STAR CROSSED LOVERS

Atticus: Do the stars control our fate?
Do we play out some old tragic tale?
Have our paths crossed all too late?
And is our star crossed love doomed to fail?

Maddie: See in the night a blaze in the sky,
A new constellation: You and I.
Stop the stars; slow the moon.
Don't let love end too soon.
We're not through; we've just begun.
Two star crossed lovers shine as one.

[Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn, "Such Sweet Thunder" (after the
Elizabethan Sonnet)]

Abby the Shepherdess

[With apologies to Byrd and his "Songs of Sundry Natures" (1589)]

THE UNFAITHFUL SHEPHERDESS

So long as I was in Cynth's home
I was your heart, your soul, and treasure;
And evermore you bark'd and moan'd
Burning in flames beyond all measure:

--Three days endured your love to me,
And it was cold the while all three!

Another Shepherd you did see
To whom your heart was soon enchained;
Full soon your love was leapt from me,
Full soon my place he had obtained.

Soon came your owner, your love to win,
And I was out and he was in.

Adieu Love, adieu Love, untrue Love,
Your mind is light, soon lost for new love.

Ziggy the Jazzophile

HEY ZIG-MAN

Zig, hey Zig the cool,
The m-a-a-n, the hipstah.
Whassup Zig?
I dig
Yo cool & classy zips
And riffs
And long-slide
Cadences of barks,
hoots and syncopated
Toots, man,
You the swingin'-est,
Swingin' Zig.

Spenser Admits

Though I like to stand on my hind legs, I'm really not asking anyone for anything. I'm only practicing my dance steps.

My rather sincere stare is only to say that I am concerned about you and your inattentiveness towards me. ~Your friend Spenser

Rosie loves bones

Rosie loves bones, but only the free ones.

Atticus knows this and arose early this morning to hide the cache.

Doggie Daycare Appreciation Day

Thank you Paris for the Godiva chocolates. It's made our day!

Wyatt and Favio

News flash, canines take note. Atticus has just discovered that our friend Wyatt has been mistaken for Favio. He's been signing autographs through the back fence!