Tag: sleeping
That You Might Take Me With You, Wherever You Shall Go
I have this romantic notion that at least one hair from each of our pets will follow me all the days of my life, so that on my deathbed I will have a piece of them with me. A romantic notion but not a realistic one. In day-to-day life, however, I’m quite confident I do carry each of our current pets with me, and Trixie is doing her duty to make sure of it as she sleeps on my clean T-shirt. In the picture below, Trixie doesn’t usually sleep in my desk chair but she loves the feel of these hoodies.
In Memory of Sari
In memory of my sister’s sweet pup Sari, who had to be euthanized today after a long illness. These pictures are from 2009, Sari was sleeping on my mom’s bed. In the first picture I angled the camera so the picture of my sister hanging on the wall was looking over her pup. The picture below is my favorite of her, she seems so happy in her sleep, and look at those wonderful ears. She was a real sweetheart, she even got to meet Ellie one time when my sister came to visit us in Portland, I saw her for the last time this summer when I was in Atlanta.
Rest in peace little one.
The Aging Pup
When I got back from a two day trip to the coast you would have thought I had been gone two months by the warm welcome I got from our aging pup. Ellie shadowed me everywhere I went, brushing up against me, even following me up and down the stairs on her arthritic legs. I took some time to shower her with affection to let her know I was happy to be reunited too. Time continues to take its toll on her, her blood pressure is up again and so is the protein in her urine, so she’s getting more medicine and a kidney-friendly dog food. She’s also getting anti-inflammatory pills since the arthritis is getting worse, so there’s now a whole army of pills she gets each morning and evening. She gets tired easily and takes a lot longer to recover after a walk, but she still gave me a 45-minute walk today on a sunny but cool fall morning.
She’s probably about fourteen years old, so all things considered she’s doing rather well, and I’m thankful for every day we get with her.
Brothers
I took this picture of the brothers on the same day as the previous picture of Trixie and also edited them at the same time. I decided I also prefer this one in black-and-white, even though I don’t dislike the color version, which is so rare for me I began to wonder if something hadn’t broken in my brain.
When Your Conscience Is Clear
Sam In His Element
Sam asleep in one of his favorite places, curled up on my legs. I took the picture a year ago but he’s in the same spot now, except today Trixie is next to him with her legs atop his.
A Bridge Between Brothers
Sleep of the Just
Of the six cats we’ve had, none seemed so peaceful as they slept as our gray tuxedo, Templeton. Whether curled up or sprawled out, asleep or just waking up, he seemed at one with the world.
Burning the Midnight Oil
I tried to get Templeton to come to bed but he kept muttering about needing to finish his TPS reports. Picture is from 2006 as Templeton recovered from surgery and took my spot when I got up.
Boolie 