Remembering Pugnacious P! (part 1)

It was hard to narrow down some of my favorite posts from Payton's blog.  

So many cute pictures and great memories.  In fact, have I ever told you about the photo above that is the Pugnacious P header?  It is probably my favorite picture of Payton.  It was taken in the fall or early winter about 3-4 months after she got sick at approximately age 3 1/2.  You can't tell, but she still didn't have any hair on the back of her neck from the spinal tap and MRI, but had her thick, full coat of fur everywhere else.  She hadn't really begun to turn grey in the muzzle.  What I love so much about it though is the look on her face.  You can see what a fighter she is, like she is telling the world to watch out!  Oh, my pretty girl.

The posts I chose today all focus on the photos.  I love her stunning face, like in this post where she was really working it for the camera.

http://pugnaciousp.blogspot.com/2011/09/this-ones-for-boys.html

And I love to see how she aged so gracefully.  Here are two similar posts where the pictures were taken years apart.

http://pugnaciousp.blogspot.com/2011/07/wordless-wednesdayshawdow-and-light.html
http://pugnaciousp.blogspot.com/2012/03/more-poses-in-shadow-and-light.html

Lastly, this post really shows off her beautiful life.   

http://pugnaciousp.blogspot.com/2012/04/then-and-now.html 

I am so enamored with the photos taken in her last year with us.  Every time I day dream and picture her in my mind, she is older.  You could see the toughness and sass in her eyes.  You could see that she had been through so much in her life and she wouldn't give any of it up.  There was just something about how her jowls hung a little bit more and the grey hair - so striking.  No doubt she was a real looker, simply gorgeous.

Love,

Christy