My little dog Bitsy just died.

[robkelk]

Thanks, everyone, for your kind words.

We buried her today, my father and I - not exceptionally deep, but enough that combined with the huge flat stone laid over the top there shouldn't be any critters of field and forest digging her up for a snack. I also set a smaller flat stone vertically, with a squarish one to prop it up from the back. It's right at the roots of a grape vine that grows up the side of the garage, so I suppose they'll grow a Little Bit more grapes.

Here's hoping the grapes have the same personality as Bitsy.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012