Penguin Goes Shopping

Here's Something Cute that was Recently Sent to me through Email.  Aren't you Proud of Me?  I Figured Out how to Post the Video Direct, rather than Posting a Link to it.  Ok.  I'm a Little Slow, but Check this Out!  It's Really Cute!!

Interesting Vedio of Cars During a Flood

If you guys Need a Break from all these Politics, here is something Interesting to Watch.  The Credit for Bringing this to my Attention Goes to ManofWonder, the Author of One of the Blogs I Watch Entitled Black or White is a Choice.  Enjoy!

Our Dog Shasta Made a Friend

You Know, it was the Strangest Thing.  I went out into our yard once to see what our dog was barking at and it was a Deer.  The Presence of a Deer, though, is not what was Strange.  What was Strange was the fact that she walked right up to the fence and was not the slightest bit afraid of our dog.

Somehow, our dog, Shasta, had made friends with it.  In Trying to Make sense of this, I realized that Shasta doesn't always Bark at the Deer, at least not unless they Walk right up to the Fence, like this one did.  Sometimes he just watches them.  Perhaps his quiet manner is what caused this particular Deer to Trust him enough to Walk up to the Fence.  Animals seem to have a whole Language that us Humans do not fully Understand.

Another Thing that I Considered is that Shasta is a Samoyed and quite apart from Pulling Sleds in Siberia, this Breed was also used to Herd Reindeer.  Interesting.

Anyway, I have never seen anything like this before and wanted to share it with you.  This is a Wild Deer, you guys, not a tame one, and when I decided to Approach her, she took off.  She Trusts my Dog, but not me.  Pretty Amazing, huh?

More Humor

Perhaps it's time for a little humor.

Much has been said about the aging of the President of the United States during their terms in office. Below are just a few examples (Pictures on the left were taken their first year in office. Pictures on the right were taken during their last year in office):

Ronald Reagan

Bill Clinton
George W. Bush

And now with state of the art computer imaging software, we can look into the future and see what our next potential president will look like after his term in office:

and even his wife.....Michelle

Rupert, a Premature Baby Fawn Survives in an Incubator

While considering moving to a little lighter subject, someone sent the most precious story to our Email Box. It's the story of a little fawn delivered Caesarean section from it's mother who was killed by a car. The story and some very precious pictures appear below...

After reading this very precious story, you may also be interesting in the comments because they tell the actual outcome of the baby fawn and also go in an interesting direction.

This tiny deer was delivered by Caesarean section at a wildlife hospital after his mother was killed by a car. Little Rupert, who is so small he can fit in an adultʼs hand, was born after vets failed in their battle to save his mother.

At just six inches tall and weighing just over a pound, he is now in an incubator in the intensive care unit at Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital in Buckinghamshire. He has only recently opened his eyes. Les Stocker, founder of Tiggywinkles, said: ʽRupertʼs mother had very severe injuries. We brought him out and got him breathing and then he went into an incubator on oxygen. He is now being fed by a tube.ʼ

Tucked up: Rupert in an incubator.

Rupert pulls a striking pose for the camera Staff are optimistic Rupert, now five days old, will make a full recovery. ʽ"Deer are very, very tricky but this one has spirit. Heʼs an extremely feisty little guy and quite pushy," Mr Stocker said.

Asleep: Rupert takes 40 winks.

If you want to continue reading, the comments went off into some interesting subjects. Aside from just a few comments about Rupert and Animals getting killed on the road, there is also some discussion on Abortion and how often Animals are valued above people and then the discussion went into whether or not Animals have a spirit or soul and will they go to heaven when they die. Also, what distinguishes People from Animals? As you can see the discussion got interesting, so please do feel free to read on.

Now, Isn't that the Cutest? (Our New Samoyed Puppy)

Now, isn't that the cutest and the prettiest thing that you have ever seen?


His name is Shasta. He is nine weeks old today. He has been so much fun.

We picked him up from the airport around 11:00 AM on Friday. He was a little scared and reluctant to come out of the travel cage at first, but once he did, he took to us really fast. In fact, he followed us everywhere.

At least one of our first impressions of him was "Imagine that! A Samoyed that actually comes when called!", for that was quite a contrast from our earlier Samoyed, Casper, that was so scared when we first got him that he ran away from us and we had to earn his trust. Casper turned out to be a very good dog, yet he was such an independent sort and wouldn't always come when called.

Shasta, the new one pictured above, was just the opposite at first and came across as a little clingy, yet as time has passed, and he has gotten more used to us, he is already becoming more and more independent, has began to take off on his own and explore and as he does that, I am beginning to see that typical Samoyed stubbornness emerge. Samoyeds are a little independent, stubborn and difficult to train, but that's part of their charm. They are very gentle and friendly and would never hurt a fly, as I can see, this one will be as well.

The other first impression that we had was that he didn't seem to have quite the energy level that we expected. Our other dog, Casper, just loved to run and was so incredibly fast it was unbelievable. Samoyeds are sled dogs and love to run. I guess Shasta was tired and a little shy around such a new environment, but that is changing as well.

When we first got him, we had to teach him how to go up and down these two small steps over a retaining wall in our yard and also up into the house. He liked it outside and didn't really want to come inside, though he is going to have to be a house dog because of the warmer climate in California. We are up in the mountains, making the weather cooler than in the valley's, yet it is still quite often in the 90s and it even breaks 100 degrees 2 or 3 days out of the year. Samoyeds are winter sled dogs and have very thick fur.

Friday and Saturday, Shasta mainly just trotted and only occasionally broke into a run when he was chasing us, yet yesterday, he was picking up speed and ran without needing to have anything to chase. Yep, he's a Samoyed alright. He was just taking his time getting started. He slipped on the dirt a few times, he's still just a puppy. He runs much better on the grass. I'm sure he will pick up both his energy and speed as he grows. It's so fun watching him learn.

This is so much fun and we are so in love with our new little friend.

Our Dog Casper - Photos - Samoyed

Well, eventually I'd like to do a tribute to our dog, Casper, that died Saturday morning at 9:40 AM, including a lot of details about his life, yet for now I think I'm just going to post some photos, so that you all can know what he looks like. So here they are.

If you would like to read more about him, you can read the next post down and/or click on the label on the right entitled "Our Dog - Casper".

A Little Humor Regarding Change

At least one of my commenters has mentioned that maybe it might be good to occasionally add a little humor to my blog, so here it is.

The first video is about pride and the second one is just a silly one that I borrowed from Beth's blog. Both videos have to do with change. Watch this first video before reading any of the comments because I have posted a comment about it right away that will give away the punch line.


uss_montana.wmv

an old video but still funny!

Download the original: uss_montana.wmv (2.0 MB)

This next one is sort of cute when you click on the play button, but what really got me laughing was when I started zooming the mouse quickly around Obama's head and watching his eyes follow the mouse. I couldn't stop laughing cause I thought he looked so silly. I guess it doesn't take much sometimes to make me feel amused. Be sure and notice the flames in the back ground.

I have no idea why I ended up with two copies of this. I don't know how to fix it. Nor do I know how to make the above video any smaller. Oh well. If you want to see the stuff on the right a little better than just click on the title of one of the other posts.

Click on the play button to hear

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The comment section of this post contains some interesting discussion on the subject of change.