My life with the critters

Foster Mama, wake up!!! It is eight o’cwock already!!! Yesterday you feds us at six-firty! Why are you such a sleepy-head today? My brudd...

I have been grumpy all day today - in fact for the past couple of days. Possibly my bad mood is due to chronic back pain after standing on c...

New growth Whether I am hiking in the mountains or sitting in my own back yard, nature never fails to inspire me, to soothe me, to fill me ...

I didn't have the camera with me, but here are some images of today, in words: • A male and a female mallard on the creek, quacking awa...

Today is International Women's Day - a day hardly recognized here but a nation-wide holiday in some countries and widely celebrated in m...

I have always been a believer that things have a way of working out for the best. Sometimes when faced with a difficult decision one has to ...

Sadie Hi. My name is Sadie and I have been having kinda a bad time lately. I grew up with a loving family, and they taught me how to be a...

After work today, I will be picking up Sadie, a senior border collie/rough collie cross I will be fostering for Okanagan Collie Rescue. She...

Shelties, also known as Shetland Sheepdogs, were traditionally used for herding sheep. We don’t have any sheep here (though my landlord has...

Apparently, there is a plot afoot. This morning I uncovered an interesting set of emails in which the piggies confess to having been in the...

The sky is clear blue, the sun is shining brightly, the birds are singing.....it is an absolutely gorgeous day. Unfortunately, I am up to m...

Emma, Feb 29/08 Emma is a three year old yellow lab who lives with my ex. Unfortunately, the courts consider dogs to be property, not fami...

Well, winter is officially over. Yesterday the llama next door sounded his distinctive alarm cry as he stared at the field across the road....

Charley at sunrise For a woman who spent the first 35 years of her life in small to mid sized cities, I’m not sure where my love of countr...

Me: (feeding pieces of apple through the slats in the stall as two or three of the most boisterous ones vie for attention): " Don’t be...