We rescued Vesta when she was 7 years old in 2009. She never liked having her photograph taken (she often ducked her head or walked away when a camera came out), so this is a rare portrait of her sitting calmly. We named her Vesta, the Roman goddess of hearth, home and family, for she was the warm center of our home life. Though we most often called her “Vesta,” and we didn’t correct people when they called her “Vespa,” we also called her “Vester,” “Vestela,” “Vesta-girl,” “Wag-a-muffin,” “Good girl,” “Little One,” “Wagster,” and many more. And though these words can’t say enough, she was a good dog, a close companion, and loving friend.
Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, January 31, 2019.
January 19, 2019 vs January 24, 2019
We’ve all heard of the 10-year challenge. Here’s my own version — what I was looking at five days ago on Playa Mujeres, Mexico, versus what I was looking at this morning during my commute in Albany.
Dramatic, right?
Deborah and Rebecca, Redwood Regional Park, Oakland, California, December 2018.
El Castillo or Temple of Kukulcan at Chichen Itza, December 17, 2012.
Rain on windshield. October 31, 2018.
