Hail And Farewell

RIP Squeaky 8/06
RIP Susie 4/07
RIP Josie 7/07

9-month-old Labradoodle puppy Josie got run over on Wednesday, which needless to say was a horrible shock. It's the first time since before I was born that my family has been without a pet. Just a couple of weeks ago my mother related the following cute story about her:

Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007
From: Kathleen
Subject: my turkey egg is sneakily stolen
To: Colin, Theresa

I kept Josie in last evening to cool her off, and took a shower. She was lying on Colin's rug waiting for me. Little did I know that during my shower, she snuck off to the front porch, gently removed the white turkey egg from the display shelf (the pheasant eggs were untouched), and ATE it in the family room. I found small fragments of it on the rug. I went to the porch to confirm my suspicions, and the large, beautiful ivory egg was gone from the shelf. Josie did not even act guilty.
I am disgusted. Wild turkey eggs are hard to find. Will she steal the pheasant eggs next, enjoying them as a crunchy snack?


No more cat. No more Susie (below). No more Josie.

and now we are alone