Patience and the Passage of Time

You can almost see the ones on her chin here...

I just discovered some white hairs on Nyxie - a couple on her shiny, black head and a faint little row of them on her chin!  When did this happen?  When did Nyxie go from obnoxious, crazy puppy to a still crazy, white-haired senior?  She's lost no vigor, no strength, non of her wild-child, cracker dog ways.  But white hairs?  No way.

There's no better reminder of the passing of time than the aging of a beloved dog.  I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes.  How time flies!  They're so faint, I'm quite sure a picture wouldn't register them.

I took this picture a few weeks ago at the park after she saw the vet and was a bit sedated still.  Behind the park is a Doppler radar tower.  I imagine this as either Nyxie's dream come true, or a torturous tease - an enormous ball waiting to be caught!

"Why can't I catch it, Mom?"