Just back in from the garden, where the peas will be ready to pick in a few weeks. Nobody in our family loved peas more than Magic. We’d have to race him back there just for the chance to eat a few raw off the vine, before Magic would have them all polished off.
He would have been eight today, if the neurological damage from Lyme disease hadn’t claimed him far too early.
My very favorite vegetable, cooked, raw, whatever is fresh peas. I could eat them forever and never stop.
You can guess what I’m getting ready to plant.
Sorry to hear about the loss of Magic too soon. My dog (A Jack Russell named Bonnie) is 2 on Monday. Anybody who doesn’t have pets don’t understand what the loss of them do to you, as they do become part of the family (Bonnie has definitely become a Wynne, she’s a great character). I know one day she will die and she’ll probably die before me. It will break my heart for a while but life continues. Best you can do is give them a great life when they’re here. Sounds like what you’ve done with Magic.
Anyway, apologies if it seems off topic and I go on a bit. I felt I needed to say that.
Thanks for your comment!
So sorry about Magic. Nice picture – almost looks like one of the doggies is guarding Cait while she plays with the other one.
Sorry for the loss of your beloved friend. Thanks for sharing a happy memory with us.
Sorry for such a terrible loss. Your dogs are just lovely…
We love garden peas too and it is a rare thing for any of them to make it as far as the kitchen door before they are eaten.
My condolences. Lyme’s disease is a horrible thing.
But thank you for sharing your story. Makes me think of my dog growing up (a Border Collie), who was the only dog allowed in our vegetable garden and would happily stay with me while I helped weed, so long as I would sneak him a few nibbles of green beans or corn.
I just discovered your site and will be a frequent reader in the future.
Wow I forgot about raw pea eating until reading your post. We did it all the time at my grandma’s house. Now I’m hungry for raw peas.
Lyme’s is horrible and I’m so sorry for the loss of your dog.
When precious memories are all you have, painful though they may be, they are too valuable to leave tucked away to collect dust. Thank-you for sharing a special memory.
It’s seemed like the memory drifted in with warm sun of late spring. Almost like the smell of strawberries can send us back to our childhood and early summer strawberry shortcake delight.
Thanks everyone for the condolences. Magic was a great love of mine. He captured a special place in my heart, where he will always reside.
My dogs likes peas too.
I’m sorry to hear about Magic.