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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:14.5pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'>For those folks not on FB, I posted this a short time ago, along with some photos of Esty. She was not a Basset, but shared her home with many over the years and no doubt has been having a raucous reunion by now. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:14.5pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'>She never seemed to show her age on her face and it sort of hit me hard as I just did not realize how old she was getting. She is much missed this evening as I had to put one more bowl away…..<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:14.5pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:14.5pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'>Hugs to all, hugs your hounds, always!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:14.5pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'>Wen and the Bounders<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:14.5pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'>Houndsabound@cfl.rr.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:14.5pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:14.5pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:14.5pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'>ESTY FLIES TO THE BRIDGE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:14.5pt;background:white;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'>Our beloved little beagle, Esty made her way to the Bridge this afternoon, with Pat and myself at her side. I had not mentioned her illness here, as I just couldn't, the thought of her not being with me is unbearable. Without doing extensive testing, cancer was probably the culprit. Esty showed signs of illness last week, the same day Brewster came down with his UTI, so she spent the day at the vet too. After some improvement in her condition, I</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'> </span></span><span class=textexposedshow><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'>had hope, but last night and today, it was obvious, she was ready to go see her beloved Scoo Baby and her boy, Nathan. It is hard to think of a day without her being in it, as she was the Bounder who has the longest tenure, coming in with Beagles, Bona and Logan, from AL in Oct of 09.</span></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'><br><span class=textexposedshow>Esty had a song in her heart and always sang with such joy, love and pride in her song. I will miss singing along with her, and made sure she knew to ask Scoo Baby about choirs ATB...am sure our Sunny and Michael would be singing there too.</span></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'><br><span class=textexposedshow>Fly free my baby Bug, my love, my heart.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>