
Wordless Wednesday: Making a Splash
by Ogee
Take a bow!
Categories: Nature, Photography • Tags: Bird Photography, Hummingbird, Nature Photography
by Ogee
Take a bow!
Categories: Nature, Photography • Tags: Bird Photography, Hummingbird, Nature Photography
by Ogee
As the summer heat sets in, I prefer to work the garden in the early evening whenever possible. The Delta Breeze blows lightly to cool the valley, and the setting sun saturates color and creates little jewels through the lens. “The pale stars were sliding into their places. The whispering of the leaves was almost hushed. All about them it was still and shadowy and sweet. It was that wonderful moment when, for lack of a visible horizon, the not […]
Categories: Dog Rescue, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue • Tags: dog rescue, Garden at sunset, Garden Photography, Gardens Golden Retrievers, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Photography, Taiwan Dog
by Ogee
My name is Hope. Aka “Tootsie.” Otherwise known as the “Come Back Kid,” “Braveheart,” “Too-Smart-For-My-Own-Good,” and “Houdini.” The latter being how I found myself back behind bars. I’m here with my sister, Faith. Aka “Adorable,” “Sweetness,” “Girl-With-The-Green-Eyes,” and “Tag-Along,” – meaning I’ll follow my sister’s lead wherever it takes me, which is how she, too, became incarcerated. We spent the last week visiting with the gardener lady and her big dogs. She felt like our Aunt Jody could use a […]
Categories: Dog Rescue • Tags: dog rescue, Feeding puppies with Megaesophagus, Gardens Golden Retrievers, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Labrador Retriever Puppies, Megaesophagus in Dogs, Puppies
by Ogee
Shake on it.
Categories: Dog Rescue • Tags: Dog Photography, dog rescue, Dogs, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue
by Ogee
Roots are more than an anchor to keep a plant in place. They provide a lifeline – pulling in all that the plant needs to grow from the soil – sending it up through the leaves so the plant can reach for the sky. A plant’s seeds are its wings – transporting it to new places. Good soil provides the underpinning that nurtures the growth and flight. At Homeward Bound, we give our dogs roots and wings, as well. For […]
Categories: Dog Rescue • Tags: dog rescue, Dogs, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Photography, Roots and wings
by Ogee
Categories: Nature • Tags: Ladybug, Macro Photography, Nature Photography
by Ogee
Some said we could never tame this once-wild acre of thistle and weeds into a garden. Apparently, we like a challenge. Some things are their own reward. But when the gauntlet is thrown down, and the impossible is achieved – victory is that much more gratifying. So it was this week with some of our “Going Homes.” Jet (now Jasper) had a file as thick as an encyclopedia. He had been bounced around like a ping-pong ball for his one […]
Categories: Dog Rescue, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue • Tags: dog rescue, Gardens Golden Retrievers, Homeward Bound Memorial Garden Sacramento, Korea Dog Meat Farm Rescue, Photography, Puppies
by Ogee
…with great love.” ~ Mother Theresa.
Categories: Nature, Photography • Tags: Hummingbird, Mother Theresa Quote, Nature, Photography