dogs – Page 45 – Black and White

June 10, Buddha's birthday, date of photograph. This liriodendron tulipfera is next to the water source, a bored well. Great place to sit. — microclimate. First tree I planted.

Looking Ahead

Looking Ahead

Old dog, silvery muzzle
Lifts his head
When I put on my coat.
Heaven for him
Is going to be
An endless walk
With me.–ALB

Uncensored Songs for Sam Abrams, Spuyten Duyvil, New York, n.d. P. 43

senescence

old dog in an old chair. the old man's old chair
I grow old . . . I grow old . . .I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.–T.S.Eliot

Sophia’s age-mate Rita died yesterday. Great sadness.

K453D5-Elaine-and-Rita — Rita and Elaine

Sophie used to retrieve on land. She can’t do that anymore. She goes at it too hard. Adapted that to plain running. Me on a bike, Sophie running alongside. That is out now, she goes lame, the impact aggravates her arthritis. The only place she is free now is in the water.