parrot

My family's parrot, Beaker. She's an African Gray Parrot.

Her feathers are gray, except for her tail, which is bright red.

Jemmy and Shelley

This is a picture I drew when our dog, Jemmy was still alive.

The cat is Shelley. They were near each other, but I didn't draw them in proper proportion to one another, as you can see.

It is bittersweet, finding the drawing again. But I really like it. :-) I found a few more of Jemmy, as well as photographs. I may post more.

She was such a good dog.

I had some trouble scanning it, but I think it is showing up pretty well now.

adopted

Can you believe that when I visited the golden retriever at the SPCA again, two days later, he was already adopted?

I got to see him. He was still there, with an 'adopted' sign on his cage.

What a sweet dog. I'm glad he found a home....

a golden retriever

Today at the SPCA, I saw a beautiful golden retriever. He was the first one I'd ever seen in person since our beloved Jemmy died last year.

She was a very sweet dog, and I miss her, of course, but somehow seeing another Golden made it all the more real. It was somehow wrenching and made me want to cry. But it was also a very good feeling. It's difficult to explain.

It said he was 1-5 years old, and he was an orangish-honey color, not the pale blond of our Jemmy.

He licked my gloves, and when I called him a good dog, he sat down very conscientiously as though the two went together! I doubt he'll stay there long. He seemed like a very good dog. And of course, beautiful--all Golden Retrievers seem to be beautiful.

I will post about Jemmy at some point.

Right now, I just wanted to post about this beautiful dog waiting at the shelter, happy and friendly, and a very 'good dog.'

I think of him as Jack. He looked like a Jack, somehow.