Filed under Amazing Animals, Awe-Inspiring Photography, love
Filed under Amazing Animals, Awe-Inspiring Photography, love
Wow. My head is still spinning. When we were about half-way down our driveway this morning, a ‘parade’ of SIX deer leaped one at a time across the driveway in front of us! We have had TWO jump across the driveway as we started back up the driveway in the distant past, but we stared in amazement as one after another kept leaping. We unconsciously counted them, agreeing that we had seen SIX.
I’m not sure why they were all in the yard. I guess the sound of our truck coming down the driveway spurred the decision to cross the driveway and go somewhere else. We have so many trees we didn’t see anything until one leaped across the driveway. Then the ‘parade’ of gorgeous animals started.
Such a stunning sight!
Filed under Amazing Animals, Delightful Surprises
Just in case you needed a bit extra today.
Filed under Amazing Animals, love
awwwwww.
Filed under Amazing Animals, love, your 'awwww' for the day
This is Amber and my husband. Actually, she has gotten larger since this picture was taken, but it gives you a reasonable idea of her size. She weighs about 90 pounds.
I spend a lot of time loving her each day. She has her ‘rituals’ during the day and it’s very hard to distract her from them. For example, she comes to me when I’m at the computer, getting my attention and then staring across me toward my right pocket, where she knows I carry dog treats. She doesn’t have a subtle bone in her body. It’s very clear that she isn’t worried about ME, wanting love, or wanting to go out, or anything else – just a cookie.
This morning I was slow to respond to her drama. She climbed up – the front half of her in my lap – and nibbled on my ear. When I laughed, she used her front paw to encourage me further, catching me just below my neck with a couple of claws. She really got my attention with THAT. I’m not sure if I’ll have marks or not, but she did NOT get a cookie for that.
Yesterday she was jumping up and down beside the truck, as if she were on a trampoline, waiting for me to open the door for her so she could jump in. I started to open the door and she came down with both feet on MY feet. I was in sandals, so I really felt all 90 pounds of her. I now have bruises on the tops of both feet.
I have learned the lesson well that when she is in the yard with me, I need to pay attention. She suddenly decides she should join me. If she is across the yard, she starts running. I try to either get beside a tree, get up against something, or at least turn to the side so she doesn’t run smack into me, knocking me flat on my back. Kneeling down doesn’t help – it just allows me to fall down from a lower spot.
Amber will either keep me young or put me in the hospital. It’s never boring.
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“I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me, they are the role model for being alive.” – Gilda Radner
“Don’t accept your dog’s admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.” – Ann Landers
“Did you know that there are over 300 words for love in canine?” – Gabriel Zevin
“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.”– Josh Billings
“When an 85-pound mammal licks your tears away, then tries to sit on your lap, it’s hard to feel sad.” – Kristan Higgins
“Everything I know I learned from dogs.” – Nora Roberts
“There’s always a hidden owl in ‘knowledge’.” – E.I. Jane
“Owl is the grand and rather clever old man of the forest. He can also spell Tuesday.” – A. A. Milne.
“Don’t count your owls before they are delivered.” ~ J. K. Rowling.
“A wise old owl sat in an oak. The more he saw, the less he spoke. The less he spoke, the more he heard. Why can’t we be like that wise old bird?” – Edward Hersey Richards.
Filed under Amazing Animals, Favorite Quotes
“Bunnies will always have a special place in my heart. They are often discredited as being good pets because they don’t ‘do anything’—ask any rabbit owner and watch how they laugh!” Shenita Etwaroo
“The other day when I was walking through the woods, I saw a rabbit standing in front of a candle making shadows of people on a tree.” Steven Wright
“The dog and the rabbit are telling us not to chase unattainable material goals.” – Kit Williams
“There’s nothing else I would rather do, unless there was a profession that involved cuddling bunny rabbits and kittens all day for money.” – Kat Dennings
“Little rabbits have big ears.” – Virginia C. Andrews
“An animal’s eyes have the power to speak a great language.” -Martin Buber
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“Read books. Lots of books.”
“Find contentment in creating chaos.”
“Take time to indulge yourself every once in awhile. You deserve it!”
“Don’t be afraid to try something different.”
“Make sure the people you care about know it.”
“Give hugs.”
“Accept everyone for who they are.”
“Be yourself. It doesn’t matter if you don’t fit in!”
“Get into mischief.”
Filed under Amazing Animals, Favorite Quotes
“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
― William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
― Maurice Switzer, Mrs. Goose, Her Book
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
― Mark Twain
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
― Aristotle
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
― Socrates
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