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BayMax, in the foreground, and Tasha seem to have accepted one another again. There were careful sniffs and noses touched once. 

BayMax had not seen goats before and was very unsure of them to the point of a growl.  After being told they were suppose to be here he settled down quickly.  Geese, ducks and chickens were stared at through the fence time and time again.

Tasha has glued herself to me and is quite taken aback that Baymax is so much larger than her.  She is very quite and even let him take her bone. Something that would have produced a fight before. 

We are keeping the 2 small dogs separate for right now giving Bay time to settle.

I am very excited about the future for us with our new pack dynamic. I expect many adventures and look forward to reporting them.

Tasha and BayMax

They are sister and brother from the same litter.

Tasha

BayMax

They will be visiting with each other tomorrow.  The goal is for Bay to live here as well.  We are so excited about his arrival. 

I am jumping up and down in my skin with the thought of two white ghosts running around the place at night.

Updates to follow.

We are all now connected by the Internet, like neurons in a giant brain. Stephen Hawking

There are three kinds of death in this world. There’s heart death, there’s brain death and there’s being off the network.  Guy Almes

My sister and I were talking about planning ahead.  She asked if I had a will.  I said “Not an up-dated one.”  Being a good sis, she told me very plainly to “get your butt in gear and get it done”.  My sis is not one to sugar coat anything.  She speaks very plain and straight to the heart of the matter.  Maybe that is where I got it from.  Oh, wait, Mary is younger than I.  Anyway, I started to think about all things “after-life” and one of the thoughts turned to my on-line life.  I started a search for something that would help me and came across the Inactive Account Manager on my Google+.

Perhaps you have already done this.  If so, you have one thing to cross off on your “after-life” list of things to do and are ahead of the rest of us.  It’s ghoulish I know but hey Halloween is not that far off.  Imagine, it could be your new Halloween costume.  Bet no one else would have one on.

Anyway, after much searching and reading I found out how to take care of my virtual after life.  I also agree with what Mayuri Mehrota said on her page on July 6, 2015:

“Setting up Inactive Account Manager on Google felt like I was writing my will”.

Check out: https://www.google.com/settings/u/0/account/inactive for more information or you can read the following articles I thought explained things very well.  So drink a glass of wine or whatever and have a “Happy After Life” planning party. Let me know how it goes. Cheers.

Google’s New Inactive Account Manager Gives You Control Over Your Digital Afterlife

Posted Apr 11, 2013 by Frederic Lardinois (@fredericl)

What will happen to your Gmail, YouTube, Google Drive and Google+ accounts after you die? That’s probably not something you really want to think about, but as more and more of our data now lives online, that’s sadly a question that comes up with some regularity. Today, Google is launching its Inactive Account Manager on the Google Account settings page, which sets out to set up a system that allows you to tell Google “what you want done with your digital assets when you die or can no longer use your account.”  For more info:http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/11/googles-afterlife

Or there is this page that I thought was pretty good too.

C/NET, April 11, 20134:28 PM PDT  Matt Elliott said:

…”Notify contacts and share data,” you can name up to 10 contacts, which I’d imagine would be close friends and family members, who will be notified when your account has remained inactive for the specified period of time. For each contact, you can set it up so that that contact is simply notified that your account is inactive, or you can check the box for “Share my data with this contact” and choose which Google products you’d like to share data from.

Contacts you choose to share with will be able (after your timeout period is up) to download your data for three months. For each contact, you will need to also provide a phone number that Google can use to send a verification code the contact will need to access your data. Also in this section, you can set an auto-response for all incoming e-mails to your Gmail address once it becomes inactive. more at http://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-set-up-googles-inactive-account-manager/)

Hugs and kisses are us

Found this on the web site: dogtime.com

The Great Pyrenees dog breed‘s goal in life is to protect sheep, goats, livestock, people, children, grass, flowers, the moon, the lawn furniture, bird feeders, and any real or imaginary predators that may intrude on your personal space. Oh yeah, and to give, give, and give unconditional love. Anyone who has seen this stunning white dog becomes enamored. What’s not to like? He has a strong build, a beautiful, thick coat, and he exudes elegance and majesty. One look and you can see the intelligence and steady temperament that many seek in a good family dog.
http://dogtime.com/dog-breeds/great-pyrenees#tx7t0XgvD086v1Zr

I have found this to be entirely true of Tasha.  She has this happy grin on her face after she has defended her people and livestock from all threats, real and perceived by her.  Her gorgeous tail is in a high arc and sweeps back and forth in time to music I can’t hear.

I have been blessed to have several breeds of dogs who have loved and do love me: dobermans, poodles, a scottie, an afghan, terriers and lastly a great pyrenee.  They all held special places in my heart and left voides when they were gone.  I have also been priviledged to know a saint bernard, several rotties and two pit bulls.  All were lovely, sweet and dear to me but none of these beautiful dogs, and I do not say this lighly, none have carved out a place in my heart like Tasha has and continues to do so.

But to be completely fair and balanced I have to say that Tasha barks.  She barks at everything.  It is in her nature. It is a part of her just like a man checking out a long legged pretty woman walking down the street in a short skirt. It is just who she is.  So, if you can’t handle the barking, then look away and keep walking.  She loves to run in the cool of the morning and sleep during the heat of the day.  She is what I want to be when I grow up. Unconditional love and fierce protection of those that are mine.