Cricket!!

crickets mom took her to eureka farms for the week! maybe she will come back with some pictures? baker misses her but sure she is having fun chasing chickens and hatching eggs :)

Lost Dog - Please Help.

This is Dickens! He was lost the night the hurricane remnants went through Savannah. He wandered away around the 55th street/abercorn area. He was last seen that night on 52nd and Reynolds. He is about 16 and doesn't see nor hear very well. He is a very small sheltie and could possibly have been picked up and shaved by now, especially since he was out in the storm.

If you or anyone at all you know might have seen this dog...please let me know and I can put you in touch with the owner.

micheal vic

if you are interested in the micheal vic story, tonight on animal planet there will be a special at 10 pm. i am unsure of everything in the story but i know it will show some of the dogs being placed in LOVING homes, which every dog deserves!

Farewell Friends!

Sorry we didn't get to say goodbye to many of you. Unfortunately I (grazina!) have been very sick the past couple of days and couldn't make it to the dog park. I will be taking Basil Thursday morning for one more romp around before we head out to Atlanta! Thanks to all the friends and everyone who let Basil give them lots and lots of kisses. Good luck to all of you and happy playtime!

respect the park

respecting the park is not only picking up your dogs poop!- but also trash. 2-3 weeks ago i came to the park to find a soda can on the grass that had been chewed. that could be very dangerous. i put it in the trash can, but it should have never reached the ground in the first place. there were also a few cans left on the table. im not one to harp, but i dont want any animal to get hurt. :)

New Signs and Recent Park Clean-up

I just wanted to publicly thank Ashley (Mela's Mom) for getting the new signs made up. They remind us to clean up after our dogs, stop them from digging holes and keep from adding to the mud. The signs are so professional and will stand the test of time and weather.

Also, this past Saturday morning Ahab and I arrived to find that Stephen (Phoebe's Dad) was there with his shovel and bucket filling in all the holes, cleaning up poop, moving tables and doing general clean-up. He didn't even have Phoebe with him! He was doing this on his own time.

These two deserve a big thank you from all of us for helping to keep the park in good condition.

Side bar - I've been a part of several conversations about moving the picnic tables around the park to give the yard time to recuperate from the dogs running around. If you come in and find them in a different place, that's likely why they've been moved. Please don't move them back into the mud.

A short history on Mother Mathilda Beasley 1.2

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Georgia's First Black Nun Mathilda Taylor was born in 1834 in New Orleans, and came to Savannah as a young woman. She taught black children in her home before the Civil War, when it was still illegal. She married Abraham Beasley, a successful black businessman, in 1869. After the death of her husband in 1877, Mrs. Beasley journeyed to York England around 1885 to study as a nun, a Poor Clare, a branch of the Franciscan sisters. She returned to Savannah and established an orphanage in 1886 which became the St. Francis Home in 1892. In 1889, Sister Mathilda founded the first group of black nuns in Georgia which were of the 3rd order of St. Francis and became known as `Mother Mathilda.` Under her direction, this small order ran the orphanage for several years until it dispersed, Mother Mathilda gained help from the Church for her orphanage and in 1899, took the habit of the Franciscans and continued working at the orphanage. In 1901, she was given a cottage near the Sacred Heart Church to which she had earlier given her husband`s landholdings. She began to sew in her home and give the proceeds to poor blacks. On Dec. 20, 1903, the much beloved "Mother Beasley" was found dead kneeling in the cottage`s private chapel. Nearby were her burial clothes, funeral instructions and will.