Goodbye Summer! Welcome Autumn!


Flashback Photo: Gibson, Autumn 2015



"And all at once, 
Summer collapsed into Fall." 

~Oscar Wilde



While today is the last official day of Summer here, Mother Nature sure does not want to let go! We are greeting Autumn with yet another muggy day. As my gif above says, bring on the cooler days already! Meanwhile, our Harley is enjoying the last of the summer pool days!


Today's Flashback Friday photo up top is such a special memory. My beloved Gibson had just rallied (again) from hind end weakness due to his epilepsy medications. He also had slipped during the winter, which only added injury to insult. Together, we rehabbed slowly each day with Gibson in a sling harness so I could help him walk by taking the weight off his hind end. On this gorgeous day in Autumn 2015, he conquered the yard yet once again all on his own, harness-free! I think the joy and freedom in his face and body while he crunched around without a harness in the fallen golden leaves just says it all! My heart surged right along with this amazing, brave, and determined boy! He was my inspiration for sure! Little did I know, this would be my last Autumn with him before he left for the Rainbow Bridge that December. 

That photo, that memory, that very special dog...fills my heart with so much love. I sure do miss him. I am thankful for these precious times and Flashback Fridays to relive those joyous moments!




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  1. We never stop missing our dogs, long after they leave us, we still wish they were by our sides.

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  2. So happy you have such happy memories of that last autumn with Gibson.

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  3. Oh, dear, we can't believe we have inherited Jan's scattered brains. We posted the wrong blog hop graphic on our post and used it to join the blog hop. This is not Happy Tuesday. We corrected it on the blog but we can't correct it here, so Happy Tuesday on this muggy but beautiful Friday. :)

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  4. You did wonderful things for Gibson, and all done with love. He was such a sweet boy!!!

    We have the fall temps here today even if the colored foliage is far from ready. We are loving being outside.

    Woos - Lightning, Misty, and Timber

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  5. Memories are treasures imprinted in our hearts and you were an amazing Mother to Gibson

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  6. We're still waiting for some sweater weather to arrive, hopefully next week. 🍁

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  7. Thanks for the share. Such a lovely flashback photo of Gibson running around in the beautiful leaves. We are so happy that summer is over. Time to bring on Halloween season. Have a wonderful rest of your day.
    World of Animals

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  8. Thank you for sharing this and I want you to know that I understand you, because my first pet died through pet euthanasia and my life started to be broken. 8 years being with him was not easy to forget and replace those memories.

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