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Well here we are at the end of February and all hopes of me being able to hang on to any vestage of sanity are lost in a haze of paws ! Celt and Saxon are on the go all day but ohhhh soooo Thankful am I that they sleep at night . Life has become one long walk and play session ! I have , for over 12 years ,belonged to a dog/cat internet site . We always cautioned people NEVER to get TWO puppies at the same time . The exhaustion level a mere human such as myself goes through is why we sa…

In his Chronicles of England , Richard Grafton wrote, “Thirty days hath November…” Yet, thirty days is sufficient time for this transitional month to bring one from one season into another. November is the elegant bridge that leads from autumn to winter. As one walks across that bridge, autumn’s brilliant colors fade. The sun’s golden rays offer memories of fall’s disappearing warmth, but the days grow ever shorter. Delicate ice crystals from morning frost sometimes glazes the way ahead.…

As was the tradition,they all came together this single night of the year in the forest clearing.First came the Coyote whose ancestors had stolen fire from Man.He gathered kindling and scattered it with the dust of fire opals which sparkled as they set the wood and moss ablaze,sending tiny offerings of light and heat up to the velvet black,diamond studded sky. Next came the great Bear who dragged in logs to burn on the fire,no-one would be cold this night. As the fire blazed it seemed as a…

I'm here because Flickr annoyed me - I'm not going to dwell on that, though. I've signed up for two years, so now I'm committed thought it would be more positive to sum up my opinions on Ipernity after a week of use. First off, the interface is much cleaner than the new Flickr one. I think some of the navigation is less intuitive, but perhaps that's just because I'm so used to Flickr. It's clearly influenced by the old Flickr interface but there are some subtle differences. It does seem to ta…