A Smell On The Wind – Part 2

The road through Bullen’s African Lion Safari was long and winding, really excellent for motion sickness.  But the good thing about the park was that the population density of lions to humans was high, or so it appeared to this seven year old girl.  Prey you make it out alive. Read more

A Smell On The Wind – Part 1

Do you ever wonder how you survived your childhood?  This is a question I ask myself frequently.  Sometimes I think we survive in spite of our parents, rather than because of them.  [Note to mum.  Just joking.]  Let me tell you the story about the day my family was nearly eaten by lions. Read more

Bright Star

This post is dedicated to my little dog, Ama, who is not well.  So far we know that she has copper storage disease but not how bad it is or whether we can mitigate it.  I’ve not had much time for blogging lately as we’ve had a lot of medical appointments and I’ve been researching treatments, including low copper diets.  It helps to be informed when talking to veterinary specialists.  It also gives me something to do while I worry. Read more

The Lapphund of My Life – A Birthday Parody

For Makea who turns 6 today!  Happy Birthday my darling girl.

You are the sunshine of my life
Even when you bark aloud
You are the Lapphund of my life
I love you just the way you are-ah.

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One Word Sunday – Us

Every week, Debbie from Travel With Intent hosts the One-Word-Sunday challenge.  This is my contribution to this week’s challenge — Threesome.  Click on the link to participate.

This is my first time participating in this particular challenge.  I had been looking at this photo recently as a possibility for another post, but it seems to fit this theme best.

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Us

Regards
Tracy

Fluffy Girl

This is my response to the Ragtag Daily Prompt — Fluffy.

I promised myself I would cut back to one post a week.  The weather is warming up so I need to catch up on some of my art projects.  But I couldn’t resist this Ragtag Prompt as it is my dog’s nickname.  So without further ado, here is my favourite Fluffy.

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Fluffy’s other name is Makea.  Makea means sweet in Finnish.  Fluffy is a Finnish Lapphund (Suomenlapinkoira).  The breed has its origins as a reindeer herder of the Sami people.

From Start to Finish

WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge  –  Story

In this week’s photo challenge, we have been asked to be a visual story-teller.  Rather than choose a series of photos that provide a complete narrative, I’ve chosen three photos (three different stories) that respectively represent a beginning, middle and an end. Read more