Needs understanding
Of unique colors and shape
An oregano
Haiku by PamelaWLucas 8/7/17
Inspirational photo by PamelaWLucasa 8/7/17
Golden Brodie gulps on canine water
Summertime and the living is…hot…dog days hot. Sure, it affects me more than I’d like to admit. I think my golden coat…which I happen to like…it defines me in many ways…but my thick undercoat keeps me boiling hot during the last summer months. How do I deal with it…shade…lots of water and of course, air-conditioning…as do you.
My humans…I see you walking around with bottled water in hand…bottled water in the car cup-holder…water…water…water. So, my dog self gets a fresh bowl of water each AM and replenished often… based on my needs. Gotta stay hydrated! I even have a “Chill out” collar to wear outside on these super steamy days.
When dunked in cold water, this collar cools my dog skin around my neck. I like it, although blue is not my color.
Paws up for this yellow lab messing with the hose water…a canine cool down.
Haiku: Opening Up
Pod bursts fluff and seeds
Winds carry a new cycle
Milkweed comes with spring
Haiku by PamelaWLucas 8/3/17
Inspirational photo by PamelaWLucas 8/3/17
Golden Brodie chews on some grass
Sometimes a dog just gotta be a dog…you know eat things that humans find disgusting…like an old sock or a rank morsel out of the trash can or some strange thing lying along the sidewalk. And yes, grass…green grass especially during the growing season.
Yes, I am golden guilty of munching on grass. I really have no explanation…other than I like it…I guess.
But if you need a scientific reason why we canines eat grass, then read this article by the American Kennel Club.
And remember, safety first…so make sure those socks are not on the floor, close that trash can and keep an eye out for something weird your dog might want to grab and gobble on your walks. Paws Up!
Photo by PEXELS
Uncomplicated thoughts: Buddha watching
“When watching after yourself, you watch after others. When watching after others, you watch after yourself.” The Buddha
Haiku: What’s about Clouds?
Clouds grace the blue sky
Heavenly shapes and sizes
Vapor and movement
Haiku by PamelaWLucas 8/2/17
Find out in less than 2 minutes how cumulus clouds are formed?
Haiku: Infinitesimal
5th day of living
A tiny eating machine
Eating to survive
Haiku by PamelaWLucas 8/1/17
Inspirational photo by Tara McLaughlin 7/17
Typical Lifespan: “Most monarch butterflies do not live more than a few weeks. There are about 3 to 5 generations born each spring and summer and most of the offspring do not live beyond 5 weeks. The lone exception is the last generation born at the end of the summer.
The last generation of each year is the over-wintering generation that must make the journey back to Mexico. Rather than breeding immediately, the over-wintering monarchs fly back to Mexico and stay there until the following spring. In the early spring, they fly north to the southern United States and breed. Over-wintering monarch butterflies can live upwards of 8 months.”
History tidbit: Presidents and Booze
Shaken not stirred…cheap verses expensive…straight up or on the rocks…abstain or indulge…Presidents had and still have favorites when imbibing. Brief nugget here on the first 5 presidents and their drink of choice:
George Washington – Dark Porter Beer…even though he distilled whisky and sold it, making huge profits…George was a beer drinker.
John Adams – Hard Cider…liked it so much he had it with breakfast.
Thomas Jefferson – French Wines…expensive ones filled his cellar.
James Madison – Champagne…although the bubbles could give him a headache.
James Monroe – French Red Wine…liked them so much that he ordered 1,200 bottles of French Burgundy and Champagnes…charged them to furnishings for the White House.
More on the favorite adult beverage of each president.
The natural world Haiku: tiny water
Butterflies have needs
Oasis serves survival
A nourishing find
Haiku by PamelaWLucas 7/30/17
Inspirational photo by PamelaWLucas 7/30/17
Uncomplicated thoughts: Humble places
“Blessed are they that see beautiful things in humble places
Where other people see nothing…” Pissarro
Camille Pissarro (July 10, 1830 – November 13, 1903) was a French Impressionist painter. His importance resides not only in his visual contributions to Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, but also in his patriarchal standing among his colleagues, particularly Paul Cezanne and Paul Gauguin.
Inspirational photo taken by Addie Myrick Lucas in Bluemont, VA 7/17
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