I love how our lives are woven together.
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self portrait


paper and paint collage on canvas

I am fighting the urge to crawl under a big fluffy blanket for the winter.
I've been working on a few paper and paint collages.
This one is my latest attempt at a self portrait.
I've been a bit blue lately.
I am a Gemini
The line down the center of my face represents my two inner voices.
Those voices are always in constant battle.
One of my Gemini Superpowers is the ability to equally balance pros and cons...
but this also makes the decision process very hard for me.

  I have had a lot on my mind.

We recently made the decision to not bring anymore dogs to RuffHaven.
It was a heart wrenching debate for us.
You see....we've been reminded again of how short  life is
and how we do not know how long we have on this earth. 
Since RuffHaven is small and private and not supported by public donations,
we knew that at some point we would need to stop.
We did the math and realized that this is the right thing to do.
The dogs that are here now will stay here for the rest of their lives.

Penny's Status has been changed from "Resident" to "Pet"
We are down to five.

But that doesn't mean I will stop saving dogs

I contacted the local shelter and had our home added to the list of foster homes in this area.
I know fostering will be hard, since I fall in love so easily....
but I will be able to help more dogs this way.



HOW TO BE A BEST FRIEND

Be Loyal

Be Loyal
Niki

Be nurturing

Be nurturing
Ginger

Be Comforting

Be Comforting
Dutch

be positive

be positive
Goldie

be wise

be wise
Summer

be gentle

be gentle
Sophie

be playful

be playful
Tucker

be understanding

be understanding
Jack

be sweet

be sweet
Penny

be shy sometimes

 
Bosley

 and when neccessary...

 be a pain in the ass

and when neccessary... be a pain in the ass
Shadie

MORE MORE MORE

Eleven Eleven Eleven

(Remember my ten ten ten post from last year?)
 

 MORE RANDOM
Marianne...
1.  is happy
2.  was adopted
3.  loves  sunsets.
If the sunset is especially beautiful she will call everyone
she knows and tells them to go look at the sunset
4.  started to watch TV again...big mistake
don't bother her at all on Thursday nights 
5.  loves to travel
6. is still married to a Lifeguard
(but it was tough this year)
7.  does not like shopping malls and thinks they
should all be turned into homeless shelters
8.  got six speeding tickets this year...
driving too fast past a speed camera that she knows is there
so now she just doesn't drive through that town anymore...she takes another route
9.  wants to raise chickens
10. loves RollerCoasters
her favorite vacation was one she took with her kids when they were 16 1nd 17.
They hopped from amusement park to amusement park
and rode 32 different roller coasters in one week.
11. used to bite her fingernails. But she doesn't remember when or how she stopped doing it. 
One day about ten years ago,
she looked at her nails and they were long...
she remembers smiling about that.

 MORE FAVORITES
Marianne had a hard time choosing these:
1.  Color - Buttercream Yellow
2.  Wild Animal -Elephant
3.  Food - Mushrooms
4.  Drink - Apple Cider
5.  Movie - Dances With Wolves
6.  Song - In Your Eyes
 7.  State - Utah
8.  Hobby - Sewing
9.  Flower - Daisy
10. Shape - Circle
11. Game - Scrabble 


MORE from her BUCKET LIST
Marianne would like to:
1.  lose 30 more pounds
2.  go to Australia
3.  learn to play steel drums
4.  buy a ranch in Colorado
5.  meet some of her favorite blogging friends in person
6. buy a run down house and remodel it
7. learn to dance ...well 
8.  finish all the projects she started
9. sleep more
10. complain less
11. Live in Hawaii for six months.......air fair is pricey and the flight is so long
Six months should be enough time to see it all.

I hope this November 11, 2011 finds you well and happy.
11/11/11 only comes around every 100 years.

wordless wednesday


Print by Gina Switzer


a time for everything


this blog is being  put up on the shelf along with several UFOs.
You can find me over on my Life @ RuffHaven blog.
Time is very precious and right now I just
don't have enough time to devote to maintaining more than one blog.
And it may be a while before I get back to blogging
I want to thank all of you for your emails asking if everything is ok. 
Yes I am fine.
But we have had some bad news.
and I am afraid I am not handling it well.
I have always been the type to become very quiet when facing a
difficult time. I'll be back to myself soon, I hope.
 I do miss all of you so much.