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.
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Enjoy this short video of pileated woodpeckers who visited back in 2009.
Originally published Oct 5, 2011: tsang kin-wah: the fifth seal meggieschwendemann:
tsang kin-wah: the fifth seal – he shall deliver you up to be afflicted and killed as he was
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