A few things have happened which may be of interest to a number of you.
The City of Mississauga (our neighbor to the East), which serves a population of around 800,000 has decided to carry “Who Said I was up for Adoption?” in its library system. While that will have minimum impact on the funds raising aspect of the book (for the Oakville & Milton Humane Society), it is so nice to know that Ray’s story, and all that can be learned from it, will be available at no charge for anybody who wants to borrow it for a while. I am now working on some other library systems to see if they will decide to do the same.
Tellwell, in Victoria, B.C., are working with me to get my book of poetry published and are currently working on a cover design based on my perception of how it should be! The book itself is undergoing numerous revisions but then.. that is normal. For more information, please see the revised Poetic Verse page.
… and then there is Ray! We still have no snow on the ground, but our early morning temperatures have been around -5 to -10C / 23 to 14F. Ray just seems to love those temperatures! When I go out with him in the early morning, he just leaps in circles and charges around the garden seemingly spending as much time in the air as he does on the ground. He obviously has a very powerful spring in each leg! Not only is he entertaining, but it is lovely to see such carefree behavior.
He has also just recently out-smarted us (yet again)….but that is planned to be tomorrow’s Post!
Ray would hate it here in Texas today. We had a high of 82 degrees and with the sun pouring down, it felt even hotter. You and Ray can keep the snow!
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We often hit those temps in the Summer… and Ray finds a sheltered area and chills! 🙂
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Is he a long-haired dog? He looks like he has a thick coat.
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Ray is a German Shepherd/Rottweiler X with a typical GSD double coat.
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Thanks, then I won’t worry about him in the snow!
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Absolutely no worries there. He is “designed” for snow… and he loves it!
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Congratulations! Getting a book into the library collection is no small feat!
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Thanks Ann. I am obviously very pleased about it. 🙂
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Congratulations on the library update. Best of luck with the poetry book cover. That’s pawsome news and hopefully a few sales will be generated once people see Ray’s story and want to gift it or just support a worthy cause.Way to go, Colin.
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Thanks Monika.
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-5 to -10C. And Ray loves it. And I cannot get my head around those temperatures. Congratulations on the successes (Ray’s book and your poetry). I’m looking forward to the next post … it sounds intriguing> Greetings from a very hot (27C :D) Africa.
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Ooooooh… 27C sounds very nice! 🙂
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The high humidity is not so nice and I hate air conditioning, which makes sleeping at night a nightmare. But oh those glorious days at the beach.
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We get the high humidity in the Summer, and rather depend on A/C then. My only issue is with places that have the temp set ridiculously low, so it becomes a major shock when you go outside! 🙂
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that’s awesome that your book is in the library, and glad Ray is enjoying the cold temps. Sure hope you get some snow soon. We got about 6 inches.
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Hi Jodi. We have about an inch of snow on the ground from earlier today so there is hope yet for a good layer! 🙂
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Haha, sounds like you have a lot going on, unlike myself, as you can see from my blogs that I am very ordinary and like to talk about , simply, my views on the world and everything. Also, sounds like the weather is quite freezing where you are, also seemingly unlike myself.
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Thanks for passing by and commenting Tess. As for “ordinary”? Yes… I like ordinary, and an “ordinary” who is happy sharing thoughts is good! 🙂
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Colin, your literary career is really taking off. 🙂 It’s high 30’s F here which is pretty cool for us, and Riley and Lucy spent about a half hour in the fenced yard playing together. Yay!
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Thanks Amy… we have snow in our forecast for later today! 🙂
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We had 5″ yesterday. Would be happy to box it and send it up.
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Hold it for the immediate future, as I understand that we have some coming to visit this afternoon and evening! WOOT! WOOT! BOL! BOL! 🙂
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Congrats on having your book in the library! It will definitely raise awareness!
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Thank you Kim. Awareness is so important isn’t it, especially for dogs that have experienced trauma.
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Great news about the library, and anxious to see what the finished cover design for your book will be.
Way to go Ray! 🙂 Will be looking forward to tomorrow’s post.
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🙂
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