On Dec. 28th, my little beagle/Nova Scotia duck toller mix turned 8 years old.
Here's a few recent pictures of her:
My cousin's daughter, Sarah got a preschoolers' camera for Christmas and took as many shots as me at Christmas Dinner.
Here's her picture of Xena:
Notice the 3-year-old's vantage point!
For the Poetry Train today, I'd like to dedicate this song to Xena, and thank her for 8 beautiful years together as a Pack. Happy Birthday to my little furry chum.
You Are So Beautiful
You are so beautiful to me
You are so beautiful to me
Can't you see
You're everything I hoped for
You're everything I need
You are so beautiful to me
Such joy and happiness you bring
Such joy and happiness you bring
Like a dream
A guiding light that shines in the night
Heavens gift to me
You are so beautiful to me
- Billy Preston and Bruce Fisher, 1974
Enjoy the song performed by Joe Cocker:
Check out the other stops on the Poetry Train.
Oh, how precious. What a perfect song to dedicate to your dear furry friend. Happy Belated Birthday to your beautiful Xena! It sounds like you are lucky to have each other. :)
ReplyDeleteI hope you and your family had a wonderful, Merry Christmas! And I wish you the happiest new year yet in 2009.
I really like beagles. They're so intelligent. Thanks for introducing Xena to us. :)
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, Julia.
She must a real good dog!She is surely cute!
ReplyDeleteCute pictures! And thanks for the song; it's one of my favorites. Now I'll be humming it all day!
ReplyDeleteMy parent's current dog Snoopy is a Beagle. She's very loving. She loves both my kids to death.
ReplyDeleteThough since she was a puppy when Sumo was 6 months old I often wonder if he learned some bad habits from Snoopy. ;)
Xena's gorgeous. Nothing Snoopy-like about her -- and that's a compliment. I think having Snoopy would be difficult.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday to your sweet puppy. Beagles are such sweet dogs... Nice pictures and a perfect song to mark the occasion.
ReplyDeletevery sweet--your love shines here shines through in every photo and word!
ReplyDeletemy son and i would like to get a dog...but we need to fence our yard a bit better first! i think the big monkey will enjoy the dog in reality even if not the idea!
Cute puppy - I mean doggie! Happy birthday Xena!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Xena!
ReplyDeletenice song...
Aaaw - such a cute dog. Happy Birthday to Xena.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Xena! Psychokitty (real name= Savannah Jane) turned 17 on Christmas. :)
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to XEna. A great name, indeed!
ReplyDeleteBTW, your link at Poetry Train is not working.
I will put it again for you.
Xena is gorgeous, and obviously very loved.
ReplyDeleteI am a dog person who also is a poet and artist. Happiest of birthdays to your cute dog! Happy NY to you!
ReplyDeleteI love the 3-year-old's vantage point of Xena! Thanks for sharing and for stopping by blog. Interestingly I get emails for some camera guy named John Tran from time to time! What can I say, John is a common name and Tran is also a fairly common name, in Toronto anyways! Happy New Year!
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