Mali is… Everywhere?

As you may know if you have read some of my previous posts, my family's beloved dog, Mali, died just over a month ago on March 26. She was a beagle/springer mix that we were given in a random coincidence when she was 10 months old in 2000.

Because my dog was a mix and not a purebred, I really have never seen a dog that looks just like her. But that all changed today, thanks to Google! Just for fun, I searched "beagle springer". Wow, Mali may have passed away, but I now know that Mali has a whole army of mini-me's running around. Check it out!

Here are some shots of Mali for reference:

And here are the Mali mini-me's:

Cinco
photo via www.dogsindepth.com

Bailey
photo via www.flickr.com

Ricky
photo via www.flickr.com

Pepper
photo via www.adoptpetrescue.org

Buster

Buster and a sibling
this photo and previous via www.pethavendogs.blogspot.com

Michael
photo via www.recycler.com

So fun! Which "mini-me" do you think looks most like Mali?

Beautiful Camping Pictures

I spent my weekend camping and it was SO beautiful. These first pictures were early on Saturday morning (maybe 6:30am). It had been raining and raining, so there was beautiful mist in the morning.

The sun did finally come up!

the little stream by our campsite

looks like something from a calendar...

Mali's Shenanigans

My dog Mali is 12 now. As she declines, I have started taking more videos of the silly things she does that I take for granted, because I want to remember her long after she is gone. Here are two recent ones:

During summer 2011 my parents left me home alone for a week while my brother was at a camp and they were on a vacation just the two of them. During that week, Mali found some weird bugs in the yard at night and ate a ton of them. I figured she wiped out the whole species (at least from our yard) because I hadn't seen them since… until she found another one the other night!

Mali and the Crunchy Bug

Mali loves carrots! Listen closely and you can hear the crunch sound as she chews them up. So cute!