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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Today Lillie Pearl has her first birthday!!!
She is now officially what we term "a big girl now".</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lillie Pearl was adopted last September from
Alabama Basset and Bloodhound Rescue because someone in our family felt we could
add just one more hound. She had just turned six months old, was a little
shy and timid, and we loved her the moment we saw her.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lillie Pearl is one of the best snugglers we've
ever had. She does not hesitate to steal someone's place and/or to fit
into a spot that is almost nonexistent so she can sit by one of us. She
loves to play, and play she does, almost 24/7. If Lowretta is not
available, which she usually is, she'll play with an older hound for as long as
they can take it, or play by herself.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> One of the Katrina squirrels I
raised for nine months and then released, Hattie, gives Lillie Pearl
what-for almost every day. As I write this, Lillie Pearl is outside
in the cold wind with it drizzling because she knows its her birthday and she
believes today is the day she's going to get Hattie. Thankfully, Hattie is
waaaay too smart for that.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Today we'll have (and have
had) lots of treats, a few presents, and cake and ice cream
tonight.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Happy Birthday, Sweet Lillie
Pearl. Our lives would be downright boring without you.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bonnie</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Slave to Stanley, Beachbaby, Lowretta, Lillie
Pearl, Stella (ATB), J.D. (ATB), Begonia (ATB)</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>