Reading Roundup and Birdie Brown Eyes

Ok, I have another post about Reading Roundup. My aunt Jackie, a great dog lover, was flipping through my new book and found this wonderful poem by Winifred Welles whose name is blog-worthy alone.

I'd like a different dog

For every kind of weather-

A narrow greyhound for a fog,

A wolfhound strange and white,

With a tail like a silver feather

To run with in the night,

When snow is still, and winter stars are bright.

In the fall I'd like to see 

In answer to my whistle,

A golden spaniel look at me.

But best of all for rain

A terrier, hairy as a thistle, 

To trot with fine disdain

Beside me down the soaked, sweet-smelling lane. 

Birdie- a dog for any weather