The last couple of weeks have been cuh-razeee. But as I do every year on April 28, I baked a cake in honor of my late friend Steve R’s birthday. We’re just all so busy that we didn’t have time to eat any until a day later!
We also use the April 28 date as Guinness’s birthday because when our friends rescued her off the street and we adopted her, the vet estimated her birthdate as April 2000. That makes her a big fifteen years old, and we’ve enjoyed every one of them!
She moves a lot slower in body and mind, and she just wants a simple life of meals and naps and occasional affection. She’s weathered diminishing eyesight and hearing as well as chronic kidney disease. But she still loves to eat. She wanders the back yard with interest. She tolerates all the other dogs. She hasn’t lost one bit of her sweetness, and even with gray and white hair, she still has her puppy face.
Happy birthday to Guinness, too!
Happy Birthday, old girl! At times she reminds me of Moochie.
Moochie was so sweet. And G says thanks!
Wouldn’t it be nice to have our older friends not have to go through all the things older dogs go through. These days I have been thinking of my little old man so often. I hope Guiness got everything she wanted on her birthday, she’s such a good girl … and I know you give her the best!
We try. And yes, it’s hard to watch them age, but they teach me a lot about doing it graciously. Other than turning 35 a hundred times, I mean.
Aww Happy bithday Guiness! I never realized we had so much in common… Naps, likes to eat, tolerant of others, gray-hairs… Err uh I mean I love naps too!
I MISS YOU. I love the vacation photos–you and the girls are so beautiful.
Awwww, she’s so sweet!! Happy Birthday to Guiness!!
G says thank you and when are you coming to see her again?
(I meant Guinness, of course!) Sorry to misspell…
(She can’t spell it, either, so she doesn’t care.)
Happy birthday, Guinness!!
G Dog says thank you and have a great time in SF!
A very big belated happy birthday to Guinness. She’s doing well!
And big respect to you for continuing to remember your friend.
Thank you.
Guinness is doing surprisingly well. Now it’s Margot who’s having health issues. Just part of loving senior dogs.