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Monthly Archives: October 2013
Dogs on the backs of Utes 9
I think you can tell that this beautiful dog is actually profoundly sad. I know some people think it is unwarranted anthropomorphism to believe that animals like dogs feel emotions, but they obviously haven’t lived with and loved a dog. … Continue reading
Posted in Australian Bush Life, Death, Dogs, Utes
Tagged Australian Coolie, Australian Koolie, dogs, German Coolie, German Koolie
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Culvert this side of Scone
A memento mori on the way to town. As if I needed one…
Aboriginal scarred tree
I’ve looked at this tree for years without really seeing it. But as soon as I knew what to look for, I saw it for what it is. An Aboriginal scarred tree, direct and eloquent evidence of the lives of … Continue reading
Old friends at sunset
Late one afternoon a couple of weeks ago, I went to visit some old friends on my neighbour’s place. These three donkeys move all over the property. I hadn’t seen them for many months but here they were back in … Continue reading
Dogs on the Backs of Utes 8
Meet Willis. He’s a happy dog, just look at that smiling, heart-shaped face! Here he is, on his bed in the back of the ute. This is where here’s living for the moment, while his owner paints one of the … Continue reading
The first of the last of Boxer’s calves
It’s calving season. I love this time of the year. Mothers and babies. She looks just like her dad, my late bull, Boxer, whom I’ve written about in a previous post. She’s the first of his last drop, which will … Continue reading
Welcome baby Welcome Swallows
Here is this year’s gang of four baby swallows, barely able to fit in their nest because they’ve grown so big. They fill me with pure and concentrated happiness. Every year a pair of Welcome Swallows raises a family in … Continue reading
I know this to be true. Everything alive is fragile. Extremely fragile. This beautiful young female kangaroo dropped dead, from fright, last Monday morning. She was with her mother when Ellie started chasing their mob. In the confusion of the … Continue reading
Country Life and Death 