How Cool is This?

We think we mentioned that Willa's sister, Murphy, went on a road trip earlier this summer.  She went to Colorado to visit family (Willa and Murphy are from there, as is Sharon, Murphy's mom).

Here is a great picture of Sydney (they yellow, who is the mom), Buckley (a brother), and Murphy.

Murphy was the last pup born, "the runt."  Willa is slightly bigger, but I was tickled to see Sydney, who still looks a lot like Sage.

These are smart dogs, very intense.

Murphy also spent time with her father, Maverick and another brother Caleb.

How cool is that???

Murphy's Day.

Do You Bath Your Dogs?

Sure do!

"Sage, fetch the stick!"

Sage ambles into Puget Sound.

Bath time!

Murphy's Day.

Enjoying a Float

No, not the soda and ice cream kind, although those are good, too, in the summer.

But it's warm, and the dogs love to float down the Wenatchee with us.

Keeping cool...

Murphy's Day.

Road Trips?

We have been vacillating about a road trip this summer.

It's a little hard to get motivated with the girls seem so "at home" in Nahahum Canyon.

The longer we delay....

Murphy's Day.

Summer

I love summer.

Unfortunately, they don't allow dogs on the golf course.

And Willa would love to chase the balls....hmmm...maybe that is why no dogs.

Or do you think it's because not everyone picks up after their pups?

Murphy's Day.

Thinking About Things

Last week I went for a bike ride.  And for some reason, I started thinking about Murphy.  Then I thought about all the dogs that have owned me.

Our time on Earth, my mother used to say, is short.  For dogs, it's even shorter.  But as I was riding, I thought about how Murphy, Riley, and Alex have stayed inside my heart.  And how they have stayed inside my soul.  They have "made me."  Their legacy is my love of Sage, Annie Oakley, Willa and maybe others...

I was once told that the greatest compliment I could give someone who I'd loved and died, is to love again.  It shows how magnificent the love was the first time.

Indeed.

Murphy's Day.

Another Summer Weekend

Ya-hoo!

End of a long week.  Another summer weekend!

We're ready and hopefully our Icicle Creek is ready for a few flies!

Murphy's Day.