I didn't realize that no one else had posted about pets since last fall. I never explained the above post. Roxy passed in October of last year. She was 16 years old, which is doing well for a pug. Last October, the above post was my small quiet acknowledgement of that fact.

In May, we got a new pug puppy....meet Etta James:

Small-9560 by kayaker72, on Flickr

Small-7608 by kayaker72, on Flickr