Hither and yon, mentally at least

[plantmom]

A monarch butterfly was puttering around the echinacea almost all day Monday.  It would inspect and eat from one or two blossoms, then fly around the yard a bit, then go back to eating.  Lovely

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[bluesilverkdg]

I just finished The Art Of Racing In the Rain week before last, and I sobbed like a little baby. You weren't on my friends list (Ok, actually not even on LJ) when I lost my Dexter Pooh Bear in 2005, but Ray can tell you what an absolute mess I was over that, for weeks. When I read the beginning of the book, where Enzo is trying to fake being sicker than he really is, so he can go ahead and die, I was thinking "is that what Dexter was doing with me? Was he trying to tell me something?"

It's truly one of the best books I've read in a while, and when I finished it, I hugged the cats extra tightly while I still could. I really think you'll love it though.

[plantmom]

Yup, I haven't finished it yet, but I agree. The Merle book is awesome in a non-fiction genre. A wonderful combination, the two books.....

Is that Dexter Pooh Bear in your icon?

[bluesilverkdg]

Yes! That was actually his last healthy summer, and I have a bunch of pictures of him from that day, frolicking up at our farm like a little puppy. Here's his "memoriam": http://bluesilverkdg.livejournal.com/204750.html

[plantmom]

Honestly, and especially given recent experiences I've had, I believe our relationships to animals [other animals? - we are animals also!] are more significant than those to other humans, sometimes.

We cherish them, and we walk more than halfway across the bridge between us, because they cannot speak in English. And yet, they want to communicate with us, in a manner that not all humans desire.

Am I making sense here?