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Tag Archives: sumi-e
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i pick up the brush and She climbs into my arms – gently i put her down. She climbs over my back and back into my arms. i place Her on the floor- She comes back for more… and then … Continue reading
Visits and Stockings
She had a hernia rupture, she told me, so He could not get on her bed – i did not tell her he wasn’t allowed – there was no point – i simply got a chair, and He sat there, … Continue reading
Bad?
She bounced out the door, with only two feet on the floor, if that – for she was surely testing the limits of gravity – although others thought she was testing the limits of their patience… BAD DOG! what? why? … Continue reading
Posted in Animal assisted therapy
Tagged bad dog, behavior, curly coat, happy, joy, jumping, love, manners, meditation, poetry, positive dog training, puppies, science based dog training, sumi-e
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pie!
across the field they flew, for they knew, everyone deserves a piece of the pie!
Posted in The Now
Tagged brush painting, chihuahua mix, cute, dogs, equality, illlustration, joy, picnics, poetry, poodle, pumpkin pie, running, spirituality, sumi-e, thanksgiving leftovers
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a small prayer Full of thanks
for all Your giving and forgiving may we all be thankful. and may too, we be giving and forgiving. and filled with thanksgiving. aho.
Posted in The Now
Tagged adoption, aho, animals, dogs and cats, forgiveness, forgiving, giving, ink brush, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, kitchen towel, nature, pets, poem, poetry, prayer, rescue, rice paper, shelter, spirituality, sumi-e, thanks, thanksgiving prayer
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farewell to a flower
i first met Her as a young grrl with the softest ears i had ever felt, like velvet curtains on the open window of Her face. She was a beautiful flower, who now blooms in the Heavens. . Have you … Continue reading
Posted in Blessings
Tagged best friends, death, death of a pet, flowers, hound, hunting dog, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, Lillie, long legged hound, loss, love, memorial, poem, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, treeing walker mix, velvet
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