This post is late. I am a terrible blogger these days. 1. It is too sunny to stare at a computer. 2. My computer got a nasty little worm and was at the computer doctor for a week. 3. I have been in and out of town and away from the internet for a lot of reasons.

Tomorrow Violet, the Seal and I are going to the San Juan islands for a long weekend. We went to the same spot about a year ago after having the Seal in our lives for only a few weeks. At that point I know the Seal  must have been worried that she went from doggy-jail to cushy-new-lezbo-home to stuck-in-the-woods-homeless-with-a-couple-of-strange-homos all in a few weeks.

But after a year of being treated like a dog-queen (being the dog queen that she is) I assume the Seal will be more at ease this time, understanding that this is just a short jaunt to get out of dodge and play outdoors without having to wipe your paws before coming indoors for a few days.

Anyway, here are a few of my favorites of our new queen over the last year (that haven’t already been posted):