Terry Spear's Blog, page 461

The Tile Men Are Coming! The Tile Men Are Coming!

At least I hope so...

Bad things come in threes, right? Okay, I suppose they might, but if you don't get the three things taken care of, three more problematic things come along, and then, well, three more and more and more. So by the time you finally solve the first three, you have an exponentially growing pile of problem things.

My dad, had to love him, got his college degree later in life and he loved learning. One of the things he learned and loved to repeat were how things would multiply e...

Donna's Wolves!

Donna sent me a couple of pictures of wolves at a zoo. They're lovely, Donna, thank you!! The two white wolves were moving quickly, like the ones I was trying to capture in pictures. I ended up getting a LOT of backsides. LOL Donna did better! :) Must be her wolfish blood.

The black wolf has a stick in his mouth. :) Looks like a cigar!


And here is an elegant gray on slippery wet rocks!



And here is my work station. I may not be able to work at it much because of having to work out front, but I've...

Wolves Howling

This was the wolf dog who had lost his mate and for 3 weeks stayed in his den. But here, he actually came out to the fence and howled near us.


When the wolves howl, it was pretty quick, so capturing a picture of them with their head tilted back and giving off a howl was hard to do. The volunteers said that they normally didn't howl much during the day, and one of the wolves was doing all of the howling at first. Then several began howling.


Here is a wolf and a wolf dog--the wolf howling. She ho...

Arctic Wolf Scent Rolling

This is the beta Arctic Wolf scent rolling. Dogs will do this also, and bring back the "delightful" smells they've picked up--the scent of dead animals, etc, to their pack. Our yellow Labrador Retriever would love to do this after we gave her a sweet smelling bath. Not to her taste. :) She would prance around, telling us how she was dying to go outside right after her bath and once we let her out, she'd scent roll to gather something nicer smelling to bring back inside with us--to share her g...

A Beta Wolf

This was one of the wolves that was walked when we were at the St Francis Wolf Sanctuary. She's a beta, as you can see from the way she stands. She was thrilled to go for a walk, yet she kept her ears back, her tail tucked between her legs, her body slightly bowed.

She has always lived alone, so she stays alone in her pen, while all the other wolves or wolf dogs had companions. But those who managed the sanctuary felt she wouldn't allow anyone in her pen to share it. She's the only one of the ...

Montgomery Bear is on his Way!

Montgomery Clan Bear is on his way to California! :) He's my last bear in that fabric. :)

After working so late on the bear and Heart of the Highland Wolf, I'm exhausted. And it's only Tuesday. *sigh*

I have to pick up tile for the bedroom and bathroom. Unfortunately, the tile my parents used no longer is made and not even in the size they used. So I've got to try and find something similar enough.

And I'm still having bug problems!!! Although I'm hoping that now that the stuff placed around t...

Montgomery Bear is Being Shipped Today!

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I'm in a rush to get to work today, but last night I finished the Heart of the Highland Wolf revisions and the Montgomery Clan Bear, so I shipped off the revisions to my editor last night, love email, and will ship the clan bear this afternoon. So today is my Highland day!

I'll post about wolves tomorrow. I was up until midnight working on the Highland book and bear, and then went to bed. At 1 in the morning, I woke to a bug crawling in my hair. Ack!!!

I had a guy come out and seal around my ...

Wolf Dog Grieving

It was hard to get a picture of the carved wolf head beyond the gate, but here is the gate to the estate of the St Francis Wolf Sanctuary.



I wanted to share a few blogs about the various animals/sightings, and am working diligently on Heart of the Highland Wolf edits since it's due on Monday. So I've really got to get back to it. But here is the first of the stories.


Part of the reason I write that my werewolves have long lives is I don't want them to lose their mates at an early age. This is a...

It's a Dog Eat Dog World out There!

Revenge is the theme in many of my books. And I thought this was fun when fan and friend, Jessica, sent it to me. Now a note--wolves would not like to be referred to as dogs. So just a caveat here. The dog eat dog world refers to the pups in the picture. It's a wolf eat wolf out there also. :)

Now that I have that clarified, I'm sure the animal kingdom will feel appeased. I'm off to the world of wolves in less than an hour. It's going to be another horribly hot day. At 4 this morning, it's alr...

Walking with Wolves

As opposed to Dancing with Wolves, I'll be going with some of my library co-workers and though I asked our library directory if we could count this as an educational library trip, to which he didn't respond, we're going to have a ball. Now, the bad part is we have to leave at 6:15 in the morning. Two of us are "up" to the challenge. One is balking about the early morning hour. And I missed asking the other today. Sooo, for sure, 2 of us will be going, with ice cold drinks in an ice chest, and...