look what Duke found....

all alone by the side of the trail, near the river....out in the woods, with nobody around... his eyes are still blue...how old does that mean? Six weeks or so? Duke wanted to eat him, as would just about anything else out there that found him, including the three bald eagles we saw cruising around overhead...but he didn't eat him so Duke is the hero today...Duke saved a life.Good Boy, Dukey! Good Boy.
It was 27 degrees C today, 80 degrees F...no water where we found him...nothing for something so tiny to eat. Who knows how long he's been out there....maybe he was born out there. I don't know. Did I do the right thing bringing him home?
We'll see what Michael says when he gets home from work.

My Hero Has Always Been Willie

According the the paperwork I received from beaglepaws, today is Emma's fourth birthday....Happy Birthday, Little Bean! To celebrate, we are going to(wait for it, now).............go for a WALK!!!!!!! Yayayayay!!!! A WALK!!!!!!!!!!!! Such gifts in the world! It's true, it's true.

A walk by the river, among the flowers and the scents....

where she can snuffle up the lingering aromas of raccoon.....

...and deer..... and, of course, RRRRAAABBBBBBBIIITTTSSS!!!!!!!

Maybe she'll go for a swim with Yuko, though she isn't quite sure what that whole swimming deal is about yet. She's gonna have to figure it out one of these days. Once we have a warm spell long enough and hot enough, we're all in there, dog and human.

She'll have both her boys with her. Bez is coming along today. My car is going to be full, full, full.

And, of course, the love of her life, this roguish fellow with the devil-may-care-but-I-don't attitude, Duke. In fact, she will be spending the night with her love after dogwalkies today. Is it awful that Michael and I are leaving her alone on such an important day?

Too bad. So sad. Because you know what tonight is, don't you?!?

Oh yeah. Willie Nelson.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7sXGT0WhFnU