Although I promised the resumption of normal posting for this piece, I’d forgotten that I would be in Oxford, and thus geographically separated from my two hard-drives (one in Jönköping in Sweden, the other in southern Spain). So, for the third successive post I’m restricted to the material I carry around on my laptop and hence, this canine themed picture post.
This is in effect an homage to our late dog Aura, with whom we shared so many wonderful and wacky moments.
The images here will be a pleasant reminder to those among you who remember her, and for those more recent arrivals on these pages, you might wish to check out these links to some of my earlier posts: https://adamhalevi777.com/2015/06/26/dog-days-1-auras-big-sniff/; https://adamhalevi777.com/2015/06/29/dog-days-3-a-dog-in-the-room/and; https://adamhalevi777.com/2015/06/30/dog-days-3-michelin-maremma/
This ancient Roman statue (in the Vatican Museum) known as The canis pastoralis is thought to represent the direct ancestor of the Maremma, which were reported to have guarded the imperial flocks from around the time of Emperor Tiberius (early 1st century).
ARKS, ADAM AND AXARQUIA 
Marvellous photos and very very pretty Aura
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Thank you Ana. If / when we eventually settle down at the finca for good, we plan to go to Italy to get two Maremma puppies to look after us in our old age – a girl and a boy. We even have their appropriately Roman names planned – Livia and Drusus. Whether or not they turn out as interesting or as beautiful as Aura is another matter.
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