Busy times
September 29, 2016 - In the last 24 hours I've made a quick overnight visit down to the city and back, a 700km return trip.
That spell of ti...
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Rock star
September 28, 2016 - After Soleil injured her back leg in July, we took the sofa out of the living room to prevent her from climbing up on it...
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Never a good sign...
September 23, 2016 - ...when both noses bury vigorously into something unknown and likely unpleasant.
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September
September 22, 2016 - SEPTEMBER
Battle front of summer and autumn,
Moodily swinging between the two.
Crisp, still nights bring out jackets,...
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Colour theory
September 20, 2016 - In art, basic colour theory arranges colours on a wheel. The three primaries (red, blue, yellow) anchor it, and the seco...
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Perplexity
September 19, 2016 - Remember that game we all played as kids, catch me if you can, involving two parties and one immovable object (parked ca...
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Many moods of the moon
September 18, 2016 - Harvest ''super moon'' of September 16, 2016, lurking behind a troubled sky, then triumphantly shining bright.
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Morning blues
September 15, 2016 - April come she will
When streams are ripe and swelled with rain;
May, she will stay,
Resting in my arms again.
June,...
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High achiever
September 14, 2016 - School's back in, and in the spirit of that, the dogs and I have been working on some new lessons.
One has been taught...
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Into the meadow with friends
September 12, 2016 - “The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.”
-Joseph...
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Sunrise
September 11, 2016 - Cool blue-grey vapour, earliest light;
Cloak of whispered anticipation
Heralding a daily rite:
Morning's arrival; dar...
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A visit with Katie and Sky
September 10, 2016 - These two lovely characters never fail to raise a smile.
And sometimes they make silly faces of their own!
This on...
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Tiger, tiger
September 08, 2016 - TIGER, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?...
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Petals
September 07, 2016 - Life is a stream
On which we strew
Petal by petal the flower of our heart;
The end lost in dream,
They float past ou...
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Beside
September 06, 2016 - Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend.
-...
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Water and Stone
September 05, 2016 - “It is the nature of stone to be satisfied. It is the nature of water to want to be somewhere else.”
― Mary Oliver
(pe...
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Soleil and Arwen's excellent adventure - end of this chapter.
September 04, 2016 - Thank you for coming along for the ride.
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Soleil and Arwen's excellent adventure - day 4
September 03, 2016 - The journey home
Monday morning, it was time to head back to Ontario. We got up very early, and Tim took the dogs for t...
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Soleil and Arwen's excellent adventure - day 3
September 02, 2016 - Marathon day.
The eve of the marathon, I consulted sixteen different weather forecasts to try to determine a consensus...
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Soleil and Arwen's excellent adventure - day 2 (part 2)
September 01, 2016 - When we got back from Île d'Orléans, we checked into our second hotel and settled in. We took a short walk down to the p...
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