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Wordless Wednesday: Flutter, Flitter, Flap

July 30, 2013 by Ogee

Categories: Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue • Tags: Butterfly, Dragonfly, Flutter, Garden, Happy Dog, Hummingbird, Nature, Photography

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Healing hearts

July 29, 2013 by Ogee

“The human heart has a way of making itself large again even after it’s been broken into a million pieces.” ― Robert James Waller, The Bridges of Madison County There is no right or wrong way to heal from loss. Some people need time and retreat. Others find comfort among others. Sometimes, the best thing for heartache is to open your heart to another. Human loss and canine loss may not be the same thing, but canines have a way […]

Categories: Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue • Tags: dog rescue, Dogs, Flowers, Healing, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Inspiration, Loss, Perennials, Photography

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Purple: Royalty in the Garden

July 24, 2013 by Ogee

The color purple is associated with royalty, nobility, luxury, and power. Purple also represents meanings of wealth, extravagance, creativity, wisdom, dignity, grandeur, devotion, peace, pride, mystery, independence, and magic. The color purple is a rare occurring color in nature and as a result is often seen as having sacred meaning. Purple, unlike violet, is not one of the colors of the visible spectrum. It is called a non-spectral color. It exists in culture and art, but not, in the same […]

Categories: Gardening, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue • Tags: Color Meaning, Dogs, Gardens, Lavender, Nature, Photography, Purple

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Forever is composed of nows

July 22, 2013 by Ogee

Gardening requires a leap of faith. You prepare the soil, plant the seed, tuber or bulb, protect and wait. There are no guarantees about weather, water or rabbits for that matter. Loss is inevitable; an accepted exchange for the joy and beauty we are blessed with. “Happiness, not in another place but this place…not for another hour, but this hour.” ~ Walt Whitman The Sunflowers and Dahlias are late and smaller this year; the Campanula did not even show; the […]

Categories: Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue • Tags: dog rescue, Dogs, Emily Dickinson, Forever is composed of nows, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Leap of Faith, Pets, Photography

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Under Construction

July 17, 2013 by Ogee

New month; new project in the Homeward Bound Memorial Garden. We can’t help ourselves. It is time for the long-awaited entry way garden. These beds will hug Memorial Garden path; the one filled with bricks commemorating all the dogs we have loved. Planting won’t happen until fall. Common sense, patience and Ina’s (frequent) warnings win out given our July and August temps. No worries; preparations will keep us busy until then. We killed off the weedy grasses, and for good […]

Categories: Gardening • Tags: gardening, Homeward Bound Memorial Garden, Nature, New Garden Beds

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Wordless Wednesday: Bowed

July 17, 2013 by Ogee

Categories: Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue • Tags: Dog, Garden, Golden Retriever, Homeward Bound Memorial Garden, Photography, Rudbeckia

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Missing you

July 15, 2013 by Ogee

I’ve been scarce of late…way behind on my blog reading and writing. I hope absence really does make the heart grow fonder. My excuse…a brand new website for our rescue, Homeward Bound…done! You can see it here. As part of the project, I started a dedicated blog for our rescue dedicated solely to the dogs. You can find it here. While I’ll be splitting my time between blogs, I will still bring you my favorite dog stories and photos along […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue

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A study in yellow

July 13, 2013 by Ogee

In color psychology, yellow is supposed to be uplifting, illuminating – full of hope, happiness and cheer. It is said to inspire original thought. It is a color of the left or logical side of the brain; a practical thinker/creator, not a dreamer. It does this by creating enthusiasm; awakening confidence and optimism. “There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a […]

Categories: Gardening • Tags: Color Meaning, Color Psychology, gardening, Homeward Bound Memorial Garden, Nature, Photography, Quotes Yellow, Yellow

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Wild and Beautiful

July 8, 2013 by Ogee

I ordered Rudbeckia for a drift with grasses, variegated iris, purple aster, and ‘Purple Emperor’ sedum. It was supposed to be a deep gold with full petals and a deep black center. As I watch it unfold, it looks more like a wild child – all gawky and skinny and twitchy. And then it settles into this. Not the perfect flower I envisioned – but beautiful in its own right. So it is with Jack – a dog that has […]

Categories: Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue • Tags: dog rescue, Dogs, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Inspiring, Pets, Photography

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