p.s.

boy, is it lonely around here without the Daisy.

we've been looking at 'available dogs' from several rescue groups, but haven't found The One just yet. we've talked about fostering, adopting, and fostering and adopting at the same time. hope we'll find our match(es) soon.

claustrophobic

spending lots of time taking lots of photos with new camera, but not allowed to upload them until i make some space on the hard drive. self-imposed rule, but still... rats.

really?

wow. not sure if i believe this was a completely natural occurrence, but it's pretty darn amazing.
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no sign so far

yesterday & forever

this is odd. i was thinking yesterday that the hurt of losing daisy hasn't much diminished in the last two and a half weeks. then today, it seems like it was forever ago that she was here. this must mean it's time for us to write our 100 things we'll remember about her.

meantime, we are starting to think about fostering or adopting. there are just so many in need of homes.

cat humor

odd

So I'm sitting here, with the house to myself. G is off at a show, seeing a band I'm not so into. This is all fine and good. There are plenty of cats around, and since I was somehow converted from a dog person into a mostly-cat person sometime in the last ten years, this is also fine and good.

Yet the house feels awfully empty tonight. We've slowly been putting away Daisy's things, but aren't moving too quickly as that would feel worse.

Anyway, for the first time since she's been gone, I haven't heard a single noise tonight that I've initially mistaken as coming from her. Nothing that sounds like scratching at the back door, or the muffled thump of a big girl settling into her bed, or louder-than-usual crunching sounds that could be someone pilfering a tasty serving of cat food.

Truth is, this stinks. As sad as it is to keep having those automatic thoughts of "oh, it's the dog," and then remembering it can't be her, it's even more sad to not have them.

Sigh.

Sorry, cats, no offense intended. Guess I'll try pinning one of you in my lap to trim your claws. That's sure to snap me back to positive thinking.

waiting

Keeping Daisy's spot warm.
Who got a plain old A on her report card?! That's right! No fancy plus for Daisy. Good girl. :)

new camera

got a new camera and completely love it. haven't installed the software yet to upload the ~2400 photos taken in the last week, but soon, soon! also, really looking forward to taking apart the old one to see what's inside. hey, maybe photos of how photos are made... ooh!

also, sweet photos of one of our girls in particular really missing her "big little sister." very cute. really will upload soon. =^-^=

funny

ha. spouse thought i had mis-cropped this photo somehow. nope. this is just what it's like to try to take a photo of a hound.