July1988-April2009When I took this photo on the 11th I was not to know it would be the final photo of my sweet boy. Raffles crossed the bridge today. I will miss him so much
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A Forest diary. A photo diary of life wih two Flatcoated Retrievers ,living on the edge of Englands New Forest National Park.
A Forest diary. A photo diary of life wih two Flatcoated Retrievers ,living on the edge of Englands New Forest National Park.
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7 comments:
Oh Mary.
so sorry
My thoughts are with you Mary, so very sorry to hear the awful news. Have tears streaming down my face as I write this now, and know how you are feeling and how I will feel when it happens to me. They say time heals, well I guess it eases the pain a little, but you never forget.
Found the link to this post on Pete's sidebar... I'm so sorry to read of your loss. :-(
I am so sorry to hear this. Dogs are such noble and loving creatures.
Dear Mary,
I have followed your Blog since I started doing my own in 2007. I have followed Raffles exploits through that period. I was sorry to read that he has gone. We lost our Dog some 14 years ago now and we still talk of the funny things he did. You will have your memories and you have lots of photos to look at and remind you.
Oh Mary! I'm so sorry to hear about Raffles :( Sending you our love from down under. Kayt, Dave & Elley xXx
Dear Mary.
I ony came here just now to read this sad news. I am so sorry for you.
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