To our friends, canine and otherwise, in Boothbay Harbor, we thought you would like to know that of the dozens of doggies entered into the annual Down East Magazine's cutest dog contest - we came in 7th! The results were announced in the April edition. We tried very hard to make it to number 1, reaching out to our friends in Maine, Peru, Ecuador, Mexico, England, Sweden, and all over the USA and we got close to 800 votes!

We were the only couple photographed on Boothbay Harbor's famous footbridge. But a big dog from Freeport beat us. Not sure if there was any interference from Russia. Now maybe the guy from a local pet store who puts together a canine calendar will take notice and include us in next year's edition.

We're both looking forward to getting back to our favorite place on the porch on Mt. Pisgah very soon and heading to town across the bridge for a look around town and a pat or two from humans who can see how cute we really are! Be sure to visit https://downeast.com/contest-photo/4579/

See you soon.

Esme and Martini, via Dale Triber Tate