Biscuit, a well-known pup on Ridgefield’s Main Street, dies
Biscuit, resting quietly in her favorite spot on the passenger seat of the Ridgefield flower lady's watering cart.
“What an amazing run Biscuit had! She lived a long and fulfilling life — giving so much joy to all those that encountered her,” said Spencer Moore, whose years of employment watering the flower baskets hanging from lamposts in the village has earned her the title “the flower lady.”
Biscuit, a brown and white Australian Shepherd of gentle and mellow and temperament, was Moore’s constant companion on her rounds the last nine years, sitting quietly on the modified golf cart that carried the flower lady’s watering rig.
She died Nov. 13 at the age of 15.
Biscuit, as always, waiting patiently.
Moore said that her family has a puppy, a male Australian Shepherd named Bauer, with “tri-color” markings -- white, brown and black. He will have to prove himself as having a temperament suitable to follow in Biscuit as the flower lady’s companion on watering rounds.
“We’ll see if he passes the test to be my partner!” Moore said.
The flower lady said she plans to contineu her work, with her business now formalized under the name MooreBloom.
Biscuit with “the flower lady” Spencer Moore on the watering cart that the two rode around Ridgefield's village for years, caring for the baskets of hanging plants.
“I will say that Biscuit taught me a lot during the countless hours we spent together caring for the baskets — value of patience, loyalty, generosity, acceptance, and savoring each day,” Moore said.
“She did not require a lot but she certainly gave a lot. It will be big ‘paws’ to fill some day!” said Moore.
With flower baskets not just in the village these days, but down on Route 35, Moore has human help with her watering duties.
A new Australian Shepherd puppy, Bauer.