Thursday, April 30, 2009

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Monday, April 27, 2009

For Honey

For Honey and her parents: http://supertrooperhoney.blogspot.com/2009/04/honey-love.html
excerpts from Eugene O'Neils dog
Because the burden of my years and infirmities is heavy upon me, and I realize the end of my life is near, do hereby bury my last will and testament in the mind of my Master. He will not know it is there until after I am dead. Then, remembering me in his loneliness, he will suddenly know of this testament, and I ask him then to inscribe it as a memorial to me. I have little in the way of material things to leave. Dogs are wiser than men. They do not set great store upon things. They do not waste their days hoarding property. They do not ruin their sleep worrying about how to keep the objects they have, and to obtain the objects they have not. There is nothing of value I have to bequeath except my love and my faith. These I leave to all those who have loved me, to my Master and Mistress, who I know will mourn me most -- But if I should list all those who have loved me, it would force my Master to write a book. Perhaps it is vain of me to boast when I am so near death, which returns all beasts and vanities to dust, but I have always been an extremely lovable dog.I ask my Master and Mistress to remember me always, but not to grieve for me too long. In my life I have tried to be a comfort to them in time of sorrow, and a reason for added joy in their happiness. It is painful for me to think that even in death I should cause them pain. Let them remember that while no dog has ever had a happier life (and this I owe to their love and care for me), now that I have grown blind and deaf and lame, and even my sense of smell fails me so that a rabbit could be right under my nose and I might not know, my pride has sunk to a sick, bewildered humiliation. I feel life is taunting me with having over-lingered my welcome. It is time I said good-bye, before I become too sick a burden on myself and on those who love me. It will be sorrow to leave them, but not a sorrow to die. Dogs do not fear death as men do. We accept it as part of life, not as something alien and terrible which destroys life. What may come after death, who knows? I would like to believe that there is a Paradise where one is always young and full-bladdered; where jack rabbits that run fast but not too fast are as the sands of the desert; where each blissful hour is mealtime; where in long evenings there are a million fireplaces with logs forever burning, and one curls oneself up and blinks into the flames and nods and dreams, remembering the old brave days on earth, and the love of one's Master and Mistress.I am afraid this is too much for even such a dog as I am to expect. But peace, at least, is certain. Peace and long rest for weary old heart and head and limbs, and eternal sleep in the earth I have loved so well. Perhaps, after all, this is best.One last request I earnestly make. I have heard my Mistress say, " We must never have another dog. I love him so much I could never love another one." Now I would ask her, for love of me, to have another. It would be a poor tribute to my memory never to have a dog again. What I would like to feel is that, having once had me in the family, now she cannot live without a dog! I have never had a narrow jealous spirit. I have always held that most dogs are good (and one cat, the black one I have permitted to share the living room rug during the evenings, whose affection I have tolerated in a kindly spirit, and in rare sentimental moods, even reciprocated a trifle).. He can hardly be as well bred or as well mannered or as distinguished and handsome as I was in my prime. My Master and Mistress must not ask the impossible. But he will do his best, I am sure, and even his inevitable defects will help by comparison to keep my memory green. To him I bequeath my collar and leash and my overcoat and raincoat, He can never wear them with the distinction I did, walking all eyes fixed on me in admiration; but again I am sure he will do his utmost not to appear a mere gauche provincial dog. Here on the ranch, he may prove himself quite worthy of comparison, in some respects. He will, I presume, come closer to jack rabbits than I have been able to in recent years. And for all his faults, I hereby wish him the happiness I know will be his in my old home.One last word of farewell, Dear Master and Mistress. Whenever you visit my grave, say to yourselves with regret but also with happiness in your hearts at the remembrance of my long happy life with you: "Here lies one who loved us and whom we loved." No matter how deep my sleep I shall hear you, and not all the power of death can keep my spirit from wagging a grateful tail.

The Gauntlet



OUCH! An Entire Field of Hawthorn Trees

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Friday, April 24, 2009

♪I'm A Broken Man on a Halifax Pier...




....The Last of Barrett's Privateers...♪

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Guinness' Story













Seven months ago Guinness was in a horrible accident. He was hit by a car and smashed his left front leg to pieces. He had to be taken to the Atlantic Vet College over on Prince Edward Island. He had 2 surgeries to fix his front leg, but strangely his back legs also stopped working. So he was a 1 legged dog. We took him home but had to carry him with towels--one person on the back towel, and one on the front. After a while he wanted to walk but neurologically his back legs just didn't seem to work, they wobbled all over the place and wouldn't support his weight. Slowly, with lots of $upport and Love, here is Guinness 7 months later....

Monday, April 20, 2009

ALPHABET WEEKEND!

Apple
Bridge

Cottage-- "Crick Hollow" Our silly Camp in the woods


Drink

Eggs


Following and Fixing the Fence in the Fields at the Farm with our Father (hehehe)



Grampy! visiting his Grand doggers...




Hives! So now there will be Honey!


Ice--hopefully this is the last......


Janice--our mom!!!!


Kisses!



Lighthouse


Margretsville, NS



Niagra Falls--- Aerial photo of Monster plowing into Niagra Falls!!


Ocean


Pee----Privacy Please!!!!


Quilt


Run!


Slobbery Meadow Brook (the name of the Stillwater at the camp) hahaha


Tire


Up!


View


Warf



X-hausted from the Xercise and X-citement!


YAWN


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Friday, April 17, 2009

Baby Pictures



Baby Saige with white heart on chest--because she loves you. Guinness (bottom) depressed looking as usual.