Neecha

Beautiful Neecha brings happiness to folks who don't often get to pet or observe a dog.  She is not new at socializing ~ she is thirteen years old, rolls over, sits up ~ all the time enjoying people.

This little dog brings a smile to folks in Grandview Lodge and Edgewater in Dunnville.  Yesterday she visited The Neat L'l Bookshop.  Come back soon, Neecha.



The Morning Sun

 Photography is sometimes a funny coincidence.

Just Dogs ~

"Animals are such agreeable friends ~
they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms."
~ George Eliot

"The dog was created especially for children.
He is the god of frolic."
~ Henry Ward Beecher


"The good Lord in his ultimate wisdom gave us three things to make life bearable, hope, jokes and dogs,but the greatest of these was dogs."
~ Robyn Davidson

"I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain we knew better."
~ George Bird Evans

"To be without a dog is worse than being without a song."
~ Henry Beetle Hough
(Caption on a photograph of the British Beatles lounging with two dogs ~ one a very large long-haired breed; the other a small, perky-eared creature.)

"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole."
~ Thomas McGuane

"Dogs' eyes speak a special language that comes directly from their souls."~Anonymous
(For larger image, click on photo)

"Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends."  ~ Alexander Pope

Source:  1000 DOGS, Raymond Merritt & Miles Barth, Taschen, 2002.

Cats & Dogs ~

"Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons."
~ Robertson Davies

"Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet."
~ Colette

"A boy can learn a lot from a dog; obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down."
~ Robert Benchley

"Cats are smarter than dogs.  You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow."
~ Jeff Valdez

"Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails."
~ Max Eastman

"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of."
~ Ogden Nash

"Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in?  I think that's how dogs spend their lives."
~ Sue Murphy

~ 4,000 of the funniest, cleverest, most insightful things ever said,  Reader's Digest, 2006.

Dogs ~

"The good Lord in his ultimate wisdom gave us three things to make life bearable, hope, jokes and dogs, but the greatest of these was dogs."
~ Roblyn Davidson

"The dog was created especially for children.
He is the god of frolic."
~ Henry Ward Beecher


Command:  he thee obeys most readily.
Strike him:   he leaves his game and comes to thee
With wagging tail, offering his service meek.
If so thou wilt, a Collar he will wear;
And when thou wish to take it off again,
Unto thy feet he crouchest down most fair,
As if thy will were all his good and gain.
~ J. Molle

"Animals are such agreeable friends ~
they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms."
~ George Eliot

Doggie take-out.  We caught this picture today. (Doggie is actually sitting in the back seat of his master's car.)

Dbl. click on photo to view larger image. We welcome your captions!

The Bookshop Dog Gallery

Buddy seems content with his new fame. The girls were waiting on the doorstep, before the bookshop opened, to have Buddy's picture taken for the "Dog Gallery." We have man's best friend in every size, shape and colour.

(This photo was taken in front of the new Treats and Treasures doorway, 15 Cayuga St. Thank you, Colliene. http://www.grandtreatsandtreasures.com/ )

http://www.cayuga150th.com/

Athena is a Python

In Greek mythology, Athena sprang from the head of Zeus. She was the goddess of wisdom, skills, and warfare.

Athena, the python, visited The Neat Little Bookshop.

Leigh works at Ruffins in Caledonia. She has surprised The Neat Little Bookshop in the past with visits from her white mouse, a kid goat, her dog and now ~ her one-year old python, Athena. Only Leigh knows what is next! Thank you, Leigh.