Unmitigated Joy
Monday, September 26, 2022
Friday, July 9, 2021
Josh and Holly's Wedding
The rehearsal dinner
The experienced flower girl
Nathan and Cyrus take the stage
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Farewell to Ariela
(Photo taken June 2, 2020)
Ariela was my beautiful dog, security guard, hiking buddy, and companion. She will surely be missed.
Things I Think of When I Think of Ariela
A family getting rid of all its puppies except one in the woods at Steinhatchee
Me sleeping in my van with a six-week old puppy in the yard of friends
A little puppy almost drowning when set afloat on styrofoam in the river
Her meeting the adult LaFiera
As a little one, a pic of her sniffing Paul's empty shoe, which was bigger than she was
A young Ariela sitting on my lap as I played Scrabble with friends
Going with me to Chimney Rock and having to be carried, so some guy asks me to carry him, too.
Cleaning/licking out pans at Aunt Vicki's behest
When I came back to pick her up after she was spayed, her excitement at seeing me knowing no bounds
A lady hiker she unfriended: "Ariela, what have I DONE?!?"
Going toe to toe with a snake that had invaded her space outside the guest room window
Her penchant for grapefruit
Catching her chowing down on a cake sitting on the kitchen counter
Hearing more than once from strangers, "Your dog is so pretty;" "She is well-behaved."
Lying in my car in the church yard at night during WMC, guarding the ladies inside
Her warily socializing with the new black, half-grown black Lab
My cousin Mark trying to overcome her disdain for (some) men, speaking to her in a falsetto
A wire separator in my car to keep Ariela and Sapphire apart and from helping me drive
A child in a school group looking at her and saying, "Is he a dog?" [No, he's an elephant, honey.]
Sapphire and Ariela chasing each other around and around their yard
The vet telling me that the natural cure I was giving her for heartworm wouldn't work. It did.
Hiking the woods with her male buddies Chase and Snowball, and of course Sapphire
Her large, cushy bed under the house
Hearing her snoring from my bedroom
Spoiling her in her golden months: tuna or chicken or beef to eat; breakfast in bed; only hikes she liked
Due to her dementia, not recognizing Grace or me, which was hard
Her still being able to walk and walk in old age, but...
Me chasing her across the street when she leaped up the tall curb to go to the neighbors' front door
Stroking her in the back of my car as she drifted peacefully into doggie heaven
Friday, October 2, 2020
A BEAUTIFUL VISIT TO ME
What else to start the post with--a jailhouse. For rent.
"She has followed us to The Goldenrod??"
The farm dog who brought me his frisbee, then deemed me not worthy to throw it for him
Would this be a case of "Oh, pear"? Pun intended.
More pear picking, with help
Looking the other direction from the lighthouse
The farm dog who brought me his frisbee, then deemed me not worthy to throw it for him
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