Ani and I have just returned from a late evening walk. The sky lit up with incredible beauty over the garden as we returned, a momentary burst of numinous glory that seems somehow quite appropriate.
We have been wandering the fields and woods. She bounding through the long grass and tunnelling through the undergrowth with me limping behind pointing the camera at the wildflowers that abound here. Every so often she stops and looks back, just to make sure I am still there, or to share her excitement. She is constantly buzzing.
Bee orchid
We’ve had an unusually cuddly day today, Ani and I. If she wasn’t so bouncy I would be worried. It seems as if I have spent the entire day with one hand in her warm silkiness, her head on my lap or my feet in her fur. Or just curled up on the floor with her. Anyone who knows her will tell you that is unusual. She is more of a laughing, noisy whirlwind as a rule.
She hasn’t quite mastered the art of sitting still. She is very much an all-or-nothing girl, either leaping around like the wild thing she is, or utterly relaxed in a way that would make Disney’s Baloo look uptight.
Geranium
Her awareness of the world is so acute that she hears the postman’s van and tells me he is coming ten minutes before he arrives at my door, she can recognise my son’s motorbike going through the village and knows precisely when it is quarter-to mealtimes. She can judge how strong you are and almost pull your arm from its socket playing tug of war with a rope, yet today we played tug of war with a geranium she had picked and brought to me, without breaking the stem. She has a delicate touch when she needs it.
So it is no surprise that when you are unwell, tearful or down in the dumps you will find a silky ear in your hand or a soft muzzle on your knee, and a pair of questioning eyes looking up. She always knows when I could use a cuddle. Often better than I do. She knows just how to wind tendrils of love around you.
Wild pea
She reminds me a lot of a wildflower. Strong, invasive and getting everywhere without the slightest encouragement, yet really quite fragile and delicate, needing the perfect conditions in which to grow into her full beauty. And with a golden heart.
Dog Rose
Sue Vincent's Daily Echo 
Lovely sky picture
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It doesn’t do it justice, Pamela
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Absolutely beautiful shots Sue. 🙂
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Thank you, Jerry 🙂
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YVW Sue.
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Sue, are you on facebook?
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Yes, Jerry.. though seldom get on there these days.
https://www.facebook.com/svincent.echo
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There are a lot of grate photography groups you might like.
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I know.. though I don’t call myself a photographer.. just a happy snapper. Time is pretty much full these days though.
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I understand, 😉
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Oh, that sky is beautiful. And your Ani reminds me of my cat, Isis (don’t tell Isis, but I think she’s part dog). She is always right there, lying across my chest, the second something is out of sorts. Beautiful pictures and words.
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Gorgeous, isn’t it? I wish i could have got a wider shot, but it would have been gone before i got around the buildings.
Yes, our animals know us well, don’t they?
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Sue, I love your description of Ani, your Wild Thing: “utterly relaxed in a way that would make Disney’s Baloo look uptight.” Like children, we question why they’re so quiet … even when we might look forward to some peace. It sounds like Ani is just reading your needs and meeting them just right.
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She usually does, Judy. We can learn such a lot about awareness from animals.. they haven’t forgotten it in the way we seem to do.
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Our pets truly are our blessings.
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They are. This one is very much a mirror in which I can see my own moods 🙂 A dear friend says she is the externalisation of my own inner lunacy.. I’m working on that one….
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She sounds like a lot of fun and an interesting little creature. Which, if your friend is right, means you are as well. So don’t work too hard on it 🙂
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That’s a nice way of looking at it.. though I have a feeling she meant we are both mad as hatters… 😉
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Yeah, I got that 🙂 Which is precisely what makes you both fun and interesting 🙂
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I can go with that 🙂
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Good! 🙂
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🙂
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Lovely Lovely Bee Orchid!!!
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