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Category Archives: Animals
A Girl & Her Dog
Photographer and mother Rebecca Leimbach wanted her daughter to have a constant companion. Having more children wasn’t an option, but her little girl found someone even truer (because let’s face it, people are usually more fickle than dogs), her bulldog … Continue reading
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Animal Pop Icons
I like to think that I largely avoid being pulled into the world of pop icons. Sure, I skim US Weekly at the grocery store checkout, but the salacious stories don’t make want to spend money on it. I find … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Animals, Media, Pets
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Spiders & Pigs? But Why?
Having written and submitted Charlotte’s Web to his publisher, Harper Collins, E.B. White’s editor Ursula Nordstrom sent him a reply requesting that he explain why he wrote this book. While his response did not quite answer the question, it did … Continue reading
Animal Speak
This video says it all – the dog says woof, the cat says meow, the cow says moo (you get the idea) but the fox doesn’t have its own sound in people vernacular. This group, Ylvis has some suggestions. The … Continue reading
Lost Cat Book or Where did that cat go??
Illustrator Wendy McNaughton and her partner Caroline lost their cat. If you’ve never been in that position, it takes between 1 week to one month, depending on personality and the history between you and your feline friend, before you’ve decided … Continue reading
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Controlling Lothario
Dogs are generally known to be face lickers, but not this Shiba Inu, who has learned to block his owner’s affectionate advances by all means necessary. Further proof that Shiba Inus are awesome dogs. As a co-owner of three cats, … Continue reading
Nests of the Sociable Weaver
South African photographer Dillon Marsh loves three things (probably more) – travel, landscapes and photography. While traveling through the Southern Kalahari he re-encountered the nests of the sociable weaver, first seen on a family vacation as a child. A relatively small bird, … Continue reading
I Did That – Cat on a Leash
I grew up with outdoor pets but I grew up in the country. Now I live on a very busy city road. Despite wishing my cats could go outside, in part for their enjoyment and in part for my sanity, … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Memoir, Pets
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Internet Time Waster
If you like kittens, this will amuse you for a couple minutes. If you don’t like kittens, well, you get to virtually toss them in the air. Either way, it’s a brief moment of entertainment. – via Swiss Miss
Fair Is Fair
Really not much to say about this other than don’t screw with a capuchin monkey, as Frans de Waal discovered in this early version of a now well known experiment. These monkeys know all about equal pay and they will … Continue reading
Gathering Moss while Wandering 