4.19.2009
4.18.2009
Brunch and a Wander with Rick and..
...Christel if you and everybody else could have come today this is where we would have taken you :)
Grape and Grain has a beautiful park next door. The bike shop is an all donation bike shop :)
Rick and I took these. Hope you can come sometime! :)
We Were Standing In Line For Pizza Last Night!
We love Artichoke Pizza and a few other people do too :)
4.17.2009
"The Internet Symphony" Global Mash Up
Watch this :)
4.16.2009
4.15.2009
Do-Re-Mi to Help the Commute Along :)
4.14.2009
4.13.2009
That Moment A Dream Comes True..
Is not always caught on film.. but this was. If you haven't seen or heard Susan Boyle yet read about her here. Click her picture to see and hear her amazing performance from the UK TV show "Britain's Got Talent" on YouTube. I wish for everyone a moment in the Sun like this :)
Thanks Malan!
Her fan site: http://www.susan-boyle.com/
Jasmine, The Rescued Greyhound who cares for Rescued Animals
What an amazing story. Thanks Amy for sending this incredible story of how love can heal and the abilities of dogs who have such wonderful souls in their furry bodies!
In 2003, police in Warwickshire, England, opened a garden shed and found a whimpering, cowering dog. It had been locked in the shed and abandoned. It was dirty and malnourished, and had clearly been abused.
In an act of kindness, the police took the dog, which was a Greyhound female, to the nearby Nuneaton Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary, run by a man named Geoff Grewcock and known as a willing haven for Animals abandoned, orphaned or otherwise in need.
Click for- http://www.warwickshirewildlifesanctuary.co.uk/index.htm
Geoff and the other sanctuary staff went to work with two aims to restore the dog to full health, and to win her trust. It took several weeks, but eventually both goals were achieved.
They named her Jasmine, and they started to think about finding her an adoptive home.
But Jasmine had other ideas. No-one remembers now how it began, but she started welcoming all Animal arrivals at the sanctuary. It wouldn't matter if it was a puppy, a fox cub, a rabbit or, any other lost or hurting Animal, Jasmine would peer into the box or cage and, where possible, deliver a welcoming lick.
Geoff relates one of the early incidents. "We had two puppies that had been abandoned by a nearby railway line. One was a Lakeland Terrier cross and another was a Jack Russell Doberman cross. They were tiny when they arrived at the centre and Jasmine approached them and grabbed one by the scruff of the neck in her mouth and put him on the settee. Then she fetched the other one and sat down with them, cuddling them."
"But she is like that with all of our animals, even the rabbits. She takes all the stress out of them and it helps them to not only feel close to her but to settle into their new surroundings.
"She has done the same with the fox and badger cubs, she licks the rabbits and guinea pigs and even lets the birds perch on the bridge of her nose."
Jasmine, the timid, abused, deserted waif, became the animal sanctuary's resident surrogate mother, a role for which she might have been born. The list of orphaned and abandoned youngsters she has cared for comprises five fox cubs, four badger cubs, 15 chicks, eight guinea pigs, two stray puppies and 15 rabbits.
And one roe deer fawn. Tiny Bramble, 11 weeks old, was found semi-conscious in a field. Upon arrival at the sanctuary, Jasmine cuddled up to her to keep her warm, and then went into the full foster mum role. Jasmine the greyhound showers Bramble the Roe deer with affection and makes sure nothing is matted.
"They are inseparable," says Geoff "Bramble walks between her legs and they keep kissing each other. They walk together round the sanctuary.
It's a real treat to see them."
Jasmine will continue to care for Bramble until she is old enough to be returned to woodland life. When that happens, Jasmine will not be lonely. She will be too busy showering love and affection on the next Orphan or victim of abuse.
From left, Toby, a stray Lakeland dog; Bramble, orphaned Roe deer; Buster, a stray Jack Russell; a dumped rabbit; Sky, an injured barn owl; and Jasmine with a Mothers heart doing best what a caring Mother would do.
Monkey Monday, the BEST Kind of Day!
Orangutans
Originally uploaded by Aamir Hafeez Zaidi.
When you learn furry friends you thought were lost have now been found! Such good news! From the BBC: New rare orangutan find in Borneo
A hitherto unknown population of orangutans numbering perhaps 1-2,000 has been found on the island of Borneo, conservation researchers say.Members of the reclusive endangered species were found by scientists acting on tip-offs from local people.
Much of the orangutan's tropical forest habitat in Indonesia and Malaysia has been cut down for timber extraction and to create palm oil plantations.
About 50,000 orangutans are thought to remain in the wild.
"The reclusive red-haired primates were found in a rugged, largely inaccessible mountainous region," Erik Meijaard, of Nature Conservancy Indonesia, said.
Read the whole article Here!
Trixie- baby Orangutan
Originally uploaded by tani custodio.
4.12.2009
Live Chick Cam!
They are living at the Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary
From WFAS:
"LIVE CHICKS! (No, not that kind)
As happens frequently in the spring, we received a call from a school teacher looking for a home for 5 just-hatched chicks -- the living, breathing result of a classroom project. These fuzzballs quickly grow into larger hens and roosters who have a lot of space, temperature and care requirements, and can live for over a decade.
As soon as the novelty is over, assuming the chicks or ducklings can survive the unnurturing classroom environment, the teacher or parent has to find a "home" -- more often than not the end of the road for those animals. The takeaway for the kids is less about biology and more about the disposability of life.
If you're a parent or student who hears of an upcoming hatching project, please encourage that teacher to consider more humane alternatives to hatching.
In the meantime they happen to be ridiculously cute, so during daytime hours EST you can see them live."
Some of those chickz are divas! :)
The camera Loves ya!
4.11.2009
4.10.2009
Old Devil Moon I miss you
We had some nice holiday and let's-go-somewhere-fun dinners and brunch here. Such a cute place. The reason I bring this up now is I found in my email clutter a cell phone clip I took. I just thought I'd post it, say thanks into the ether for a fun place that used to be... :)
IMG_2970.JPG
Originally uploaded by jeremoss.
Great Flickr pix here
My celly clip..
Easter Latte Art
latte art
Originally uploaded by bernardshtibel.
Amazing little foamy works of art..
See more here on Flickr!
(Thanks Rick N for the inspiration!)
How many times do i have to tell you... rabbits... dont... lay... eggs!
How many times do i have to tell you... rabbits... dont... lay... eggs!
Originally uploaded by Saxon9.
Okay okay.. I never thought you laid them, just hid them right?
:)
4.09.2009
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