This is how I feel
A Lion in winter
- reflecting on the year that has gone by and pensively contemplating the New Year. 2010 was blasted in with snow and cold (and those of you who know me well know I do not like snow or cold) and it has been a quiet start to this new year. The visiting family have returned to their homes overseas, the Christmas tree and decorations are packed away for another year and now it is time to knuckle down and ‘do the books’ – not my favourite job, but better it be done when it’s cold and snowy and I don’t want to be outside.
The Salukis suffer from cabin fever – Ryder sliced a hock on the ice last week and so is on enforced rest. Faiza would much prefer to be indoors as would Hermione, which leaves Arya, who is bugging Ryder to play play play. He would love to oblige but I wont let him. If he can’t play then he would very much like to breed his mother, who is in season, and there again he is thwarted, and thus feeling very sorry for himself.
I am contemplating a visit to Wye Marsh this weekend – they have a Falconry Workshop scheduled and I would very much like to attend it. Weather will play a part in whether I actually go or not. The road up to Wye can be a bit dicey in bad weather so will see what Saturday morning brings. I am hankering to get the camera out and start getting some new images to play with, but the extreme cold we have been experiencing lately isn’t good for the camera or for my trigger fingers. To compensate I am going through some images from last year (the lion was from a trip to the Toronto Zoo in 2009) for uploading either here or onto my smugmug account.
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Poor Ryder, poor poor Ryder, woe is you. Mummy is mistreating you SO horribly!
Kai is suffering from cabin fever as well, and expresses it by getting into all sorts of mischief. I keep trying to entertain him, but he tells me I’m simply not clever enough.
Your lion photo is wonderful! What crisp detail. His mane looks like it’s been meticulously brushed!