fridays at fleming, vol 9
two crows seemed to want friendship today one big, one little they followed us around while we gazed out to the ocean stopped to say hello to George one showed off its meal of a poor crab good job crow then we continued on one stood on the fence while the soft rain landed on its feathers we walked all the while being watched by big black eyes then I make a 'click click' sound and they came closer hoovering up the crumbs of dog treats modelling, questioning, scavenging foot stomping being crows and being a bit human too. fridays at fleming, vol 8
the tide was low so the heron searches for food at the dock a gull waits in the wings, pretending not to watch the hunt those two rocks, have they always been there? the daffodils are showing their faces to the sun, which isn't showing itself today and a gull glides on the wind over our heads I follow it's path with my camera, arching my neck back click, click, click, click tica poses, thinks a rock is food and runs to her heart's content the tall ship in contrast to the cargo ships in the distance the peanut shell the merganser rests on a log while gulls watch the merganser leaves and more gulls arrive there's more going on here than we humans can figure out the sand pile that's growing with the help of sticks and stones Friday's at Fleming, vol 7
I arrived a bit later than S + T and they were out walking the breakwater so I wandered to the end of the dock to get some photos of them with a cute little bufflehead in the foreground as we've turned into full on bird nerds (or bird enthusiasts) in our aged years. I thought I was being stealthy for this photo op, but Tica, she sensed the disturbance in the force and knew I was around, somewhere. I walked back to land, along the path and rounded the corner and Tica came a-running. I recently noticed that she often does a little tongue out as she runs and this time I caught it on camera. One of the cutest little things. The sun was out though it was chilly. It still didn't stop us from taking a moment to just stop and face the sun and feel some warmth on our faces while Tica felt felt the breeze in her ears. Spring is on its way. Fridays at Fleming, vol 6
Buddy. This is it. The only subject of today's walk. Why? It was cold and rainy and I opted to only take my phone camera. But Buddy hopped up on this bench as we walked by. No prompting, no ask on either side. It was the place he had to be at that moment, clearly. He's such a funny, sweet little dude who'll be adoptable through the Victoria Humane Society once he gets his medical stuff taken care of. xo Fridays at Fleming, vol 5.... aka "The Buddy Walk" A bit of a buddy theme today: I went for a walk with my buddies, Birds flew with their buddies, Dogs played with their buddies, And I got to meet an actual Buddy! Buddy is a 13(ish)-year-old poodley mix of cuteness who's currently in care of the Victoria Humane Society (VHS) and is being fostered at Tica's house. If you look closely at Buddy though you'll wondering what's up with his eyes. Well... after a visit to the veterinary eye doc the other day it turns out he's blind in both eyes. They suspect he may have been blind in one eye before, but the other one is definitely messed up because l'il Buddy was found OUTSIDE... in Manitoba... in -46 degree weather... in the snow... with a super fluffy matted coat... and his eyes were FROZEN. Through VHS's network, Buddy made the trip to the west coast where he's now in a foster home and enjoying the warmth -- good thing as he got a hair cut too. He's a confident little guy and his lack of vision did not slow him down. He loves treats and chin and neck scritches and he has great stamina. He also has a very active sniffer so he sniffed and sniffed and sniffed... and left his mark on all the places he felt necessary. Because of the freezing of his eyeballs he's got a ruptured corneal ulcer so he's getting all whole host of eye drops, and he may still have to get one or both of his eyes removed. But I get the feeling that won't stop him. He's a confident little guy and seems to be up for adventure. Just don't leave him alone. He doesn't like being left alone. At all. Understandable considering he's had a whole lot of change in his world. Buddy also has a cute little snaggle tooth but he's in desperate need of a dental, so not sure if he'll get to keep it. Once he's had his medical taken care of he'll be ready for adoption so if you're interested watch the Victoria Humane Society facebook page! Other highlights of the walk: - our crow friend stopped to say hi - yellow and purple crocuses emerging - a swimmer I also took our walk as an #advocacyandart opportunity and created some adoption profile pics for him (his leash has been removed in a couple of the photos because I found them a bit distracting, he was not off leash... safety first!) as well as a short video so adopters can see though this little guy may be blind and old(er), he's got loads of spirit in him! Click here to see more of my Home Away from Home advocacy photography! |
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