Saturday 9 March 2013

A friend indeed!

Taryn and Avery getting to know each other.

 This past week Avery joined our family. A part Newfie, part Collie, big, black ball of fur - she has very quickly wormed her way into our hearts.

Until she arrived, I managed to ignore the hole in our lives quite well. Since dear old Tipi died last summer, we have been hesitant to even think about another dog but every time you stepped outside you were hit with a sense of something missing.

While our cats dutifully tried to fill in the gap, we missed having our every step "dogged" by a canine friend. The deer were creeping ever closer and we could foresee them chomping on our veggies when summer comes.

A farm just needs a dog and so did our family. Avery has been like a salve on a wound that we didn't even know was there.

I hope she is as happy here as we are to have her. Here's to many happy years together!

Standing guard during our weekend fire.