Last Few Moments On The Reference Desk

So, of course, I'm going to start a post about Angel! Way early this morning, as the pre-dawn light was just making it's way into the world, I got to wake up and look at the exquisite Angel. All of the red was bleached from his fur, and the rest of him just glowed - the softest greys and fawns... And the insides of his ears were the palest pearl pink ever, again, glowing. And he was so totally asleep that all of my pets and hugs and snuggles and - of course - kisses did not wake him up. A different kind of sleeping beauty, I think...