Twenty Years Missed,

and now forever missing from my life,
but always recalled with tenderness
for the brief time I had care of him;
 Oscar D. Tail was a rare soul,
with a unique ability to impart joy
and hope into those around him.

As one of the many recipients of his joy,
to all of those who received it after me,
unknown to me, I wish those he blessed
in the life he had after me well, as they too
reckon on his positive effect on their lives.

Please left click here for an alternative view
of this long missed prince among dogs...   
 

 
 

Picture Set of The Month - July -Street Dogs Of Morocco

The dogs on the streets of Morocco
are like the lilies of the fields 

They don't have to do anything,
not even like the people that respect them
enough to fee them when they are hungry.  

And the idea of being on a lead
or owned in any sense is absurd to them,
they live best in the small towns of Morocco,
where life is kept as simple as possible.
Bravo for simplicity for all.   

 

Restful Old Haunts

Now the world cup is over the wild dogs of Russia
-who had to be tidied away from the visiting fans-
can return to their previous haunts, at the fringes of human society.
There they can recreate their noncompetitive, but hierarchical, peace. 

Scratch And Sniff

I have used the 'like' button on facebook
when it seemed fit, never on cheap adverts.
Nor on what seemed suspiciously like fishing sites,
though I took them as part of the nature of the 'net.
A place where nobody could never quite be sure, of anything.

But now I look more carefully and 'like' less,
and prefer to think that the if dogs ran facebook
then the 'like' sign would be a raised dog leg,
a dislike sign would be an icon of a cat
(since that was who the offering was fit for)
and the deepest approval would be shown
by the biggest and the blackest of twitching noses....