Cherry on Top

Do you ever wonder that, if your dog(s) could talk - if you would enjoy them as much?  They are so clever in the ways they use to tell us what they want (and don’t), and we get a sense of their personalities that way.  But I sometimes wonder if my Bella had a gratingly whining voice - or talked incessantly at me when I first got home from work - if I would find her company as enjoyable.  Sometimes I wish she COULD talk, just to be sure of where her head is “at”.  But I know I enjoy the company of animals over most people most of the time - so maybe it’s just as well that she continues to do her head tilts and variations of woofs and barks.  I certainly know when she paws my arm she wants her tummy rubbed!
LUNA - I’ll bet that SOLSEY is still communicating with you in your thoughts.  And isn’t is something that pictures of a little black pug - that most of us visitors to OBP had never met - still brings tears to our eyes and lumps to our throats.  And we miss her right along with you.
Have a sweet summer weekend!

I love your blog today Corrine.  I didn’t realize that Luna still had some issues in being comfortable…bless Solsey.  I loved all the stories about Solsey and fell really hard for this little lady, as did everyone.  It is so nice to know what an influence Solsey had on Luna…maybe even some of the not so good. 

Luna, you definitely picked up the stubborn streak and will forever have to have that dab of cat food on top of your noon meal…you sassy little girl. 

Corrine, thanks for making my day, and everyone in OBPland have a very good weekend.

HAHAHAHA!! Good job teaching Luna, Miss Solsey!

I bet she’s up there laughing at how much Luna gets away with because of her influence.

Everyone today has said all of what I feel (still) for Solsey Baby and Luna.  My eyes have sprung leaks as has most of us, I’ll wager.

Corrine, thank you for a beautiful post and for sharing Solsey, Luna, Benny and Henry to all of us in so many posts.  Your love for these little guys just shine through in all you say and do for the little rascals .

No Brenda, it is not a black pug thing.  Abby (the fawn) does the very same thing and also does it to treats until you just want to pick it up and eat it yourself.

Have a good weekend, kids.
again, Thank you Corrine

Pug hugs,
Huckles chuckles
and
do the Swamp pugs
& Cooper (I thought I’d be generous today and list him).

I really loved reading this!  : )

Sneaky Sol! And clever Luna! This reminds me of my pug; she was getting really finicky with her food so one day my mom sprinkled some cat kibbles on top of the dog kibbles. She inhaled her food! But now she will walk up to her bowl, sniff, and then follow me around until I put five or six kitty kibbles on top. Otherwise, I’m pretty sure she’d try to starve herself…our dogs are smarter than they look!

Gardeners are preoccupied with the weather because it affects what we do, but this spring has been so remarkably odd that the normal chat has risen to a new level of purpose.The earlier a tree blooms at the start of the season, the greater the risk of calamity. Frost, rain, hail and wind can ruin the annual event in a few moments, so when my saucer magnolia tree opened the first week of March, three weeks early, I was sure its blooms would be wrecked. Instead, we had a long and glorious blossoming (the tree is 30 feet tall). The blooms coincided, strangely, with the flowering of the Japanese cherry trees. When the redbuds and dogwoods began to bloom as well, I thought I could expect just about anything. Except I was jolted on the last day of March, when a neighbor’s lilac tree bloomed.