Gumbo

[mella l]

I remember visiting the ranch in 2005, no house, no road, not a person in sight. Gene and I approached by the top gate close to the fruit orchard. Here he came running, spry, barking and doing his protection thing with so much vim and vigor. It was a dog ? it was a plane ? no it was super GUMBO his fine studly self, barking his heart out, that is until he heard Pam say all was Ok! So he was ready for a petting then!

So now I will remember saying good night to Gumbo. He who has had the 9 lives of any house cat! He barked at the wall in the middle of the night, he grumped at Sandy in all her enthusiasm, even in his dotage he still stood up to the pigs, and he would get out of bed each evening for his bed time, three or four milk bones and take Sandy's if he could muster it.

Aloha nui loa to Gumbo and Pam and Bob our understanding and sincere sympathy. Pam and Gene

mella l

Edit to add Photo link; go to 2nd page Pets of the Puna

http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/PunaWebFriends/photos

"Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant with the weak and wrong....because sometime in your life you will have been all of these."