Lacey's Stardust will be sprinkled....

Lacey's stardust will be sprinkled far and wide. The first grains will be flung from the dock at Malletts Bay Club, where she amazed us that day when she leaped off the dock into the great unknown, with paws outstretched and ears flying! We'll sprinkle her dust along the trails behind Brown Ledge Camp where we let Lacey run, hearts fearful when she disappeared for too long. Many grains will be sprinkled in our back yard at Appletree Point Farm where she and Ollie chased the squirrels and crows, day after day, never tiring of their game. Ollie would go out the dog door first, always following the same route through his office in the forsythia bushes, along the fence, then round and round the trees. Lacey would take a short cut, and if she beat Ollie he would bark frantically. You could hear him accusing Lacy of cheating, and she was shameless! She had short legs, and "cheating" was the only way she could beat him! Sometimes Ollie would patiently stalk a squirrel, standing still as a statue, waiting for his prey to come closer, then suddenly Lacey would charge ahead, ruining his strategy. Yes, lots of sprinkles in our back yard. And sprinkles at Converse Home, where Lacey was a Therapy Dog for 4 years. She was honored as a Hometown Hero on TV. Her special friends Gayle and Connie will decide where to sprinkly her. We'll send sprinkles to Lacey's loved ones, to place wherever they wish -- the Gavins, the LeBria's, Wendy, Art and Nina. And I'd like to send some sprinkles to South Africa, where the magnificent big animals live in Pilansberg Park, and to the poet Antonio Pietropaoli to sprinkle in Morolo, Italy. I know Lacey would have liked it there. Antonio has a springer that reminded me of Lacey.

Lacey's stardust, Lacey's golden, and Lacey's found her way back to the garden!