Archive for » July, 2009 «

Air Conditioning in Your Car is a Must When Transporting Pets

Seriously…even you don’t want to be in your car when it’s hot and you don’t have air conditioning… …Do you? Well, guess what…Neither does your pet! In fact, they have much more hair than we do – they REALLY don’t want to be that hot. What’s worse is that you may endanger their lives. If it gets too hot for them, they could overheat from heat exhaustion. You see, many animals don’t cool off like we do with sweat, like dogs and cats. They must pant. Some animals like the heat, but if you leave them in intense heat for too long, you could literally [ ... ]

A Black-Throated Magpie Jay in Dallas Today

I’ve been enjoying the bird life we have around our new property in Dallas in Lower Greenville. We’ve got some beautiful cardinals with young, blue jays, cute, little sparrows and miscellaneous brown birds I haven’t completely identified yet. However, this morning I thought I saw a blue jay in the tree from our kitchen window. I kept watching it and low and behold, it wasn’t shadows on his blue color. He was a grey, black and white jay with a long tail! Quickly, I ran to get my camera and when I returned to the window, he was gone. I looked all over online for [ ... ]

Meet Fellow Horse Lovers!

Since we’re obviously all here on this website because we love animals, wouldn’t it make sense for some of those animal lovers to hang out together? I mean, when I decided to marry my husband, I had to be sure he loved animals too and that he would appreciate my love for them and to help them and this planet we call Earth! That goes for all animal lovers, I believe – How long have those “Love Me, Love My Cat” T-shirts been out? Since at least the 70s, I think! Anyway, I say all of this to say that I stumbled upon [ ... ]

The Cicada are Singing

I love the time of year, in the summer in North America, where the cicada sing! What? That’s what I said!!! Most people think those cicadan noises are annoying, irritating and they complain and fuss… …but I think it’s beautiful! It means summer is here – and to me, that’s so much better than winter being from Canada!!! Honesty, I think the more we appreciate the world around us, the happier and more at peace we are… Who knows…Maybe you’ll be able to easily fall asleep when you admire their song at night, instead of getting all uptight! Next time, just Yup, that's right! I [ ... ]