There's a hush in bedrooms at night that you can't buy. This dog knows it well. He's lying on the quilt, chocolate-brown and absolute, collar tags still on because he never takes them off, and the lamp across the room is doing its one warm job. His eyes are half-closed, the soft gold of a dying bulb. Nothing is being asked. Just the two of us and the quiet hum of a house settling. He sighs, that big dog sigh that starts in the chest and ends at the paws, and the whole bed moves a little. Outside, the sky is probably clear. I don't check. The stars will be there tomorrow. Tonight there's this: one brown dog, one warm lamp, and a night that finally lets us rest. #chocolatelab #dogsofinstagram #quietnight
