Thank you all for your kind wishes at Sydney's passing. We all really appreciate it. :-)

We put Sydney to sleep this morning.

She was a lovely doggie, and she lived a good, long life. Our years with her were wonderfully full of wagging tails, sympathetic heads-on-the-knee and hot-breathed begging for table food.

We will miss her every day.

TOTALLY surprisingly, after looking like the end was near, Sydney took a turn for the better over the past couple of days! I didn't want to post anything in case it was one of those 'getting better right before she passes' things *touch wood* but she seems to really be back to her old self. Now, granted, she's still old and creaky, but she's ( Read more... )

HAPPY BIRTHDAY dvgtr!!!
May this year bring you peace, joy, sobriety, success, inspiration, money and loose yet still oddly innocent women! ;-) *smooch*

In more other news, Sydney is hanging in there... she ate dinner with moderate enthusiasm and decided to hang around downstairs rather than just retreating to 'her' room. :-)

Tomorrow, March 20th, Fred Rogers (aka Mr. Rogers)would have turned 80. In honor of this auspicious occasion, his former "mailman" and lifelong friend, "Mr McFeeley" (I don't know the actor's name) is asking everyone to wear a cardigan, turtleneck or cable knit sweater. If your climate doesn't support it, just throw one on for a moment or two and ( Read more... )