On Sunday my mother and I took our old dogs to Parkside Community Church for their first annual Blessing the Animals ceremony. With her two Scottish terriers and Bubba Gump along we joined the others who had brought their animals to be blessed, including dogs, cats, Guinea pigs, fish, and a turtle. It was a lovely ceremony, but Bubba kind of stole the show when he vocalized along with the choir. He took a real shine to a female Golden Retriever and got so excited that he tried to mount her. I've never seen him do that to any other dog, except Daisy on occasion when they were younger and more playful. It wasn't very proper behavior in church! Now that he's been blessed, he's been sprinkling the neighborhood with holy water.