<div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">Paddi B Basset says she is now sufficiently Recovered From<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> </span>Recent Events to send belated new year greetings to the Drool.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Some may recall that she wrote before the holiday season, enthused because of an upcoming trip to Hawaii. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Well.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">It turned out that she was not the one to insert her toes in the warm surf! No, instead, it was her people's niece and her family... and the role of Paddi Basset was to play Great Aunt Paddi to two long-leggers! We'll, one. And a French bulldog. (Mary's translation: we were dog-sitting.)</span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Great Aunt Paddi, herself a gracious 14, would particularly like to congratulate Snoopy on finding a young 'un who can keep up with him. She herself enjoyed playing with Oscar the bulldog, and Blue the very tall heaven-knows-what. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">She really did. Much barking and roaring, some chasing and lots of running. Sadly, no one to play alligator mouth with, but who knows, maybe the bulldog will learn eventually?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Mary, with Great Auntie Paddi B Basset, Uncle Simba the Formosan Mountain Dog, and Clio the Cat</div><br></div>
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