone has their place to go….well, everyone but Sugar. She still goes to the place her kennel was a month ago. She stands there for a few minutes…until she realizes it is no longer her “bedtime” space…then she casually walks away as though she was just messing with me!
Sugar in her “bedtime” space
This is my boy Freckles. He found me back in 2003.
I had just lost my dog of 12 years to cancer and made the statement I wouldn’t have another dog unless God sent one to live on my porch. About a week after losing Andi I started noticing this dog running around the neighborhood. He seemed scared of everything. He hid in bushes and ran when people approached. Then one day he ran up to me, as though he had chosen me to be his.
I petted him and fed him, but I didn’t let him in my house or give him any reason to think he had found a home. But he stayed and he attached himself to me.
At the time I was working at a day habilitation center for adults with developmental disabilities. One of my clients asked if I believed when people or animals died they came back as someone else. I asked her why and she told me she thought Andi had come back as Freckles!
I can honestly say I’m not sure what I believe when it comes to an afterlife….but it certainly seemed like Andi (maybe in cooperation with a supreme being!) had a hand (or paw!) in directing Freckles toward me. I don’t think it really matters why Freckles chose me…I’m just glad he did!!
This post was inspired by Linda Arthur Tejera at Living With My Ancestors. After viewing her submission to Michelle’s Weekly Pet Share I learned she has a cat named Freckles. Her Freckles and my Freckles look absolutely nothing alike…but they are both really cute and really special!!
As I walked past the dog’s toy box I noticed the reindeer head staring at me. Its a toy the dogs got as one of their Christmas gifts. He has survived for a month. He lost his body, an eye, all his stuffing and the nose isn’t looking so good…but the dogs still play with him…he still has a purpose!!
My computer issues are finally fixed and hopefully I am back on track with my daily photo post.
So here is day 19 (a day late)
Sugar meeting a kind, yet shy red pig!
I was sitting here debating what photo to post tonight. I noticed Maggye, the long haired chihuahua, laying beside me looking extremely cute….how could I resist!
Yes, she is wearing a pink sweater…please don’t judge me!
Conversations Around the Tree 