Pax: Remembered
by Ogee
“How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” ~ A.A. Milne, Winnie The Pooh
Categories: Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue • Tags: A.A. Milne how lucky am I
Monthly Archives: February 2015
Wordless Wednesday: Piper (aka “Ewok”)
by Ogee
Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Dog Photography, Ewok Looking Dog
Of Birds and Man
by Ogee
“There is nothing in which the birds differ more from man than the way in which they can build and yet leave a landscape as it was before.” ~ Robert Lynd, The Blue Lion and Other Essays
Categories: Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Nature • Tags: Bird Photography, Blue Jay, Dark Eyed Junco, House Finch, Nature, Robert Lynd Quote, Robin, Warbler
Spring Greeted in the Garden
by Ogee
“I love spring anywhere, but if I could choose I would always greet it in a garden.” ~ Ruth Stout Saturday was a picture perfect early spring day, which brought out all kinds of visitors to the garden: dogs, lizards, snails (by the thousands), and Rocky! Our resident snake is back and apparently well fed. And if the geese hadn’t found such a buffet in the wet field next door, they would probably have been in the garden as well. […]
Categories: Gardening, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue • Tags: dog rescue, Golde Retriever Rescue, Homeward Bound Memorial Garden Sacramento, Hunting Dogs Retired, Spring Garden
The Color of Springtime
by Ogee
To my frozen blogger friends and family on the east coast, I send a tiny bit of spring and offer this deal: if you’ll send water in form of melted snow and ice, we’ll keep sending flowers. 🙂 “The color of springtime is in the flowers; the color of winter is in the imagination.” ~ Terri Guillemets Oops…those sneaky dogs!! Stay warm all (and use lots and lots of imagination until spring).
Categories: Gardening • Tags: Anemone, hyacinth, iceland poppy, Iris, ranuculous, Spring flowers, Spring Garden
Wordless Wednesday: Uninvited Guest
by Ogee
Categories: Nature • Tags: Bird, Funny Nature Photo, Nature, Squirrel, Squirrel-proof bird feeder
When the hunt is over
by Ogee
What becomes of a retired hunting dog? The luckiest are already part of a family where hunting is the exception, not the rule. But for dogs bred and trained to do only one thing, retiring to the sofa is usually not their fate. The lucky ones find their way to rescues or new homes. The transition can take patience and lots of love. Recently, seven beautiful hunting dogs made their way to us. Not a Golden among them, of course. […]
Categories: Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue • Tags: English Setter, German Shorthair Pointer, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Hunting Dogs Retired, Labrador Retriever
If I had a single flower…
by Ogee
“If I had a single flower for every time I think of you… I could walk forever in my garden.” ~ Claudia Adrienne Grandi Happy Valentine’s Day ❤
Categories: Nature • Tags: Claudia Adrienne Grandi, Flowers, Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day Quotes
