The girls love being outside in the summer, and you can see from this image that they are pretty content indeed. We enjoy growing wildflowers in the back, especially patches for butterflies and hummingbird, and these make for some beautiful backgrounds when we can get the girls to cooperate . . .

When the sun is soft in the west, and the flowers and grasses are in full bloom, it makes for a beautiful setting if the girls will cooperate . . .

Lately we have a new game she loves: catching the squeaky green ball. When ready, she'll turn to trot and we'll toss the ball way up in the air away from us. When she sees the ball in her peripheral, she'll figure out where it will land and then she'll run and sometimes jump up to grab it on the first bounce (or two, depending on how good we throw it!).

So even though it is the height of summer, the joy expressed in this image is perfect for her birthday greeting. Happy 4th birthday Ginger! And please don't ever change . . .

. . . and one of her favorite things to do, right after a fresh snowfall, is to meander over to a spot where the snow has been untouched, paw a little of the snow away and plop down and make snow angels. After a couple of sessions of snow angels, she's up, looks around for her sisters (with maybe a stare down) and they start running and chasing each other around with the snow flying creating diamonds in the cold morning air.

When we think of Paczki, this is one of the images that really reflects what we see. A beautiful smiling face and content eyes. No wonder she is a beloved therapy dog, and patients at the hospital just love to see her, and collect her card as well . . .