Debbie and Jake as lambs were good choices for the color initiative, these two gave off a spiritual aura that I sill see in Deb. Looking through my photos, I see so many faces that are gone, there is so much life and death on a farm, and in a life with animals. I know one person who says she is falling apart because her sweet old dog is failing and she asked me how she could possibly survive if her dog died, and I was puzzled by the question.

I don’t really know anyone who has not survived the death of a dog or other pet, I hope she remembers to be grateful for the dog’s long life and for the joy and pleasure he brought to her. I have been looking at photos of Orson and Rose and Lenore and Izzy and Mother and so many other wonderful creatures that are gone. How very lucky I am to have had such animals and partners on my journey as these.

I am glad I started the Color Initiative, it is a hit, even in places with little or no snow. Spring is a time of renewal and this winter has been long and gray and cold, I believe color and light are infectious, the more they go out into the world, the more color and light gathers to enter our lives. What a sweet Spring this will be.