This is the start of a collection of photos involving Laddie. It has been very therapeutic to rummage around 16 years of family photos to find images of my best friend. In doing so I also was able to relive, for a brief moment, many wonderful years of my life. Thus far I have only been through about 3-4 years of photos - 94-97. Photos from the early years and more recent ones are still in albums and a chest in our library. More to come soon...
Ladd at about 6 mos. with a Yorkie "top knot" - that never stayed in place.
Laddie as a puppie sleeping in my studio in Tuscaloosa.
Ladd and I resting on the bed in the spare bedroom in Tuscaloosa.
Laddie and I in the airport traveling back from vacation in San Diego.
Laddie and mom in the den at my mom's house in San Diego.
Laddie looking pathetic with his broken toe in the kitchen in Tuscaloosa.
Laddie checking out a cat toy as a pup in Alabama.
Laddie as a pup in our rental house in Tuscaloosa.
How humiliating - a top knot bow!
"Will they ever take this darned bow off my head?"
Ladd looking cute on his favorite couch.
Laddie on the floor in my family's kitchen in San Diego in 1990.
Ladd at about 18 mos. in our rental house in Tuscaloosa, AL (123 Short 25th St.). Darn he was cute!
Laddie resting on a couch at my mom's place in San Diego.
Laddie with Calli (background) at our rental house in Tuscaloosa.
Mom holding Laddie during a visit to Tuscaloosa.
Laddie posing in front of our pump organ.
Ladd is waiting on the steps of our house in Alabama.
Laddie helping with my work in my studio in Tuscaloosa.
Ladd was given a nice sweater for Christmas in Alabama.
The Sains with the first "children" - Caliope and a young Laddie.
Uncle Dick Jaeger, Aunt Ruth, Aunt Jane and Cynthia holding Ladd during a visit to the Jaeger's.
Laddie sleeping on the couch at our first rental in Gainesville.
Resting on Cynthia's unicorn blanket - "she must love me to let me on this blanket!"
Someone must be in the bathroom; Ladd is waiting his turn (yeah, right).
Cynthia holding Ladd in our first place in Gainesville.
See! Ladd was spring loaded - notice the squirrel heading down the pine tree in the middle.
Laddie on a visit to San Diego at my family's old house in Rancho Bernardo. Look at those wonderful eyes. With his cataracts in his later years I had forgotten how bright those eyes were.
Laddie and Winnie with their first two pups, Camilla and Bessie. This was at our 1st home in Gainesville out back by my rose garden.
All packs must rest - from the top: Bessie, Laddie, Winnie and Camilla. They were all bed dogs at one time; that made cold winter nights nice and toasty (too bad Florida summer nights didn't work out as well).
Ladd had a hard time getting comfortable the last few weeks he was with us, often shaking due to pain. He alway found some comfort being on one of the two dog pillows in our family room.
Several more photos of Laddie on the dog pillows.
Several more photos of Laddie on the dog pillows.
Several more photos of Laddie on the dog pillows.
Several more photos of Laddie on the dog pillows.
Another pack photo the weekend before he said goodbye.
Laddie had a great weekend before he passed. Though he was under daily pain medication, we had some nice time together in the back yard after I gave him a bath.
