Ah, St. Lucia! What can a dog say? Pretty great!

The officials here are always so nice to me. I travel with a passport now and am officially European via the Netherlands. It is so nice to be treated well and fairly, instead of being threatened with death as on some of the other islands we've been too. I will refrain from naming names, because I, being regal, am above that. My faithful minions always come to my rescue when situations arrive and they vow never to return to those "#X##" places.

As you can see, my passport picture is the proverbial "terrible" picture. The photographer didn't give me a moment to compose myself and just snapped it off. One try. You can see I look a little startled. I usually prefer my ears to be upright and a little more symmetrical. But, you should see "Her" picture. I would not like to travel around with that one for sure. "She" says there is nothing to be done and you get only one try: no makeup, no adornments. "Suck it up", she says. "You are just a DOG! And we are getting you a ##x@ passport!"

Enough of that. I am generally a pretty happy and pampered entity. Here in St. Lucia, I get to go to the beach and swim and cool down. I get to see my friends guarding the dinghy dock (see prev. photos..... oops. She says perhaps they are not posted. I will get her to check...) Life is good.

The only thing I can complain about is my food. One night when we were having a little vacation from the boat they cooked up a filet mignon for me because they had forgotten my food! Since then, well what could any dog say? Filet mignon or dry dog food? Gee doggy, it isn't even a choice. "She" tries to disguise the dry kibble with a few grains of dog treats, or a slice of bacon (crumbled very small), or if I am very lucky, a bit (very, very small) of filet mignon. I turn up my nose at just plain kibble and think "she" should start seriously thinking about who is going to win this contest. My name is Princess, after all.

Well enough of that for now. Dinner time is approaching and I do have some coaxing to do....

Princess.