my gracie

02.21.15 = Favorite Things Gracie has been enjoying the snow today! Now it's time for a snuggle under the blankets with some hot tea and Gracie to watch some old movies. It's a snow-bound day; one of my favorite things! "Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes Silver white winters that melt into Springs, These are a few of my favorite things." Rogers & Hammerstein

Gracie at 2 months old. What a face!

10.23.14 = All Paws Just one more black & white to round out the week. I love it when Gracie sleeps like this, with all paws together. “Happiness ... not in another place but this place, not for another hour but this hour.” ~ Walt Whitman

07.26.17 = Stop And Smell The Roses! "There is no wifi in nature, yet our connections have never been stronger." ~unknown

Gracie getting in on the butterfly action!

01.02.14 = The Many Faces of Grace This is Gracie's curious face. I think she's wondering why I keep pointing this big black thing at her all the time. "My goal in life is to be as good of a person as my dog already thinks I am." unknown

10.20.14 = My Morning Grace Gracie found a bit a sunshine yesterday morning in one of her favorite spots. Drowsy and warm; ummm, I love lazy Sunday mornings. "Happiness is a warm puppy." Charles Shultz *My THIRD in the series of five of the black & white challenge. Today I challenge photographer Mary Mc Cahill to the b&w challenge.

11.18.14 = Camouflaged Gracie was having a bit of fun rooting around in the first snow fall of the year. Looks like she has a snow-stache. "If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater, suggest that he wear a tail." Fran Lebowitz

09.04.13 = Princess Grace "Happiness is a warm puppy." Charles Schultz

05.08.13 = Room with a View Gracie, soaking up the sun and the smells of spring. "Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world." Virgil Kraft

01.05.12 = A long winters nap Well January has certainly made an entrance and it seems she’s brought the cold with her. We were all having a fine winter until she arrived. The bitter cold days make for long days indoors. I think Gracie has the right idea here, snuggled up under the quilts for a warm winters nap. “Happiness is a warm puppy.” Charles Shultz

02.16.12 = Bird watching We had a some sunshine here yesterday and Gracie took full advantage of it. After a morning sunbathe, it was on to bird watching followed by barking at the neighbors and then into a deep sleep. Not a bad days work. “Properly trained, man can be dog’s best friend.” Corey Ford

10.22.12 = Grace in the Face "Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole." Roger Caras

05.20.11 = A place in the sun I couldn’t believe my eyes this morning; SUNSHINE! SUNSHINE! SUNSHINE! Some days, I really dislike the East window in my bedroom, but this morning, it was wonderful waking up to the sun streaming through every crack it could find to light up my room. Gracie even looked surprised to see such brightness in the room. After I let her out, she planted herself here, the sunniest spot in the house. Her only movement was the thunk, thunk of her tail and a turn of her head as I came up behind her. Normally, the sound of the UPS truck sends her flying to the front window to bark at the man in brown, but not today; today she has her place in the sun. “Happiness is a warm puppy.” Charles Shultz

06.20.11 = One Twisted Bitch (Sorry, couldn’t refuse the title) I spent Friday on a little road trip with two of my sisters….. I think the title will give you a little insight into the day. “I smile because you are my sister. I laugh because there is nothing you can do about.”

07.14.11 = Tuckered Out If you are looking for a good investment these day, might I advise you of the “Rubber Chicken” company? Gracie just loves these rubber chickens and I can’t tell you how many I have been through over the years. I think I have five right now, all in various stages of disembowelment. She could and would play endlessly retrieving these guys. I’ve resorting to wearing a garden glove to handle it. Yeah, you get the idea. Slimed. But, she loves it, and what else is more important in a dogs world? “Properly trained, man could be a dog’s best friend.” Corey Ford

08.22.11 = I’m on VACATION! Thought I’d start Monday out with a “Grace in the Face” shot. She’s having a great time on vacation and playing with her dog cousins. I told her the 1,100 mile drive and a night in a hotel room would be worth it! She’s really getting the swimming thing down now. I guess falling into the pool a few times is the way to learn to swim if you’re a dog. She has learned where to get in and out and where the rest spots are in the pool so I think she will be jumping in on her own here soon. She is just dying to fetch the water bird like her Labrador cousin Gunner. But, I think she still prefers the hot tub. I mean really, what girl can pass up a relaxing soak in a hot tub? “Laughter is an instant vacation.” Milton Berle