R.I.P. to my beloved dog "Chips"

My life will never be the same without you, buddy.  I will never forget you.  Yesterday marks an end of my life in so many ways, now that I am without you, sweet pea.

COOL Photo Puppy LOVE

As it should be:
Time Picture of the Day March 24, 2010
MAURICIO LIMA / AFP / Getty Images

Puppy Love
In southern Afghanistan US Marines give a stray puppy some cereal.

Wednesday, Mar. 24, 2010

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/today-in-pictures/0,31511,1975430,00.html#ixzz0jO8WgxHM

Animals make the perfect humans (quotes from Rita Mae Brown) CNN article today

Wonderful article today on CNN by Rita Mae Brown about her thoughts about animals (vs humans). Here are just a few of her wonderful bon mots:

• Humans routinely breed past the food supply. Most animals are too smart to do this.

• Animals cannot damage the water table. Humans are doing this all over the world even as you read this.
  
  
• No animal is ever a hypocrite.
  
  
• A cat doesn't care if another cat is black or white, so along as she catches mice.
  
  
• You can also trust your cat concerning most of the above examples as long as you realize: Dogs have owners; cats have staff.
  
  
• An animal knows when she is dying. However, she does not carry around the notion of her individual death. This, I believe, is the true gap between us and other sentient creatures. It is the root of our discontent, denial and search for escape.
  
  
• Animals remember. They have some concept of the simple past, but they live triumphantly in the present. Few of us do.
  
  
• Most animals have a sense of humor. Horses seem to have a highly developed one. Humans routinely deny this until they find themselves the butt of the joke.

These are just a few wise observations in the article. Read the rest at: http://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/11/02/animals.rita.brown/index.html.

CNN Editors Note: Rita Mae Brown is a novelist, a gay rights and feminist pioneer, a writer of two mystery series and an animal lover. She is an avid horse rider and lives on a farm in Virginia with cats, house dogs and a pack of fox hounds. Her latest book is "Animal Magnetism: My Life with Creatures Great and Small."

Beautiful Photos for the day

Wally Santana / AP

You Look Fabulous
A French Bulldog peers out from behind the stage curtain before modeling in a dog fashion show in Taipei. Photo from Time, Today In Pictures.

Maya Hitij / AP

Vertical Stripes
A young zebra stands next to her mother at the Berlin zoo.

Photo from Time, Today In Pictures.

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PET AIRWAYS--what a wonderful concept--How Fun

Thank you to my friend, Sylvia Grossberg, for this.

Here's a new airline for pets: "Welcome to Pet Airways, a pet-only airline dedicated to pet-friendly travel.

With Pet Airways, your pet will be safe and comfortable flying in the main cabin --- not in cargo!

Give your pet a first-class travel experience today!"

This is legit.....I kid you not! How wonderful! My "Wallis" (jack russell) would terrorize the aircraft and destroy everything in sight but my sweet little "Chips" would, I think, be quite delighted to fly. How about your "kids"?

The animals depart from pet lounges and there are even air hostesses! The rates are reasonably reasonable ($149-$299).

Watch the youtube video commercial:




Here's the route map and the aircraft (Beech 1900) . For more information visit their website at www.petairways.com

I love ELEPHANTS--here's a photo or two to make your Saturday

Bruce Chambers / Orange County Register / ZUMA

Life on the Road
An elephant walks off the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey train in Anaheim, California, where the circus will perform at the city's Honda Center arena. (Photo from Time Pictures of the week)

China Daily / Reuters

Wow
A woman takes a stroll with a bichon frise and a poodle, both colored with various dyes on a street in Wuhan, China. (Photo from Time Pictures of the week)