I was sitting at the dining room table sipping my soup and catching up with my e-mails and sipping some butternut squash soup when I looked up and saw Fate sitting in Maria’s chair at the table right across from me.

Fate has never sat in that chair before and while we eat, no dog is allowed to come anywhere near us. and they don’t. She looked like the Queen sitting there as if this was her rightful place.

I smiled,  grabbed the camera, took this photo, and told her to get off, which she did hurriedly.

I’m not sure what she was thinking, except that Fate is always thinking. Perhaps she just wanted to give it a try. Maybe she hoped I’d give her some soup.