a moment of motherly zen

After spending yesterday surrounded by young children at my friend's daughter's third birthday party I am particularly grateful to my dog Eleanor for fulfilling that generative need within me without actually requiring me to produce a human offspring. So, once again, our moment of zen for the week is brought to us by Eleanor or Smellanor as she is termed today. Someone has to bathe the beast...

Eleanor trying to befriend our neighbor's kitten. Anything living she assumes wants to befriend her. 

She doesn't get this from my side of the family...