About Kelley
Kelley is a Golden Retriever and her full name is "ten Eyck's Osterville Kelley by the Sea." She was born in West Falmouth (Cape Cod), Massachusetts and gets to see a lot of her brother Coby, since he belongs to the author’s niece Diana, who lives nearby. For Diana, Kelley and Coby are very special, since they are the great niece and nephew of her family’s dog Buddy, who lived to the ripe old “Golden” age of 16.
On one of Kelley's first trips to the vet, Taylor recalls that the vet remarked that it looked like Kelley was Taylor's husband's dog. Initially a bit insulted, Taylor has come to recognize that maybe the vet was onto something! If Kelley has the choice of going with her or her husband, she will choose her husband. Maybe it is because he is the one that takes Kelley for a run in the woods the first thing in the morning and then gives her breakfast!
Kelley has lots of places she enjoys in Acadia, but her favorite place, so far, is the West Meadow at Little Long Pond. She loves playing ball and she is expert at finding any balls that other dogs have left behind! She enjoys being off leash and leaping through the grasses until the ball gets lost and left behind for the next dog!
The cover photo on the book is Kelley at the Schooner Head Overlook.