What have I been up to??!!

Well if any of you have been wondering....I've taken a hiatus from Blogger.  I know some have kept up with me on Instagram @sandspurbulldogs and you see I'v been painting a bunch and crafting along with puppies, puppies, puppies. 

A bunch of things have happened.  I lost my old girl, Salty.

 She was 10 and had a good handle on how to relax and enjoy the sun...as you can see in the picture below of her "basking" and really soaking it in.  She was retired from raising litters several years ago however she developed mastitis or so we thought.  We treated her with antibiotics for over a month but then realized it was a very aggressive tumor attacking her mammary gland.  She was frail.  She lost the battle on a Friday afternoon and a friend buried her for me in the long warm sunlight streaked area on the edge of our pasture where my other dearests lay....

 She was a gentle soul and had a sweet thick chestnut colored coat.  Always enough wrinkles to make another dog.

 Of course she was also a Princess who would spend 5 minutes trying to decide how to cross a puddle of water ...!  I guess if you have dogs for any period of time there will be times of sadness and loss.  It still isn't easy.  I just think she will be laying in the kitchen when I come home but she's not there.  Her goofy no-care personality is missing from my life.