I dreamed that I spent an entire sleep period sitting on the floor embracing a medium-sized brown dog.  It was one of those dreams in which I fell asleep in the dream and "woke up" from my inner nap knowing that an entire night had gone by.  The experience of closeness with the animal was one of utter contentment.  Occasionally I lovingly scratched the animal, and it responded with obvious ecstasy.  Eventually, my uncle Norris came into the room with a camera, and he took my picture.  I kept my head down, as it had been when I fell asleep in the sitting position as I cradled the dog.  But there was a mirror on the floor, and I looked at my own face as Norris took a few pictures of me.  I looked at my face as I tried smiling and not-smiling.