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Adventures with Annie

School's Out for Summer!

This afternoon when my mom got home, she greeted me with her usual, "hello Baby". Then she said,
"Annie this is your second summer vacation! I got so excited, I mean yes it was the tone of her voice, but I knew it was good news. Mom's a teacher and that means that now mom will be home every day with me for the next two months. I bet my swimming pool may be in the picture too!
Yep, this will be my second summer with just me and mom. I think I'm gonna love it! :)

Friends Day!

Mom and I went for two walks today. A short one and a long one. Just in case nothing else better comes along, I found a stick and brought it home for a Mother's Day present. I get so excited when I find a good stick! There is always some wiggling and a lot of prancing. It is obvious that I am SO proud of myself.
My second walk was a longer one.
While we were walking mom picked a pretty wild flower from the field near the pond. When we walked completely around the pond, we walked down near to the water. As we got closer, mom tossed the pretty flower in. As she let it go she said, "Holly, this is for you". The wind was blowing a little and the flower floated out into the pond. Then mom smiled and said come on Annie, I've got an idea." We went back to the field and picked two more flowers. We walked back to the pond and again down close to the water. As mom tossed each flower in she said, " Here's one for you, Marley" and then, "Keely, this one's for you". We watched the flowers float out into the water and the geese swam near by. It was a beautiful sight to behold. Three lovely flowers, representing three wonderful lives, Holly, Marley, and Keely. Our friends.
Then we turned around to head back home. While we were walking back around the pond, it started to rain. No thunder or lightening, so mom and I just walked in the rian. At first I kept looking at her like, "is this suppose to be happening, do you realize we're getting wet?" Then I realized that this was GREAT and I got excited and started leaping in the air and shaking the water off of me (on to mom, I might add). When mom and I finally got back up the hills, we were both soaked. I got towel dried off first then combed out and mom sprayed "So Pretty" my smelling spray that I like so much all over me. Now I smell "So Pretty"
It has been a wonderful day, for me and for mom. I hope the girls like their flowers

The Company of a Good Friend

Mom and I just finished reading "Marley and Me". I was lying on the couch, mom was in the recliner. I could hear her crying; I kept looking over at her, my eyes raised. " Are you alright mom?" Alley, our gray kitty, came up beside the recliner, lifted her paw and meowed, softly. She got in mom's lap. Mom petted her and then Alley got down. Mom continued to read, more tears, more sobbing. "Ok, that's it!" "Let's Play!" I brought her some toys and I barked at her until she stopped reading (and crying) and played with me. (I really did it to make her stop crying, but don't tell her, shhh!") I , like Marley, rested my snout in my friend's lap and looked up into her eyes. As mom finished the book, she remembered this sentence in the story which truly sums up the way we (MOM AND I) feel about our Dogster friends. "Animal lovers are a special breed of humans, generous of spirit, full of empathy, perhaps a little prone to sentimentality, and with hearts as big as a cloudless sky". Mom also felt this line from the book was quite profound , "It's just the most amazing thing to love a dog, isn't it? It makes our relationship with people seem as boring as a bowl of oatmeal." Nodding her head and laughing, mom thought about our times together with pups and pup owners here on Dogster. Mom has come to the conclusion that when dog lovers come together, the oatmeal becomes covered with lots of brown sugar making each boring bite so special, tasty, and wonderful. We love you guys, pups and pup owners.
So, in honor of Marely and all those amazing pups who have brought joy, laughter, smiles and yes, tears into our lives; Mom and I went for a walk in the woods. We enjoyed the beauty of springtime ,and I got to stop and smell everything I wanted to smell. I got to walk in the creek and get mud all over my paws. We didn't hurry back home like we usually do, we just enjoyed the moment, and what it means to enjoy the company of a good friend.