Shades of Nose

Miss Mollie - who could ever leave this face by the side of the road forever?

Good Golly Miss Molly went to the vet yesterday to be sterilised. As I adopted her from an animal shelter several months ago, she was sterilised for "free". I use inverted commas around "free" because I paid $120 when I adopted her, which in part would have gone towards sterilisation. Everything seemed okay, until I got a phone call from the vet telling me that Miss Molly had started bleeding internally. They gave her a transfusion and monitored her carefully overnight, telling me not to panic and she would be okay.

And she is. Mollie was SO happy to see me when I picked her up. She cried a little and made some whining sounds, telling me all about the experience. Poor sweetie. She must be so confused! She has to be kept quiet for a few days so she is currently asleep all by herself in her usual sleeping spot. Hopie the Wonder Dog is a little unsure why Mollie can't play games, but she seemed glad to see Mollie, which is progress as Miss Hopie Baby Dog was initially none too enthused about Mollie's addition to our little family. She is adjusting though.

Funny. Without Mollie last night the house was quiet and a bit too still, which reminded me why I was so keen to get a second dog. Hoper is only 3.5 years old but she is a "pipe and slippers" dog for the most part - quiet and serene with the occasional madcap maneuver and barking-woofing-whining episode. Mollie fills up the house, and my heart.

Love. Her.

Now for the nose cam part of the post - see below for two photos I call "Shades of Nose". Ha ha.

Hopie's nose in the summer afternoon light

Mollie's nose (and part of her face!) in the shadowy morning light - note how long her eyelashes are!

You want me to stick my nose where? In your camera? Sure thing!

And finally, just because Mollie opened this post, we must finish it with some Hopie cuteness: