Fridays are Golden

This has been a beautiful week here in the mountains.  Finally we have seasonal temperatures with significant cooling in the evenings and crisp sunny mornings.  The Golden Girls love this kind of weather and are much more active.

After a long walk or extended playtime outdoors, the girls love to curl up and snooze.  And they are often sharing one bed despite the number of beds we have around the house.

Lucy lies down and Ellie must share the bed.  Here she is deciding whether or not to move.

 Deciding not to move, Ellie snoozes while Lucy watches the birds outside.

 Lucy lays her head on Ellie and Ellie puts her paw on Lucy.

 Lucy thinks Ellie makes the best pillow ever.

 Sunday marks the tenth anniversary of a day that changed our country far beyond the expectations of the perpetrators.  You remember how our Nation came together on that day.  How can it be that we have become so divisive in ten short years?  It is frightening indeed to hear the negative comments from our leaders in Congress.

George William Curtis, nineteenth century writer and public speaker said it well:
A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.

On this weekend of rememberance, let's all focus on the principles on which our country is laid.  We must all strive to come together, work together, and respect each other.

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND, EVERYONE.