Photo-Finish Friday -- Let Sleeping Dogs Sleep

This dog looks so happy and comfortable snoozing away on the grass.
I wish I could do it, too.
The flower in the foreground is something in the general calla lily family.
My husband took this photo during our vacation in Guatemala.

Photo-Finish Friday -- Scruffers

A happy pooch in Trinidad de Cuba.

This poor little hot dog was amusing himself by wandering back and forth rubbing his sides along a short stretch of cement in the noonday sun.

He seemed happy enough although the look may be deceptive.
Whether he was a stray or owned I don't know, but Scruffers was certainly itchy.
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Both Laurie Powers and David Cranmer have their photos up. Check them out. I think you'll enjoy it.

Gratitude Monday – Patient Pets and Good Memories

Our dog Pal, who the always entertaining Bag Lady wrote about in this post was as patient and long-suffering as a dog could be.
In summer I’d use him as a pillow whenever I wanted a nap in the sun. He was my pretend horse sometimes, too, and would let me ride him for a few feet anyway. And when my sister and I were very young we tried to see if he’d be a good sled dog.
If memory serves it didn’t go over all that well with him.
Pal died just before my 12th birthday. He disappeared and we didn’t know what happened. I found him the following spring. He was on his way to the creek and had taken the shortcut through the bush.
He was an old dog then and he’d served us well. I am grateful to have had such patient, kind dog. And I have to say I’m grateful that he died out in the bush going about his normal day. I like to believe he kept on running.