I didn’t know Lily when she was a puppy. I imagine her expression looked something like this when she was a little thing.

A few months ago Lily’s vet diagnosed her with probable tracheal collapse. This morning instead of pawing to wake me up, Lily jumped off the bed& started coughing. She didn’t seem to have trouble breathing,& she wasn’t honking like a goose.Still, strange behavior coupled with coughing has me worried

I have touched the algae that were in the reflecting pool and which you were probably saving for the president Forgive me they were irresistible so slimy and so green

My sister’s family dogs add more love to the mix.

I am deeply grateful for Lily.

Portraits of Lulu and Benny, our first cockers. Lulu was a fierce firecracker; Benny was a gentle giant. #ThrowbackThursday

RIP Mark Rothko. You would have loved how the hydrogen peroxide bleach is only turning the Reflecting Pool blue around the perimeter

Mood.

More pets, please.

This weekend I saw two fawns being born. To see them slip from their mothers is magical. The fawns are tiny, and almost immediately stand up. Soon there will be many more in my neighborhood, and I can’t wait for evening walks with the summer herd.

Box of Rain, Grateful Dead @candyliggett2024.bsky.social #paws4music

🎶 Good morning, starshine, The earth says, “Hello” 🎶

Yesterday was a sunny smile.

Waiting to inhale.

🎶Reunited and it feels so good🎶

I can’t wait to see my bebbeh tomorrow.

Happy birthday/Intake day to Lily! I miscalculated and forgot it was her fourth, but what counted was the pumpkin-peanut butter-greek yogurt cake in front of her. We ate it too and it was delicious. #rescuedogs

I will cuddle her until the end of time.

Happy Pride. You are perfect! I love you.

Monday.

Lily, and Patience guarding the New York Public Library.

Evening read: “Has My Heart Gone to Sleep?” by Antonio Machado, transl. Alan Trueblood #antoniomachado

🎶 You’re just too good to be true, Can’t take my eyes off of you 🎶

It’s 11:30pm on a Friday night and I’m looking for a birthday cake recipe for my dog. I have become that person.

Only broccoli treats for you, Ms. Chunky McChunkerston.

Late night poetry: “It’s True,” by Federico García Lorca, transl. Christopher Maurer “On account of your love/I have an air ache” #poetry #poesia #garcialorca #lorca #translation #federicogarcialorca

Lily did well at her annual today. She took the blood draws and vaccines like a champ, and the panels came out well. Our vet reports that Lily has the cleanest ears of any cocker ever 🙌 , needs to drop 5 pounds, and should have a dental soon. No sign of issues common in cockers. 🙌

Night reading: “Vita Nova,” by Louise Glück.

There’s no joy like the joy of rolling around in a recently made bed.

Lily’s annual visit is coming up. I just weighed her. This will be me at the vet’s on Thursday.

🎶 Señora Santana, ¿por qué llora Lily? Por una manzana que la ha perdido. Vamos a la huerta. Cortaremos dos: una para Lily y otra para Dios. 🎶

Waking up to coffee and Czesław Miłosz’s “On Angels” (transl. Miłosz) (“day draw nears/another one/do what you can”) #poetry

Saturday morning squirrel and Northern Cardinal observation.

Night reading: “Nightbook Page,” by Tomas Tranströmer, transl. Patty Crane #poetry

🎶It’s Friday I’m in love🎶

Night Reading: “Oh I Thought You Knew, She Said, Dad Is Alive,” by Eugenia Leigh. [Source: Penrose Diagram by Fred the Oyster CC BY-SA 4.0] #poetry

This Thursday I’m remembering my sweet boy Benny, whose obituary, written up for a cocker rescue, helps capture his spirit. #ThrowBackThursday #dogsofbluesky

Night reading: “If My Blackness Turns to Fruit,” by E. Ethelbert Miller

A-woooo! Happy #TongueOutTuesday!

All’s right with the world.

Watch out, @maudegertrude.bsky.social !

I’m about to turn in and miss having a warm little body pressed up against mine.

Here we have a meditation on self-recovery, identity, & emotional healing delivered through a series of imperatives It examines the self we present to others & the self we neglect internally It is a poem about returning home to yourself. #poetry #poemoftheday #MentalHealthMatters

Lulu was our first cocker. She did not suffer fools gladly, loved to race around the house with socks in her mouth, and was a feisty queen. #ThrowBackThursday

It’s so hard to leave Lily for the weekend! She will be staying at a 5-star Ritz, and will be fine, but my separation anxiety has kicked in. Must not project. Must not project.

Middle-of-the-night reading: Sappho, Fragment 24A, translated by Anne Carson

I am really enjoying Timothy Snyder’s “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century.” But I can’t resist this face. Reading ends; playtime begins.

@samadog.bsky.social We just got back from Lily’s expression. She looked mournful as they took her back but much more comfortable after the squeeze. 🙈

Happy #WontLookWednesday from a doggo rescued in November! His family circumstances had changed and they were sorry to see him go, and his new family is thrilled to have him. #rescuedogs #dogsofbluesky