Elaine

Martian Landscapes

Today, the Big Picture presents Martian landscapes from the HiRise (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) camera.

Firehole River

A fisherman tries his luck in the aptly named Firehole River not far from a hot spring.

Lody has been becoming increasingly frail this past year, and had one bad spell this past summer. Today, when I got home after being away for five or six hours, I found her collapsed in the great room. I used a sling to get her outside, and when she started trying to walk again, it became apparent that something had gone wrong in her back end. I was able to get hold of my vet, who came out to the house and euthanized Lody while I held her.

Lody, a tri-color Smooth Collie, was five years old when she came to live with us. She was an AKC champion who was the companion of an elderly woman who had to go into assisted living. Lody went back to live with her breeder, but did not care for life there, so her breeder, the friend of a friend, decided to find her a more suitable home. Lody came into our house, looked around, and decided she was home. She was such a sweet dog.

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Jack was dismayed when we found this in our hotel bathroom in Mammoth Hot Springs. He was much happier when we discovered the men’s shower across the hall.