YOU'LL NEVER KNOW DEAR - HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU

As you can see by the little block on the side of this page - it's been 3 years since we said goodbye to you. I WILL get back to this site... one day, pup. ;-) It's a yucky day out there this morning - the skies really are gray...

I wanted to post a picture I had of you on my lap in the living room... you would sit on top of me and I would look at you in the fireplace..It was always one of my favorites. I can't seem to find it so I'll add this one instead.

You'll always be my sunshine, puppy dog. Love The Bud.

another time - another place... another year

Oh, RoseBud... My last post was a year ago today. When I think of you I see you playing outside or on the beach... maybe because we have so many pictures of you there... I was reading the letter I wrote to you a few days after the 16th - two years ago... Among other things, I said I was "glad you got to see the ocean and walk in the sand and go to so many places..." Most dogs don't get to sleep in a comfy Hilton bed or order room service or go on all the adventures you went on. You were one lucky pup, RoseBud. I promise to get back to this soon and continue to document your fabulous puppy dog life.

Love the Bud forever!

525,600 minutes

525,600 minutes...

How do you measure - measure a year?

RoseBud must have heard that song (Seasons of Love) a thousand times since we are big time fans of the show Rent. It just so happens that we have tickets tonight to see the new touring production with the old Roger & Mark.

It's been one year (525,600 minutes) since you've been gone...  with a thousand sweet kisses, pup - we love you and we miss you!

{Portrait of RoseBud copyright 2004 ~ Italo Valentino Abate.}

Happy Birthday, Pup.

You would have been nine years old today...

Party Animal

RoseBud always celebrated her birthdays with lots of food (preferably meatballs!) and lots of gifts.  She had a Super Sweet First Birthday that was lots of fun...

Invitation:

Treats:  bone shaped petit fours, chocolate covered marshmallows with rosebuds on them, paw print cookies, pup cakes and more...

Craft: All the kids made frames and had their picture taken with RoseBud.

Gifts: Lots & Lots of gifts!

Love: All the kids wrote something to RoseBud for her birthday.

You are my (sunshine) RoseBud

Since I was a little girl I would always sing the song You are my Sunshine with my dog's name in place of the Sunshine...

You are my RoseBud - my only RoseBud

You make me happy when skies are gray

You'll never know dear - how much I love you

Please don't take my RoseBud away

So, to RoseBud Clementine, Gypsy Ming Rose and Pepper - keep shining!

ROSEBUD

GYPSY

PEPPER

PS - Happy Birthday to ME.

Boo

RoseBud had a lot of clothes & a lot of costumes!  She had many fans on Halloween that would come by to see what she was dressed as.

Here are a few of her costumes.

Wordle

Still here... It's actually February!  I'm going to do some back posting so check back for new posts soon!

In the meantime... I came across a site called wordle that creates a design or "word cloud" (as they call it) of words used in recent posts. Kind of neat...

Oh, RoseBud

It's been 6 months since we said goodbye to RoseBud.  After she died we started a journal of her. We wanted to capture EVERY memory we ever had - not that we'd EVER forget the time she spent with us.  It's full of nicknames and places we visited and things we did...  One memory is how we would always say "Oh, RoseBud..."

Oh, RoseBud - what do you want to do today?

Oh, RoseBud - we better take you outside.

Oh, RoseBud-  you are so silly.

Oh, RoseBud - your feet are dirty!

Oh, RoseBud - you're the prettiest pup around!!!

Even today, 6 months later, we're still saying it.

Oh, RoseBud - we miss you!

RoseBud lounging in Norfolk, VA - 2006

5 Star

Dear RoseBud,

I know you stayed at all kinds of hotels - La Quinta and the Radisson and the Hilton and a couple beautiful beach houses but I'm sorry you never got to stay at a 5 star hotel.  We always talked about taking you to New York City to stay at the Plaza like Eloise and her pug Weenie and we never got around to it.  We were just in Bedford Springs (which we also talked about taking you to visit because it's pet friendly) and thought of you -  you would have liked sleeping in the big comfy bed!

Love the Bud,

J