30 September

Mesa, AZ December 2008


Your face
Tells me more
Than words ever have
With its most simple expressions

29 September

On My Waterfall Sedona 10.2005

Oh you are bodacious
So proud
Climbing onto one rock
Then another
Until...
LOOK AT ME
Shouts from your sweet smile.

28 September

Sedona Summer Morning 2008

Few things deLIGHT you more
Than taking a nose walk
Especially when punctuated with
The Great Muddy
or
Friends who give you belly rubs

27 September

Sometimes...

Take away your FLASH

Your glittering GLOW

And the golden softness of you

And what's left

Is

Surprisingly

Simply

BEautimous

26 September

At Home in Sedona July 2005

I remember watching you
As you seemed to transform
From tiny puppy
To young dog
Little still
Growing
Evolving
BEing
And all the while
BEcoming
YOU.

25 September

Doggie Dude Ranch July 2008

You are so YOU in this photograph
Attention set
Listening
Learning to find balance
For just a moment
Completely contained
And present...

24 September

On My Porchie June 2005 Sedona

This same face

Its intensity

Its quizzical anticipation

I enJOY

Still

Whenever I am treated to it

23 September

Happy Gracie Outside the Wee Cottage December 2009

There are so many pictures of your smile

Each one telling a story

That doesn't need words

22 September

Looking Back August 2006 Lake Tahoe

When you took your first tentative steps into the water, I felt a mix of pride, terror, and giddiness.

It was a day I'll never forget to remember
As I watch you, still
Taking first steps
BEginning
Something
or
Just BEing curious...

21 September

Seriously Snowy Grace 16 March 2008


There are moments like this one
Where I can remember YOU
Along the way.
Where I can see who you BEcame
At certain times
And how that made you
Who you are
Now...

20 September

Playing with Hansi at the Wee Cottage December 2009

Friends...

You make them so easily

And you fall in love

Immediately

&

Forever

With each and every one.

19 September

Walking the trail in Sedona July 2008

Sometimes
Now
On our walks
Out in the World
I remember the littlest moments
Of our Journey together
And the brightest have been
Just walking side-by-side
With you.

18 September

Sedona July 2008

There are so many looks you have

You have ALWAYS had

Yet over time

and

As I come to know YOU

More

I realise what you've been "saying"

All along.

17 September

NOT-SO Dry Creek, Sedona... July 2008

It was such fun to watch you
Navigating the muddy
Exploring its wonder
Rolling gleefully in it
Utterly sated
Then bringing me a treasure
Just BEcause you could!!!

16 September

Gracie Sunning Herself June 2005

It makes me smile

Every single time

When I dip into the well

Of Gracie piccies

Each one a reminder

Of a day 

A moment

A little blink 

Of your Amazing Gracie Life

15 September

Sedona August 2005... Gracie EnJOYing a Stick

You have a very strange sense of taste

Something that

Sometimes...

Makes me laugh

and others...

Well, let's just say if I could I WOULD...

14 September

Little Girl @ Home in Sedona July 2005

You seriously love your babies

Though at first look it might appear otherwise..

And it's always been like this

Same stance

Same focus

Same intensity.

Only the babies

And YOU

Change as the days and years go by...

13 September

Sedona. July 2005


I have always admired your patience
Thoughtiness
Your willingness to take Life in
Easily
Without feeling the slightest compulsion
Ever
To change what is to "your way.'

12 September

Crazy Mixed-Up Parking Lot
"Center" Lake 25 December 2008

How wild a World, eh?!

You had the BEST day that Christmas

I imagine you thinking Santa so generous

To bring you a place to wade

Splash

Explore

And get gloriously soaking wet!!!

11 September

Center Lake, Mesa AZ Christmas 2008

Never one to BE shy

To hold back

To BE

Polite

You will even nose-dive

In the parking lot

Silly girl!!!

10 September

March 2008 Sedona Dog Park

It was funny to watch you
In a place made just for dogs
[and their people]
You quickly discovered the trail and ran it
Up to the top
Down like a slalom skier
And back up again.
Over
and
Over
and
Over

9 September

 Sedona July 2005

You have always been the

Queen of Negotiations

You take your time

To think about

Consider possibilities

Ponder

and...

only after all that

DO you choose.

8 September

Lake Tahoe September 2006

It always is a surprise to see your face like this. 

It's rare, for sure, but it is always startling. 

And what's MORE startling is how quickly it changes, like a shadow passing inside of a blink...

7 September

18 March 2008 Sedona Dog Park

So many memories in each photograph

I never realised this BEfore...

It is true

[though NOT always worthy of telling]

That EVERY picture tells a story.

6 September

Two Bears

Sleeping

Ahhhhhhh...

5 September

Were you really once upon a time so tiny

So small

So new to the World

So much ahead of you?!

[and me]

I know you were

This photo proves it

Yet sometimes I am certain

You are just my imagination running free

Chasing the wind...

4 September

Oh your love of the muddy...

3 September

BEing comfortable

Having a soft place

To rest your head

This is what you seek

And most often

Find

2 September

I will never forget this day

Barely six months old

And oh so brave you were

And... still ARE.

1 September

How my girl does love the sea...