It stopped raining this afternoon so had a wander around the garden with Tess and she very kindly sat down so I could take a photo of her.  She doesn't very often sit, she usually lies down.  Its been many many years since I've had a dog coming into season and Tess came into season a couple of days ago and amazingly it happened on the same date I got Misty spayed (11 years ago).  I like looking back at what I was doing a year ago etc which is how I came across it.