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Paws for Thought

Paws for Thought

Aleta ― http://www.tallongonline.com

A ballgown girl married to a blue jeans guy writes about the pioneering life, love, dogs, God and wombats in a beautiful, quirky little village in New South Wales, Australia.

You haven't lived until you've seen a kangaroo in a snowfall going "What the...?'

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Listed: Jul 24, 2011

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He's back - drat that bird!

He's back - drat that bird!

Paws for Thought ― Flowering Peach Tree - Van Gogh ∙ Public Domain ∙ I have a couple of peach bushes. Yes, yes, I know, 'peach trees', but thanks to drought and leaf curl, what I have are actually 'bushes'. I have fought hard to bring them back to...

Aleta ― 14 weeks ago

There's no place like home

There's no place like home

Paws for Thought ― An 'oldie but goodie', courtesy of an aquaintance on the Internet ∙ After 37 years of marriage, Jake dumped his wife Edith for his young secretary. ∙ His new girlfriend demanded that they live in Jake and Edith's multi-million ...

Tags: Humour, Joke, Revenge

Aleta ― 17 weeks ago

Bushfire, 2013

Paws for Thought ― You really don't need to see this moving toward you! ∙ The wind has changed again, not in our favour. ∙ This isn’t good. ∙ Martin comes in for a drink and asks for the umpteenth time what the temperature is. We’re at about ...

Tags: Australia, Choice, Bushfires

Aleta ― 18 weeks ago

Life Turning on a Dime

Life Turning on a Dime

Paws for Thought ― Every single time I think of it, it strikes me how amazingit is that seemingly unimportant choices – little, insignificant things – thesorts of mindless decisions we make a thousand times a day without reallystopping to think about the ...

Aleta ― 1 Jan, 12

Christmas has gone to the dogs

Christmas has gone to the dogs

Paws for Thought ― We’ve acquired another dog. Now, really, we need another dog like the proverbial hole in thecranium, but this was yet another case where I just couldn’t refuse, even had Iwanted to, which, truth be told, I didn’t. ∙ I’m glad, too, because...

Aleta ― 24 Dec, 11

Remember!

Paws for Thought ― Yes, it’s way cool that somewhere on the planet, a baby was born at11:11:11 on 11-11-11. ∙ It’s way cooler that people died so that that baby can live freely, write freelyand speak freely. ∙ As a peacenik, I nevertheless must come to...

Aleta ― 11 Nov, 11

Even Now....

Paws for Thought ― Even now, sometimes, on an unseasonably warm day in September, when the sky is a particularly clear blue and violence the farthest thing from my mind, something will make me remember. ∙ I walk over the undulating hills, and the filly comes...

Tags: Terror, Crying, Shock, September 11th, Fear, Dread

Aleta ― 10 Sep, 11

Dear God, what was that?

Dear God, what was that?

Paws for Thought ― The fire had gone out, the morning was chilly, and I needed to work, so I took the time to set and light a cheering blaze. The damp wood was a little stubborn, and it took some paper, a fire lighter or two and a good few puffs of air to get the...

Tags: Shock, Fear, Dread, Fire

Aleta ― 25 Aug, 11

Weeping Endureth a Night

Weeping Endureth a Night

Paws for Thought ― Image via Wikimedia ∙ I was typing away and deep in thought, as I usually am when working. It seemed I hadn't heard it until it was almost overhead, intruding unbidden upon my consciousness. The sound stopped me mid-sentence and I raised ...

1 Comments ∙ Tags: Helicopters, Weeping, Fear

Aleta ― 21 Aug, 11

Joy Cometh in the Morning

Joy Cometh in the Morning

Paws for Thought ― ...figuratively and literally. It seems that only a few days ago I was looking ahead to weeks alone with something akin to dread, but time has flown by and tonight's my last night of sleeping alone, Martin'll be home in the morning. ∙ This...

Tags: Homecoming, Joy, Husbands

Aleta ― 11 Aug, 11

Another day on my own: deary, deery me!

Another day on my own: deary, deery me!

Paws for Thought ― Yeah? So? And? Your point is what? [Image via wikimedia] ∙ I’ve had some beautiful but alarm-raising visitors over the last few days. We’ve always had feral deer using our property as a winter camping ground, but this is a little more...

Tags: Life, Dogs, Deer

Aleta ― 29 Jul, 11

Snakes alive!

Paws for Thought ― 'I'm heartily sorry for you, Bob, he said. And heartily sorry for your good wife. By the by, how he knew that, I don't know.''Knew what, my dear?''That you were a "good wife".'-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol I don't know if I'm actually a ...

Tags: Good Wife, Wives, Snakes

Aleta ― 24 Jul, 11

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