Gabby and Buster playing at Folsom Lake, 1994

The best thing about our pets is how happy they make us feel, and how good we feel when we know they’re happy. This week I’ve got a very small selection of animal images — because there have been so many wonderful animals in our lives, and some of them live on only in memory, not in photographs.

Mom with Phoebe and Penny (background)

Big dog Sascha and little dog Mike

Casey, Christmas 1997

Nicky at mom’s house

Phoebe with Charlie (and Penny in the background again)

Buster ready to go fishing in January 2007

Buster in the “cone of shame” after surgery

Calvin

Max