dogs – Page 12 – Black and White

dog bench

love this quote — I didn’t know F.T. and Mariflo Heblich. They sound like wonderful people. Someone put a bench next to the Rivanna in their memory. Beautiful.

heads or tails

children hug their older sister — She was a good dog.

Chuck

CWTIII January 1 — CWTIII used to bring a taste of Suffolk Virginia to the Woolen Mills January first. He’d make the obligatory Hoppin’ John, not my favorite. But then there were oysters and ham biscuits, delicious. Chuck was my neighbor for 34 years. All good years. Miss him everyday.

chuck and Tilly — Chuck and Matilda, porch sitting

WTJU is raising funds for an initiative: the Chuck Taylor Fund for WTJU History. Email WTJU General Manager Nathan Moore if you’d like to learn more about this fund. nathan.moore@virginia.edu

black dog

dog silhouette

Tall grass

dog in the weeds — 5-6 inches of rain in July

black dog road

black dog road — Road less traveled? The narrow road? The broad road? No no! Take the Black dog Road.

Crossing Toms Run

41.335336, -79.211131 — Cook Forest

walk in the woods notophthalmus viridescens

two dogs in the back seat of a Prius — Tilly is all about walking it down slow, saving energy, not breaking a sweat, securing the chow. Eva is Thunderpaws, ten strides to every step Matilda takes. Eva runs the high road, the low road and encircles the enemy, simultaneously. The dogs have opposite approaches but remain best friends.

red eft crosses the road — While Tilly was focused on food and Eva ran overwatch a red eft crossed our path unmolested.

morning social

talking across the fence — Tilly visiting with Rivers, a daily stop, neighbor dog.

walking in the woods

the girls — Matilda, Robin, Eva. Memory walk. If you turn over enough stones you will find something somewhere.
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