31 May

How many ways

You have taught me

And shown me

To say 

YES

To Life...

30 May

So sure of yourself

You seem to know

Always

Where you are going

Guided

[as you are]

By your good heart.

29 May

I have always admired

Your "Fillet-of-Grace"

aka

Splatterbutt

Position

But I see it is also

"High Noon"

At this angle...

28 May

Somehow

YOU

Always

Manage

To

Have

Such

Fun

Just

BEing

YOU!

27 May

Mud-Lover 

"Braveheart"

My Sweet

Gracie Mae...

July 2008

Dry Creek 

[NOT-so-dry]

Sedona, Arizona.

26 May

Sometimes...

I would swear

YOU

CAN 

FLY!!

25 May

You LOVE the rain

And you, too

Are game to walk in it

Yet...

Somedays we just have to

Come in

Out of

The rain...

24 May

A Tie-Dye Graceface

It is fun to see what happens

Taking some of your pictures

Playing

Discovering

What-If~ing???

23 May

Oh how you DO LOVE the mud

And the muddier mud

Even the muddiest mud

And let us NOT even

Mention

Sand!!

22 May

Your face...

It ALWAYS tells so much more

Than all the words

I might invent

To explain

What I think you mean.

21 May

For my own understanding

Sometimes I need to SEE

That Nekked Gracie

And Fluffernut Gracie

Are One

&

The Same

Gracie!!!

20 May

This is

Without a doubt

My all-time favourite photo

Of YOU

Silly

Goggle-Girl!

19 May

No Words Required

18 May

My Summer Buzz Cut With Pretty Pink Bows

You are so NOT

A pink ribbons

And little bows

On your ears

Girl...

Still, sometimes it happens

And 

Honestly?!

What you teach me

About 

Simple Acceptance

Utterly amazes me...

17 May

A little bit of soft

And closed eyes

And you are

Asleep

Sweet Sleepyheaded Girl!

16 May

You have always been

A little

Even a LOT

Tentative

Unlike most dogs I've known

You pause

You consider

You take your time...

I've learned to DO this, too

Pause

Consider

Take my time.

Thank You

For showing me YOUR Way.

15 May

Even though...

You have your furriness

To keep you warm

There have been

And likely will BE again

Cold times

When even YOU

Choose to wrap up

Like a "brrrrito"

14 May

Sometimes

I forget this YOU

The much younger YOU

Who so rarely was

Still

Quiet

Who was always set

To bubble

To GO

Yet when I see this photo

When I remember back to THEN

I realise I DO actually

Remember that Gracie...

13 May

Sometimes

There are NO words...

Just Love.

12 May

Indeed you DO!!!

And I don't mind telling you

It's weird!!!

But even more than the weirdness of it

Is my utter amazement

That you SLEEP

Sooooooo...

Easily.

With you it is like a science

An art.

11 May

At sleeping

"deep leeps"

YOU 

are the master.

It astonishes me

Every time

How easily you fall into sleep

And just as quickly

Wake up

Like the sunshine

Ready to play

And 

Play

And

Play

10 May

There is in YOU

In your face

In your eyes

In your smile

In your acknowledgement

An amazing sweetness

A blessing

That is nothing short of truly

Extraordinary...

9 May

What fun

Focusing in

On this expression

Mid-run

Fiddling with colours

And other effects

Capturing the moment

I'll never forget...

8 May

Here's the thing...

Even when you take a

"bad" picture

You still make it fun

To play

And

Make ME laugh

At the curious ways

I have caught you

BEing

YOU!!

7 May

This face

Your

I'm totally amazed

Face

It's such a JOY

To see

And

Experience.

6 May

Happy Gracie Day

6 May 2005

We met

You picked ME

Climbed right up onto my lap

With a certainty

That this relationship was 

All

Up 

To 

You

I always consider that wondrous happenstance

When I feel low

Sad

Excluded

Apart

Knowing

I

Am

NOT

BEcause

YOU

Chose

ME

5 May

My Goggle Girl ... Take Kajillion and 7

How I love this photo

How many ways I have played with it

How it makes me smile, each and every time...

 

4 May

This

It turns out

Is so Gracie

Rolling in the sand

Rolling in the stink upon the sand

Tearing up the beach

With JOY and DeLIGHT

&

Turning Serenity

Into

A whole lot more than just 

A word in the sand...

3 May

Enough said...

Yours is a face

I'm always deLIGHTed and

Always blessed by

Always

ALWAYS

2 May

You're a funny bunny

How you respond

So appreciatively

When someone finds

Just the right spot

And you make them feel

So wise and wondrous

1 May

Sleep 

I often think it's your favourite thing

And well it MAY BE,

However...

I think it's just how 

And where

You dream up

New and wonderful ways

To love...