A Wildflower Morning

 We've had Cookie in our family for just over one year now.  What a lot of blessing and fun she's brought to our lives.  I caught her napping yesterday, but most of the time she's a ball of energy.  Araya has her in a service dog training program, and she even gets to go to church now.  She's one amazing Cookie. Last year at about this time we took Cookie camping with us, just a day or two after we got her on September 5.   She was almost three month old then. Take a look at this old post to learn about her first adventures.  Cookie fits in the knapsack.  Cooke goes Canoeing.  She fits in the life jacket just fine.  Waiting in the sunshine for Araya, showing early potential to sit and stay, inspite of being an English Jack Russell. She's bigger now, with longer hair, and even more personality.  She's a blessing to our family, and we count her as a gift from God. Read what Araya has to ...

My daughter wrote more on the the Cat and Dog Saga over at her blog, Spiritual Graces . You'll have to see what we did for George Washington's Birthday.

These two little pets will sit by each other now, 6 months after the little dog joined our family, as long as they are both being petted, ... and looking in opposite directions.   Makes us think of the day when predator will lay down beside their former prey. The Bible says in Isaiah 11:6, 7, "The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox" Sounds nice.   (Wish that happened here.) Note:  Very shortly after this photo was taken, Cat realized she was sitting next to Dog, and voiced her opinion with a hiss and a swat.  She was out of there like greased lightening. Maybe next year ...