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Fog front yard June 26

First, Alayne and I wanted to thank everyone for their heartfelt condolences about dear Bentley. It was a crushing loss, and one we are struggling to deal with, but we are so grateful for the outpouring of emotional support and kind words over the past few days.

For every tragic outcome like Bentley's, something caught my eye this morning that reminded me of all the other very happy ones. When I walked into the dog room to begin letting them out, I looked over at Bentley's empty crate and noticed, in a whole new way, what was written on it: "Charlie" across the front and "blind dog" along the sides. Well, this was the crate that a blind Beagle named Charlie arrived in several years ago, and we went on to restore his vision and then see him happily adopted by a wonderful family in Washington state. Thinking of Charlie was a very nice counterpoint this morning to the sadness I felt at not seeing a little Yorkie inside the crate.

On a lighter note and a totally different subject, I've written before about this lush, wet New Hampshire climate (well, at least when there's not snow on the ground!), and back in late June 2010 I posted a photo of our weather station showing a 98% humidity reading.  We've seen a lot of 98's and 99's since then, but until this morning, never 100% humidity:

Weather station June 26

After I started taking the first photos I realized the time was off — it said 4:03 pm — so I reset it for the current time. I didn't realize the date was off by one day, too, until I uploaded the photos … so it's showing yesterday's date but it really was this morning!  The photo at the top of this post was the foggy view across the front yard, and here's a view to the west across the dog wing and solarium:

Fog June 26 solarium view

It wasn't even raining. Now that's damp!

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6 responses to “100%”

  1. Linda Avatar
    Linda

    Thanks for the uplifting message and the beautiful photos. 100% humidity would do quite a number on my hair!! Healing and blessings being sent your way.

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  2. Ev Avatar
    Ev

    I am glad you are able to reflect on the adoption you were able to facilitate for Charlie the once blind beagle. Surely that does not make up for the loss of your sweet little yorkie. By the way,it’s humid here in the PNW too. Sunny then a downpour and so on and so forth. Steam is coming off the streets…….birds are singing……not so bad.

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  3. Ann Avatar
    Ann

    How wonderful to be able to think of Charlie this morning to help you start to heal. Bentley will always be in your heart.
    As a general rule, it’s pretty darn humid here in the south, but I can’t remember seeing 100% humidity either, at least not that I can recall. We do have some mornings where it is so foggy, we can’t even see out the front door, yet it hasn’t rained.
    One nice thing is that you won’t have to deal with bad humidity for most of the summer…it can be brutal down here. That is our tradeoff for no snow during the winter 🙂

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    Tonya Allen

    I think all you have to do is look around to see all the happy outcomes. Just reaching the sanctuary of Rolling Dog Farm is the single most important event in the life of each dog. From that point on, they are guaranteed a safe and happy life. Regaining sight or being adopted out is just icing on the cake. At least that’s what I think. 🙂
    Our climate has been more lush than usual this year. Judging by our rain gauge, we’re pretty much with you in 100% humidity. Your fog is very pretty!

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  5. Shirley * James/Portland, OR Avatar
    Shirley * James/Portland, OR

    Beautiful Blog!

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  6. Lori Avatar
    Lori

    I am so sorry you lost that dear little Bentley. No matter what the loss breaks our hearts. As many have said what a blessing you were to Bentley and he to you.
    My little Yoda passed away on June 11th 2013 early in the morning and later that night my father also passed. I loved every minute of the 14 plus years I shared with our little schipperke, even these past years with the need for liver cancer care he remained happy and well loved. Last Friday 6/28 we lost his sister. Hannah Rosie also to cancer. Transitional cell carcinoma or bladder cancer. Every extra day of loving her for this year following her diagnosis was a blessing. They were elderly but their energy even in sickness was contagious. WE do miss them. Thank you Rolling Dog for the loving care you provide all of your animals.

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