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Twilight
Twilight. Such an evocative word. Twilight in Alberta. And I arrived home to twilight in Illinois. The pigs were pleased to see me. And the cows came galloping in. But the birds were galvanised – Geraldine (seen above in the background) positively trilled. She was under my feet and my hands as, working against the dying light,…
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Stranded for real
Ok – so here is the problem. Delivered by my Eldest son yesterday afternoon I arrived in good time to check in for my flight out of Calgary to Chicago. But no. I am not particularly religious but one of my favourite sayings is: God Said No. Well, God said NO. For the first time EVER my…
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Avalanche Dog Training: Search
Good morning everyone. As promised here is a little about Training a Dog to Search for people buried in an avalanche. There are other aspects to an avalanche dogs training but Search is the central one. I will hand you over to Logan. To explain a few of the steps. To begin. Every time you train – the…
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Dog in Snow
I am late in posting. So my words will be few. I know some of you are off to bed soon while some of you are having your morning coffee. And Miss C is late! We drove past Banff and into the ski fields and took a gondola up into Sunshine Village to the ski fields there. The…
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Going UP
I am in Canmore, up from Calgary. In Alberta, Canada. The drive up the mountain in the gathering dusk yesterday afternoon was beautiful. We are far North and the nights are longer here I think. Today we are going to the ski resort that employs my son- Sunshine Village. We are going up the mountain in…
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Stalled Clatter Box
Egoli my old moggy always walks up the hay escalator (I call it the Clatter Box), when he wants to get from the bottom of the barn up to the loft in the top. He is an old cat. He prefers to walk rather than jump- if there is an option. The Clatter box is…
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