Ya think?Afghan, (real)Taigan
Month: January 2012
One more irresitible quote
Sent by Black Dog Lady, from a mentor, on her dogs and true “oriental sighthounds” generally: “These dogs are not fully domesticated, take care to keep them that way.”
A thought
In response to Matt, from me: “Good but overwhelming holidays have me exhausted. MUST adjust to reduced energy which will paradoxically leave me more, and stop doing a bad job of being 30 so I can do a good one of being 60 plus…”
A quote
From Johnny UK: “When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading” — Henny Youngman
Beaches in two Hemispheres
Tazis and horses, maritime habitats, family & friends, Scotland and west Australia, Mark McBride and Chantal Parratt, even fierce little cousin Nura…
Hot Links
These days, drone aircraft deploy their own drones. Cicada is a strange choice for a name – too noisy for a stealthy drone. Think you can train cats to walk on a leash? May be easier than herding them. A new study indicates the ancient city of Angkor and the Khmer Empire may have been …
Some Replies–Eagles for Jim, “UFO Area” for Chas…
Below, Jim Cornelius wrote: “Caught an episode of Human Planet on Saturday, featuring a 16-year-old Kazakh making his first hunt with an eagle he had captured and trained. They had a camera mounted on the eagle. OH, MAN! I want to see an entire movie on this type of hunting in IMAX.” Actually, a wonderful …
Renaissance Saluki
An image from the 1500’s, oldest western one I know of, by Federico Zuccaro, courtesy of Jess. Anyone have any info on the artist?
Happy New Year!
Slightly idiotic photos… farewell to 2011
And welcome 2012! A New Year’s party, the first I can remember attending in– decades?– at our home bar, the legendary Golden Spur, yards not miles from Casa Q, my watering hole for some thirty years, Peculiar’s first “regular”, Eli’s from birth a few months ago, and where Phil Grayson grew up (his father used …