Stories from Scooby's Garden Bench 🌻🐾 Join Fwiend Mail for heartwarming stories, PawVentures, garden notes and gentle reminders to slow down, notice life's little gifts, and create meaningful memories. Inspired by Scooby's message: You're never too late to matter. Come wander with us. 💕
April Showers… and a little extra love 💛
Dear Fwiend,April Showers... The weather across the world this April has been weird, to say the least—do you agree? Here in our little beach town of Dana Point, it felt like we had way more than normal days of super heavy rain—which is much needed—we just wish it had spread out a bit so it could really soak in. Even our beloved Eastern Sierra had LOTS of new snow in late April—almost unheard of. Mammoth Mountain had just started closing their shorter-than-desired ski season… then wham—massive dumps of snow. It even snowed on the annual Eastern Sierra Fishmas Opening Day (on our Pawtography bucket list 🐾). It’s pretty special to see winter and fishing season overlap like that. Here at the furSmiths, we also experienced some unexpected emotional “rain.” We said goodbye to our uncle in Kentucky, another longtime human fwiend and several beloved fur fwiends. We will miss them all tremendously. And we noticed something else… So many of our longtime social media fwiends are also going through loss right now—saying goodbye to their furry soulmates and lifelong companions. So this month’s Love Letter felt like the right time to focus on LOVE and loss. If you or someone you love is walking through grief, we hope you feel a little comfort here. And if you know a fwiend who needs it, please share this with them so they can feel the WUV too 💛 Brings May Flowers! It’s important to remember that after the rain new blooms always follow. We have a few gentle ways to help fwiends move through grief: 🌿 Garden Joy Some plants symbolize remembrance, peace, and comfort—and a few are also safe for homes with pets. Our favorites: • White Roses (Rosa) – symbolize reverence and humility You can plant them, gift them or, simply sit near them and breathe it all in. We also love visiting Niguel Botanical Preserve, where Scooby’s Memorial Bench sits at the top of the hill. There’s something extra special about brushing against wild rosemary and releasing that calming scent into the air. 🌿 Artistic / Creative Joy 🐾 If you can't make it to Scooby's Favorite Garden, visit a local garden or botanical preserve and ask where their white roses, forget me nots and rosemary are located so you can enjoy! You can also visit your local garden center and, better yet, buy and plant them for your own mini memorial garden - don't furget to to include a relaxing bench or chair. You could even pick from your personal garden and create a beautiful bouquet for your home or as a gift fur a fwiend experiencing loss. We WUV that idea! 🐾 Do you WUV to color? We created a special Scooby’s Paw Memorial Garden Mandala just for you—filled with roses, forget-me-nots, and rosemary. You can even journal on the back and keep it as a personal remembrance.
Grief doesn’t follow a straight line. One day might feel okay… and the next three might not. That’s normal. Give yourself grace. Give yourself space. And move through it in your own way, at your own pace. If you need extra support, we have resources on the site you can explore or share with a fwiend: Grieving Your PetPet Grief and CelebrationUntil next month, dear Fwiend — Remember: You’re never too old to matter You can always reply to this email—we read every one. Feel free to forward this to a pet-loving fwiend if you thing they would enjoy our Fwiend Mail. With love, 📚 From Scooby's Garden Bench to Your Home If you’ve been enjoying these little letters, you may love the book that started them.
Unsubscribe | Update your profile | 32565-B Golden Lantern St, #121, DANA POINT, California 92629 |
Fwiend Mail! 💕🐾
Stories from Scooby's Garden Bench 🌻🐾 Join Fwiend Mail for heartwarming stories, PawVentures, garden notes and gentle reminders to slow down, notice life's little gifts, and create meaningful memories. Inspired by Scooby's message: You're never too late to matter. Come wander with us. 💕
Dear Fwiend, Typically August is pretty slow and hot around here at the furSmiths—you know, just escaping the heat as much as possible and laying low. Not this August! We WENT to the heat—ON PURPOSE! 😹 Since our Summer WUV Letter, life at the furSmith house has been FULL of adventures, firsts, big changes, hopeful new beginnings…and one very sad goodbye. So grab your favorite beverage, find a comfy spot wif your fur kid(s) and settle in. We have LOTS to tell you! 🐦⬛ Remember Baby Azuri? Azuri...
Dear Fwiend, WooHoo! School's out fur Summer! (Cue Alice Cooper) We don't go to school but with longer days, warmer evenings, road trips, beach days, mountain escapes, backyard adventures and lazy naps in the sunshine beckoning us, we feel like all da kiddos on Summer Break! We're ready fur summer fun... ...just as soon as we get our fledgling-turned-juvenile birdy — Lil' Birb — off and flying. The short version of a very long story is that our neighbor's dog discovered a young crow in an...
Dear Fwiend, Can you bewieve it's already the end of May?! Spring is almost over and Summer is around the corner! Some of our favorite spring flowers have come and gone while new summer blooms are getting ready to wow us! Scooby’s favorite botanical garden—where his memorial bench sits—is like walking through a living, ever-changing painting. We WUV it! And let’s not furget the trees 🌳 Have you ever gone on a stroll with your pup and the air smells amazing—but you’re not sure where it’s...