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August 12, 2016
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Summertime sleeping in a spot of sun!
In DoG We Trust
Filed under: Dogs, napping, Pets, Photography, Summer, The Basset Plantation Tagged: blogging, dogs, napping, pets, photography, Spotsylvania
August 11, 2016
See No Evil
For Throwback Thursday – a haiku and my furkid who is at the Rainbow Bridge.
Hannah Lee Hears No Evil!
Had I ears like these
I would carry my sleep mask
everywhere I went!
In DoG We Trust.
Filed under: Basset Hounds, Dogs, haiku, Pets, poetry, The Basset Plantation, Throwback Thursday Tagged: basset hounds, dogs, haiku, pets, poetry, Throwback Thursday
August 10, 2016
Wordless Wednesday
Our California Girl!
Filed under: Basset Hounds, Blog Paws, Dogs, Pets, Summer, Wordless Wednesday Tagged: basset hounds, BlogPaws, dogs, pets, summer, Wordless Wednesday
August 8, 2016
Chicken TV
Caitlyn Chicken watches Basset TV!
Bruno Basset watches chicken TV!
In DoG We Trust
Filed under: Basset Hounds, chickens, Dogs, pet birds, Pets, The Basset Plantation Tagged: basset hounds, birds, chickens, dogs, pets
August 7, 2016
Selfies of (potential) Mistaken Identity
My last white silkie I named Vanna White.
Vanna White – now Bruce
One day she said “f’ing CockaDoodleDoo” and I renamed her Bruce.
In honor of Bruce, I named this latest baby Caitlyn.
I suspect she also is a Roo.
This is the face we make about THAT:
Whatever shall we name Shim if this turns out to be the case?!?
In DoG We Trust.
Filed under: Birds, chickens, Pets, The Basset Plantation Tagged: birds, chickens, Humor, pets
August 4, 2016
Heart Breaker
They will break your heart
Perils of chicken keeping
Also lots of joy
In DoG We Trust
This one did not make it. Sigh. I will rescue again and again. It is just what I do.
Filed under: chickens, haiku, pet birds, Pets, poetry, Rainbow Bridge, The Basset Plantation Tagged: birds, chickens, haiku, pets, poetry
Throwback Thursday
Bad poetry and questionable grammar on this Throwback Thursday!!!
First came me!
And then came she!
Then tiny, mighty came MZ!
This lovely family trilogy!
We could not leave out Annemarie!
In DoG We Trust
Filed under: bad poetry, daughters, Family, granddaughter, Love, siblings, sisters, The Basset Plantation, Throwback Thursday Tagged: Bad Poetry, daughters, family, granddaughter, love, poetry, Siblings, Throwback Thursday
August 3, 2016
Wordless Wednesday
Audrey and Tiffin
Filed under: Basset Hounds, birthday, Blog Paws, Dog Rescue, Dogs, The Basset Plantation, Wordless Wednesday Tagged: basset hounds, Birthday, BlogPaws, Dog Rescue, dogs, pets, Wordless Wednesday
August 2, 2016
Jury Dutyku
Jury Duty’s great
if parties settle out of
court – I need not serve!
YAHOOIE as many little faces need me at home!
In DoG and the Merican Way We Trust
Filed under: Basset Hounds, Dogs, haiku, Jury Duty, poetry, Spotsylvania, The Basset Plantation Tagged: basset hounds, dogs, haiku, Jury Duty, pets, poetry, Spotsylvania
July 28, 2016
Book Review THE RUNAWAY WIFE
THE BOOK
• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks (July 12, 2016)
Three beautiful French sisters entrust an American hiker with the mission of rescuing their mother high in the Alps.
But what if she doesn’t want to be found?
Recently fired from his high-power finance job and dumped by his fiancée, Jim Olsen has come to the Swiss Alps to clear his head. At the charming Cabane des Audannes, he meets Clio, Thalia and Helene Castellane, who are on a quest of their own: their mother, Calliope, has fled to these mountains to escape her philandering politician husband’s most recent scandal. As snow threatens to descend upon the Alps, the women have come to bring their mother home.
But the sisters are at the point of surrender; it is time for them to return to Paris. Buoyed by wine and inspired by their beauty, Jim impetuously volunteers to assume their search, but soon realizes that he is in over his head. The Alps are filled with beauty and danger, not the least of which is Calliope’s desire to stay hidden. And all the while Jim finds himself haunted by the memory of her daughters and conflicted in his desire for them.
The Runaway Wife is a story of adventure, survival, and romance—and of a man’s discovery of a world outside his conventional life and a new vision of himself within it.
Purchase Links
HarperCollins | Amazon | Barnes & Noble
THE AUTHOR
Elizabeth Birkelund
Elizabeth Birkelund is the author of one other French-inspired novel, The Dressmaker. As a freelance magazine journalist, Elizabeth was the personal finance columnist for Cosmopolitan and wrote for more than fifteen years for Working Woman, Self, and Glamour, among other publications. She lives in New York City.
MY REVIEW
Beautiful setting, well developed plot and characters, lyrical writing – I found little lacking in this book by the talented Elizabeth Birkelund. They say ‘write what you know’ and this author seems to know the Alps very well. I think Google research would not have allowed the descriptive depth found within the pages of THE RUNAWAY WIFE. Birkelund knows and loves the territory she describes.
It seems some previous reviewers have found the ending nebulous, but I was quite satisfied with it – I can, of course, not say more in order to avoid spoilers! Neither was I disappointed with any decisions made by characters that may not have always acted in their own best interests – they were so much more human for those they made!
And may I mention birds! Quite charming owls and an elusive falcon are featured. I do love me some books with dogs or birds woven into the story!
Nebulous enough comments?! Let me just say that it is well worth the read and has proven to be my favorite summer reading book so far!
Thanks, TLC and Harper, for the opportunity to read and review this book!
THE REST OF THE TOUR
Tuesday, July 12th: Books and Bindings
Friday, July 13th: Book by Book
Tuesday, July 19th: BookNAround
Wednesday, July 20th: Tina Says…
Monday, July 25th: No More Grumpy Bookseller
Tuesday, July 26th: Kahakai Kitchen
Wednesday, July 27th: Thoughts On This ‘n That
Thursday, July 28th: Art @ Home
Friday, July 29th: Gspotsylvania: Ramblings from a Reading Writer Who Rescues Birds and Beasts
TBD: Sharon’s Garden of Book Reviews
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