"The deepest sleep holds us

to something immutable.

We have fallen

into place, and harmony

surrounds us. We are carried 

in the world, in the company 

of stars. But as day comes

I feel the waking of my hunger

for another day."

from From The Crest

Wendell Berry

Friday Night a new pack member joined us.

Nina is a rescue from Mexico arranged through

a Calgary group that brings smaller dogs, which

are often in short supply in Calgary, from rescue

groups in the US and Mexico. Since we wanted

a young companion for Whateley and Shaun

we contacted them and decided Nina would fit

would right in. At present she is sleeping in 

with the rest of the pack.

The wonder of the world

The beauty and the power,

The shapes of things

Their colours, lights and shades

These I saw,

Look ye also while life lasts

from an old gravestone in Cumberland England
from the introduction to the book

Eliot Porter In the Realm of Nature.