Here are my two Springers... good girls! We are walking the Avenue on Easter morning in 2007. This is Bernie's first Easter on Monument Avenue and Ollie's third. Soon, the street will be filled with vendors and a parade of people in bonnets and bows, their best Sunday suits, and wide eyes of wonder at the sights and sounds of this annual festival celebrating spring. There will be Morris Dancers cavorting, as well as jazz bands and country singers and rock & roll musicians performing. Dogs donned in creative head gear will be competing for best Easter hat. Their masters often vie for top chapeau, as well, wearing every manner of adornment, but especially floral in theme! In all, it is a delight to watch, and B & O step lively to the beat of the street, sweeping their curly ears from side-to-liver-and-white-spaniel-side as they look, occasionally WOOF, and take in the scene along their Monument Avenue, which on this day, transforms from its stately appearance. The familiar becomes exotic with rich smells of ethnic foods and the presence of strangers. This is going to be a very good day!
At the end of it all, two spaniels will curl up together and snooze, dotting the air with gentle snores and occasional whimpers in the memory of Easter Parade adventures, new dog friends, and the taste of special treats on a special day...
Thus, the germ of a writing idea began to percolate: The Adventures of B & O, Monument Avenue Girls!
