Texture Tuesdays...

This week's Texture Tuesday theme is centered around the colour "White".

~Gentle breath of Heaven~

Kim Klassen Texture :Aurora

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Every now and then,

when the world sits

just right,

a gentle breath of Heaven

fills my soul

with delight

~Hazelmarie Elliott~

YUM...

Archer enjoying a homemade biscuit :-)

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Some people have a foolish way of not minding,

or pretending not to mind,

what they eat.

For my part,

I mind my belly very carefully.

for I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly

will hardly mind anything else.

~Samuel Johnson~

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Joining in Pink Saturday today.
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Archer's Bone Appetite
Peanut Butter Biscuits

2 cups whole wheat flour
1 tbsp Baking powder
1 cup Organic Peanut Butter
1 cup Milk

Combine flour, baking powder, peanut butter and milk.  Mix well.  Roll out onto a lightly floured surface and knead.  Roll out to 1/4" thick and cut with bone shaped cookie cuttters.
Place on parchment lined baking sheet. 
Bake at 375F for 20 minutes or until lightly browned.
Cool and store in an airtight container.
♥Sure to please that special doggie in your ife ♥

52 Friday...

8/52

Dreaming

{Kim Klassen Texture: All my Loving}

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Without leaps of imagination

or dreaming

we lose the excitement

of possibilities.

Dreaming, after all,

is a form

of planning

~Gloria Steinem~

Thankful {things I love} Thursday...

 It feels like Spring today.

The air is damp. Noticed the tips of tulips poking through the soil in the garden.

 We met lots of cats on our walk today...

 The birds were singing ...

 Lots of new sights & sounds for Archer...

 Who is now happily snoring at my feet :-)

It often happens

that a man

is more humanly related

to a cat or dog

than to any

human being

~Henry David Thoreau~

Getting To Know You ...

A few photos from our weekend hike

Getting to know you
Getting to feel free and easy
when I am with  you,
Haven't you noticed
suddenly I'm bright and breezy
because of all the beautiful and new things
I'm learning about you
~Oscar Hammerstein~
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Thank you for all the lovely emails and comments  Welcoming Archer ♥  My friend Kit @ dog daze wrote such a lovely post in honour of Archer (and Ben and Ernie too) which meant the world to me.  I feel blessed to have been able to make so many friendships through & because of my blog. When I first began blogging in 2006 with Posted-from-Home, I had Bentley  and the support and friendship shown when he passed is something I will never forget.  You shared your own stories of pet loss with me too.  Then we adopted our Ernie, who was 11 at the time, and once again, when he passed last May, your notes here and through email were heartwarming & so helpful.  Thank you all so much for Welcoming Archer & stopping by to see what's happening in our little corner of the world ♥

52 Friday...

7/52

~Destiny~

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Even when you think

you have your life

all mapped out,

things happen that shape

your destiny

in ways you might have

never imagined

~Deepak Chopra~

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Have a wonderful weekend ♥

Thankful {things I love} Thursday...

 So Thankful to have Archer "Here In This House" ♥

Here in this house...

I will never know the loneliness I hear in the barks of the other dogs 'out there'.
 I can sleep soundly, assured that when I wake my world will not have changed.
 I will never know hunger, or the fear of not knowing if I'll eat.
 I will not shiver in the cold, or grow weary from the heat.
 I will feel the sun's heat, and the rain's coolness,
 and be allowed to smell all that can reach my nose.
 My fur will shine, and never be dirty or matted.
 Here in this house...

 There will be an effort to communicate with me on my level.
 I will be talked to and, even if I don't understand,
 I can enjoy the warmth of the words.
 I will be given a name so that I may know who I am among many.
 My name will be used in joy, and I will love the sound of it!
 Here in this house...

 I will never be a substitute for anything I am not.
 I will never be used to improve peoples' images of themselves.
 I will be loved because I am who I am, not someone's idea of who I should be.
 I will never suffer for someone's anger, impatience, or stupidity.
 I will be taught all the things I need to know to be loved by all.
 If I do not learn my lessons well, they will look to my teacher for blame.
 Here in this house...

 I can trust arms that hold, hands that touch...
 knowing that, no matter what they do, they do it for the good of me.
 If I am ill, I will be doctored.
 If scared, I will be calmed.
 If sad, I will be cheered.
 No matter what I look like, I will be considered beautiful and thought to be of value.
 I will never be cast out because I am too old, too ill, too unruly, or not cute enough.
 My life is a responsibility, and not an afterthought.
 I will learn that humans can almost, sometimes, be as kind and as fair as dogs.

 Here in this house...
 I will belong.
 I will be home.

 ~Author Unknown~