A Tri-colored Newfoundland

There was a happy change of routine yesterday as I was able to mow grass. Actual grass! Green grass! Those wonderfully soft luxuriant emerald blades of grass have at last come forth from the barren wasteland that had, until recent welcome showers, passed for our...

Settling In

Keaton is the little Landseer boy that has joined our home and made the life of my darling Liquorice and her folks such a joy of late. He has settled in as though he has lived here all his short life and could want for nothing more. When Keaton first arrived,...

Morning After The Night Before

For young master Keaton it was the morning after the night before. He had been invited to my sister’s home the previous evening to make his “social debut” within our family, and as expected, my little man received attention galore! So much so that he...

Liquorice Has A Puppy

Today is January 10th, 2002 and that date holds special meaning for us as it was exactly one year ago today that my little darling Liquorice first entered our lives, casting her spell and breathing new life into our existence. Liquorice has totally changed our outlook...

Christmas Day 2001

Christmas in Australia is very different to the ones most of you experience in the Northern Hemisphere. Where you may expect cold weather, snow and ice, here we have the varying degrees of hot, hotter and “bloody hot out there!”, with this Christmas being...

The Great Huntress, Well, Almost

Liquorice and I were walking back toward the house and had come to our “horse-shoe” shaped garden next to the garage. It is a pleasant spot some 10 yards across with the shrubs forming the horseshoe providing a sheltered area from the winds that can buffet...