Portrait of a Good Dog

Her full name is Pearlie Hyacinth Flannery Savannah Taylor - Ruffin
For reasons both mundane and profound.
She has been diagnosed with an inoperable tumor that has wrapped itself around a major artery.
They say a few months maybe.
She is 12.5 years old and has lived longer than we expected, having had a few major issues that she miraculously recovered from.
She followed me into the garden where I was trying to photograph the ginkgo tree.
I decided she was a better subject today.
It's startling to realize how wrapped around my heart she is.