Harry | September 27, 2010
Like most bloggers potential posts swirl around in my head on a regular basis but need a spark of some sort to get me to transfer them from my grey matter through the keyboard to cyberspace. The spark for this post was provided by The Voracious Vegan (aka Tasha), whose latest post was on the [...]
Category: Animals & us, Nature |
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Tags: Ahimsa, Animal rights, Choices, Feral cats, Fossil fuels, Hydro energy, Intent, Plants, Solar energy, Trees, Vegan, Wildlife, Wind energy
Guest | September 26, 2010
From the window of my lounge room I have the most magnificent view of a valley floor stretching out below. An aerial view of the property Avondale. This may well be a “gentle place” but we must not confuse it with being a quiet, peaceful place; so often the interactions of the residents can be [...]
Category: Animals & us, Community |
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Tags: Donkeys, Horses, Neighbours, Pigs
Harry | September 19, 2010
(A bit more on Prince Plato, my pal who’s been with me for over 14 years. For those of you who would like to read about Plato’s earlier life you will find the posts here and here.) If you look closely at the above photo you’ll notice Plato’s tongue hanging out of the right side [...]
Category: Animals & us |
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Tags: Ageing, Animal healthcare, Chickens, Dogs, Family, Interspecies, Love
Harry | September 13, 2010
Every now and again you read something that strikes a chord so loud that at 4am when you’re awoken by spring rain dancing on the tin roof of the old farm cottage it crescendos like the strengthening wind gusting through the wind chimes and, eventually, at 5am, you get up and put fingers to keyboard [...]
Category: Animals & us |
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Tags: Diet, Joy, Pigs, Silence
Harry | September 11, 2010
I’ve been meaning to write a post about horseshoes and stables for sometime now. Unfortunately I tend to rant about them only to the converted, and keep quiet when in the company of those who practice the horrors of such. To keep the peace so to speak. Particularly amongst friends. But this is my blog [...]
Category: Animals & us, Horses naturally |
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Tags: Barefoot, Hooves, Horses
Harry | September 9, 2010
(For those of you who have just come across this post on my 14 year old pal, it’s a follow-on from Plato (Part 1) which can be found here.) Plato spent his early years living between 2 homes: mine at night and at weekends when I was home, and that of his human “grandparents” when [...]
Category: Animals & us |
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Tags: Dogs, Kangaroos, Quarantine
Harry | September 5, 2010
For those of you who know Plato, or follow A Gentle Place on Twitter, you’ll know who Plato is and what he’s been going through. You’ll know that my best pal is in his twilight years and no matter how much Sue or I (or indeed all of Avondale) would like to change this we [...]
Category: Animals & us |
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Tags: Ageing, Animal healthcare, Dogs, Family, Pets, Youth