Monday, December 31, 2012

Sunday, December 30, 2012

30 December


sometimes
if I really really Let Go
I can BE Right Here
inside this moment
like that!!!


Saturday, December 29, 2012

29 December


I remember this moment
How tiny
Floppy
And wiggly you were
How BIG the tennis ballie
How determined you were
Nice to see you that way again...
For a moment.


Friday, December 28, 2012

28 December


You have always stayed soft
To the touch
&
To the heart
I love that about you
so very much.

Thursday, December 27, 2012

27 December


One thing I have loved learning from you:
EnJOYing Whatever
Has turned out to BE 
An entirely NEW-to-me way
To live
Simply.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

26 December


you have taught me well
about resting
and taking time for rest
thank you

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

25 December


It was a special Christmas, 2008
When Santa & the Rain Dear
Brought you a Lake to EnJOY

Monday, December 24, 2012

Sunday, December 23, 2012

23 December


I don't know what they are
And likely wouldn't hazard a guess...
I just KNOW you think them.

Friday, December 21, 2012

21 December


one of the few photos of "the two of us"
I canNOT say
WHO
or 
WHICH
of us
is practising patience MORE!!

Thursday, December 20, 2012

20 December


oh how magical the ground
[especially that red rock ground]
covered in snow
you REALLY know how to enJOY
whatever the sky sends

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

19 December


Your loving
[what some might call squishing]
Is great love
All the same...

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

18 December


your expressions
no matter what I DO
or how I "play" with them
are so YOU
so exquisitely and amazingly YOU...

Monday, December 17, 2012

17 December


Of all the ways
Different or similar
That I have loved...
Loving YOU
Gracie, girl
Is best of ALL!!!


Sunday, December 16, 2012

16 December


there is nothing quite like
YOU
when you KNOW
what's in that pocket
and that
if you hold really still
in your question mark doggie-yoga pose...

Saturday, December 15, 2012

15 December


little things you DO
[and DID]
teach me far more
than books ever could

Friday, December 14, 2012

14 December


You are inspiration
On four legs
And...
YES!!!
By all means, go again and again and again.

Thursday, December 13, 2012

13 December


Your laugh
with all its snorts and woofs
and crazy dancing often involved
well...
just the thought of it gets me 
right in the giggler

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

12 December


Fluff-head
and
Downright Silly
as YOU are
Your thoughtiness is unmistakeable
and
sort of sweet

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

11 December


Whatever
in this Whole Wide WORLD
Could I say
but...
I Love You Gracie?!!!?

Monday, December 10, 2012

10 December


This photo has taught me much
BEcause until we moved
You had little to smell
On the desert
Life by the ocean is different
Full
[overly so]
With snifforunities

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Friday, December 7, 2012

7 December


Little things
Touching
Connecting
Looking
These are your specialty

Thursday, December 6, 2012

6 December


Confident
Fearless
Eager
These are mere adjectives
There is no one word for your way of living Life

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

5 December


I always love to see you like this
Full of silly
Ready for play
Your BEautimous imagination
Giving you wings

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

4 December


I am NOT the best listener
You have given me new ways to listen
And learn
And you are a gentle, persistent teacher
Thank You.

Saturday, December 1, 2012

1 December


I often wonder
Watching you BE
Are you sorting things out
Taking them in
Or are you just
DOing nothing at all brainiac?!

Friday, November 30, 2012

30 November


This is something I learned from you
[and am often reminded of by you]
That we DO things
Sometimes
For no reason other than BEcause
WE CAN

Thursday, November 29, 2012

29 November


We're all a little scared
And we hesitate
When we're DOing something new
Different
Scary
So BEing Brave is just how we roll

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

28 November


You are a wonderful listener
Especially to the sounds
BEyond my own range
Like snowfall
Approaching rain
Memory
And of course
Quiet

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

27 November


You often catch me by surprise
When you focus on something
And really... sometimes I don't know
For certain
If you are focusing or simply
EnJOYing some time to BE
A dog

Monday, November 26, 2012

26 November


This is what you have shown me
Slowly
Persistently
and 
Oh so patiently
That whenever I look and want to
I can find the time.

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Saturday, November 24, 2012

24 November


Memories are a sort of reflection
And pictures can bring the most remarkable details
To mind
As though it were happening Right Now
This very second in Time.

Friday, November 23, 2012

Thursday, November 22, 2012

22 November


Although I know a lot of stuff
Little of that compares
To what YOU teach me
Daily
About BEing a friend

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

21 November


This is what you DO
What you teach
And what you bring out
In everyone you meet

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

20 November

After the Muddy ~  Sedona July 2008

It was Very Clear early on
You love the silliness of mud
And wet
And dirt
And this is what makes a morning walk
Morning Adventure

Monday, November 19, 2012

19 November


It's hard to DO, eh?!
Letting Go
When you don't really know
For certain
It's the last time...

Sunday, November 18, 2012

18 November


Somedays
You DO this for hours
It is amazing to me
Watching you
Focused
Like you've got your Spirit on
Pause...

Saturday, November 17, 2012

17 November


I've always wondered
If I am even close to knowing
What goes on
In your BEautimous mind...

Friday, November 16, 2012

16 November


Sometimes
[but only rarely]
There are no words
For saying
How much I REALLY love loving you...

Thursday, November 15, 2012

15 November


Something I love seeing
This view of you
Watching out your window
[how nice that it is just your height!!]
At what is waking up
And going on
Outside the Wee Cottage

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

14 November

Beach Morning December 2010

You know, I don't know
If you've always been a sniffer
Or if it's a new practise
MayBE it's just evolved more here
So many and varied scents that there are...

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

13 November

Baby It's Cold In Here...2010

Queen of the Snooze
Cold BE Banished
What a face!!!

Monday, November 12, 2012

12 November

at the Dog Park October 2009

It wouldn't BE immediately apparent
[in fact, it is NOT EVEN apparent]
That you need to rest
Refresh
Recharge
When you are hopping
And flopping
In utter deLIGHT