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Photos taken while in Sooke, BC, top photo is of course the lovely Abbess Petunia doing what she does best. (and yes, the Golden is for you lucy)

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7 Responses

  1. you are most welcome lucy. ;-)

    Tess, that last one is an angora goat. It lives at a meadery where we bought honey, jam, and of course some mead. They also sell hand-knit angora wool items.

  2. One of my favourite phrases by Oliver, accompanied by so many such gorgeous doggies – except – is that last one a sheep??

  3. it’s not nice to make me cry first thing in the morning. :-) thank you. i had to really look hard to make sure it wasn’t you know who. xoxox