Although we lost Spencer in 2001, I don't think there is a day that
goes by that we don't think about him.

That was especially true this morning; we had our first ripe
strawberry. As I picked it, the stem broke and I suddenly got the image
of Spencer picking strawberries. He knew which were the ripe berries.
He would gently take the berry into his mouth and, keeping the stem
between his front teeth, he would gently pull back his head until the
berry was against his teeth and then he'd tip his head back to break
the stem. He'd then enjoy the fruits of his labor. It seemed like he
was born knowing how to harvest strawberries and grapes - certainly it
wasn't anything he was taught to do.

We enjoyed the berry and we enjoyed remembering our boy...

"montana wildhack" wrote in message
news:2008060409472916807-montana@wildhackcominvalid...
Although we lost Spencer in 2001, I don't think there is a day that
goes by that we don't think about him.

That was especially true this morning; we had our first ripe
strawberry. As I picked it, the stem broke and I suddenly got the image
of Spencer picking strawberries. He knew which were the ripe berries.
He would gently take the berry into his mouth and, keeping the stem
between his front teeth, he would gently pull back his head until the
berry was against his teeth and then he'd tip his head back to break
the stem. He'd then enjoy the fruits of his labor. It seemed like he
was born knowing how to harvest strawberries and grapes - certainly it
wasn't anything he was taught to do.

We enjoyed the berry and we enjoyed remembering our boy...


What a sweet memory

Kathy

montana wildhack spoke these words of wisdom
in news:2008060409472916807-montana@wildhackcominvalid:

Although we lost Spencer in 2001, I don't think there is a day that
goes by that we don't think about him.

That was especially true this morning; we had our first ripe
strawberry. As I picked it, the stem broke and I suddenly got the image
of Spencer picking strawberries. He knew which were the ripe berries.
He would gently take the berry into his mouth and, keeping the stem
between his front teeth, he would gently pull back his head until the
berry was against his teeth and then he'd tip his head back to break
the stem. He'd then enjoy the fruits of his labor. It seemed like he
was born knowing how to harvest strawberries and grapes - certainly it
wasn't anything he was taught to do.

We enjoyed the berry and we enjoyed remembering our boy...



Thanks for sharing!

"montana wildhack" wrote in message
news:2008060409472916807-montana@wildhackcominvalid...
Although we lost Spencer in 2001, I don't think there is a day that
goes by that we don't think about him.

That was especially true this morning; we had our first ripe
strawberry. As I picked it, the stem broke and I suddenly got the image
of Spencer picking strawberries. He knew which were the ripe berries.
He would gently take the berry into his mouth and, keeping the stem
between his front teeth, he would gently pull back his head until the
berry was against his teeth and then he'd tip his head back to break
the stem. He'd then enjoy the fruits of his labor. It seemed like he
was born knowing how to harvest strawberries and grapes - certainly it
wasn't anything he was taught to do.

We enjoyed the berry and we enjoyed remembering our boy...

A sweet thought. Do you have a picture of him?

Kind regards,
(the)duckster

montana wildhack wrote:

We enjoyed the berry and we enjoyed remembering our boy...

What a great memory - and one that comes back every year.

FurPaw

--
The plural of anecdote is not proof.

To reply, unleash the dog.

montana wildhack wrote:

We enjoyed the berry and we enjoyed remembering our boy...

That's sweet (in both senses of the word).

I have a similar emotional response to picking raspberries. Elliott
had his own little raspberry patch, where he picked his own fruit,
so I think of him whenever I pick raspberries.

--
Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship)
http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)

"montana wildhack" wrote in message
news:2008060409472916807-montana@wildhackcominvalid...
Although we lost Spencer in 2001, I don't think there is a day that goes
by that we don't think about him.

That was especially true this morning; we had our first ripe strawberry.
As I picked it, the stem broke and I suddenly got the image of Spencer
picking strawberries. He knew which were the ripe berries. He would gently
take the berry into his mouth and, keeping the stem between his front
teeth, he would gently pull back his head until the berry was against his
teeth and then he'd tip his head back to break the stem. He'd then enjoy
the fruits of his labor. It seemed like he was born knowing how to harvest
strawberries and grapes - certainly it wasn't anything he was taught to
do.

We enjoyed the berry and we enjoyed remembering our boy...


((((((((((((((((((montana))))))))))))))))))))) Good boy, Spencer. Great
dog. Will think of Spencer today, and you.

best,

td

On 2008-06-04 10:24:36 -0400, "\(the\)duckster" said:

Do you have a picture of him?

I don't think he ever took a good picture. I'll have to see if I can
dig one up, but the boy looks "all nose" when he was far more "all
ears".

He was sort of a GSD/Golden/Collie mix.

montana wildhack wrote:

Although we lost Spencer in 2001, I don't think there is a day that
goes by that we don't think about him.

That was especially true this morning; we had our first ripe
strawberry. As I picked it, the stem broke and I suddenly got the image
of Spencer picking strawberries. He knew which were the ripe berries.
He would gently take the berry into his mouth and, keeping the stem
between his front teeth, he would gently pull back his head until the
berry was against his teeth and then he'd tip his head back to break
the stem. He'd then enjoy the fruits of his labor. It seemed like he
was born knowing how to harvest strawberries and grapes - certainly it
wasn't anything he was taught to do.

We enjoyed the berry and we enjoyed remembering our boy...
A berry nice boy!

On 2008-06-05 00:21:23 -0400, (William Clodius) said:

A berry nice boy!

;-)