[ad_1] With the summer solstice a few days behind us, it’s officially time to pack up those pool bags with a pile of summer reads! And, lucky you, I have a bunch of recommendations for all kinds of readers. (: From the dozens of books I’ve finished recently, a few animal-themed books rose to the […]
Summer Craft Fair | My Shetland
[ad_1] You know me, I like a craft fair, I do, so my friend, Mandy who I play flute duets with, and I drove into town to attend the Summer Craft Fair at Mareel. There were two areas – the main auditorium and foyer. As we were pretty early, there were only few customers around […]
Summer Storm Hits the Valley
[ad_1] Nicholas helping with the clean up. While we were hoping for a weather change during one of our longest, hottest summers, it seems the weather gods took the memo a little too literally, sending us the most intense storm we’ve ever encountered in the Valley. The morning of the 16th of January was hot […]
The last of Summer | My Shetland
[ad_1] A beautiful day today (2 loads of washing and making the most of it). On the dog walk I saw a Northern White-Tailed Bumblebee lazily working on the last of a Devil’s Bit Scabious flower. With my camera, I was hanging right over it and totally ignored, which is unusual. Our garden surrounding the […]
Snow in Summer | My Shetland
[ad_1] My mother visited me in Shetland many moons ago (around 1997/8?). I wouldn’t call it a success really as travelling here was her very definition of Hell – the plane was cancelled due to fog and I think she ended up on the floor of the ferry trying to sleep that night. Not ideal […]
Already stretched thin, DFW animal shelters prepare for summer spike
[ad_1] Animal shelters around North Texas already under heavy strain are bracing for a summer wave of new strays. The season typically brings an influx in puppies and kittens following litter season, but this year it comes on top of a post-COVID crisis that has seen some shelters reduce adoption fees in hopes of finding […]
Find time this summer to volunteer at a local animal shelter | Entertainment/Life
[ad_1] As the volunteer manager for Animal Rescue New Orleans, just last week I was getting dozens of emails a day from students trying to get those last-minute service hours in. This week, my inbox sits empty. The dog days of summer are upon us, but the animals still need care every day. With the […]
All the great progress in our fight against puppy mills this summer
[ad_1] By Kitty Block and Sara Amundson Summer is a time of rest and relaxation for many of us, but there has been no lull in our fight to end puppy mills. We have made real progress in our campaign to stop inhumane dog breeders who mass-produce puppies for sale through third party outlets like […]