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Kisses from Karl
Hello sweety…
Kisses…
Karl likes to “french”…
My good friend – in addition to friendship of 35 some years duration – we were in high school band together – she lets my dog give her kisses!
Lighten up
Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly. GKChesterton
I recently saw that quote on a website that uses one of those random quote generators and it keeps coming to mind. It makes me think of beautiful, happy, angels – flying for the joy of flying and going about the business of God with loving hearts.
That’s what I want to do – everyday – be about the business God gives me through my talent – with joy, love and a lightness of heart.
Often by the end of the day I’m instead feeling more like the saying that goes
“It’s hard to remember that your original objective was to drain the swamp when you’re up to your ass in alligators.”
One of the benefits of pets is that spending time with them forces “lightness” and “lightheartedness” into my day…
Kiffor – a good dog.
My folks’ dog Kiffor died this morning. He had been ill for several weeks and the latest was a biopsy for lymphoma. He woke this morning having trouble breathing and died in the vet office.
Kiffor loved people and people loved Kiffor. He had a joyful, exuberant spirit – jumping straight up and down in excitement on meeting someone new or someone loved – a good dog.
Karl – Karelian Bear Dog
I had never heard of the Karelian Bear Dog before coming to Montana. My first dog in Montana was a pound puppy – labeled a Lab cross. I grew up with Labs and knew this dog was not Lab – labeled that way only because of his mostly black coat I assume. My vet told me he, Zack, was part Karelian Bear Dog. I looked up the breed information and was a bit daunted but as it turned out, Zack was an excellent companion, easily trained and very sociable. He was with me nearly 24/7 for 6 years. I put him to sleep after a 6 week ordeal with lymphoma. By now I had read about Karelians and met several others – short story, I found Karl in a litter in Choteau (Sho-toe) Montana and he became part of my family in May of 2001, joining me and my 5 year old tuxedo cat, Gus.
The baby pictures…
Grown up Karl
Karl – Karelian Bear Dog
Karelian Bear Dog History
Summers in Somers
Somers, MT is located on the northwest corner of Flathead Lake in Flathead County, Montana. Flathead Lake is the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi. I had not even heard of it before coming to Northwest Montana.
Flathead Lake is beautiful – surrounded by mountains, longer north to south than it is wide east to west. It is not really developed on its shores which is nice. There is, however, plenty of public access and much of that via state parks that are wooded and very natural. I grew up on Lake Erie which is not the most beautiful of the Great Lakes – but I did learn to sail on that lake and on the Maumee River in Ohio. But I’ve sailed on Flathead Lake and it is incredible – the vistas, the water, the wind and the waves – big lake sailing at its best.
Late this summer on a not too smoky day, I took Karl to Lakeside, MT which is across Somers Bay from Somers, MT and took these photos. Somers is home to a nice little marina – I’ve sailed from there and also from Dayton, MT which is further south along the west shore of the lake. But Somers is a bit unique – itty-bitty town mostly on a hill overlooking the lake. It reminds me of parts of San Francisco in that the houses are small footprint houses that step up the hill with beautiful vistas of the water.
