Bittersweet

I am slowly getting my backblips up...this one was a bit too hard to post last night, though...

Today is my birthday!

Since a birthday is a day of fun and celebration, I hurried this morning before everyone else got up....I didn't want my family to feel sad, although in my own heart there is a piece of me that is still hurting....

The 20th is the day I was born on, but it was ten months ago that our dear little Scottie, Angus, left us. He passed so peaceably and without so much as even a whimper. It was only after the vets did a sonogram while he was barely alive that we discovered he had cancer of the spleen. A tumor ruptured and bled into his stomach, causing his far too short life to end abruptly.

And so, as I remember this day of my birth, I also reflect on Angus.....

On a happy note, my family knew how much I needed wanted a telephoto lens for my Panasonic micro four thirds camera. Wow! What a surprise when I actually got it! I am so ready to take lots of photos using that system. Although my Nikon 200mm lens has much more glass, this one will be great for times when I just don't want to haul my heavy Nikon (about 15 pounds, loaded) backpack!