A Lizzies Reprieve Written by Wendy Buss Image courtesy of fanpop.com Whilst housesitting in a beautiful ocean front home at Sunrise Beach recently one morning a rather large Blue Tongue Lizard wandered in to the house .It must have come in via the open front door which was… Read More »
Happy Cat Revisited
I recently decided to submit one of my stories about Happy Cat one of the BIG pussy cat loves of my life to the Chicken Soup for the Soul Pet Lovers book series and today sat down to the somewhat challenging task of paring the original story I had written about my beloved moggie some years ago a story of several thousand words to just 1200 words Cutting back on words is always a challenge for me as a writer. At Uni as a mature age student I once threw over a chance for a higher grade in a subject … Read More »
The Milo Medicine
THE MILO MEDICINE Milo in repose The housesitter /petsitter adventure can be like a bag of licorice allsorts. You never know quite what you re going to get .I am pretty intuitive but you can only tell so much from photos People naturally enough will post the best photos of their pets and… Read More »
The Sad Case Of The Swollen Fish
I havn’t posted anything in a while so thought readers might enjoy this tale of one of my early housesitting misadventures which still gives me a giggle everytime I think about it . The… Read More »
Jasper White Spirit Diamond Doggie
Jasper …. Tale Of A White Spirit Doggie Wendy Buss At a time when I was weighed down with cares and struggling to see the lighter side of life I had a lovely opportunity to spend two weeks with a lovely Irish Wolfhound called Jasper. but let me tell you Jasper was no ordinary dog .My time with Jasper was like setting out on this totally unexpected all in ‘boots and all’ magical romp of an adventure with this high vibing white light magical and endearing creature that totally lifted my spirits and helped me remember what… Read More »
A Lesson From Lexi …
A Lesson from Lexi Written by Wendy Buss Lexi The Lexi I was first introduced to was the gentlest friendliest sweetest dog part husky with a lovely brindle coat and a beautiful welcoming nature . When I first met her she was all waggly tail and squirmy butt and willing to be friends from the get go when I arrived at the housesit in Yeppoon where I was to look after her for close to a week while the owners were away visiting family .I felt comfortable and confident Lexi and I would get on well together She’d follow… Read More »
The serpent and the apple
THE SERPENT AND THE APPLE There is an interesting and powerful symbology to the concept of the Serpent and the Apple in the traditional bible story of Adam and Eve ……The apple represents worldy knowledge and sex and the veil of innocence falling forever away .In the story of Adam and Eve the serpent tempts Eve with the Apple and she and Adam discover the forbidden fruits of lust and passion and the joys of sexual hanky panky and as a result they are banished forever from the Garden of Eden It seems like a lot of patriarchal bullshit actually… Read More »
The Lorikeets at Bulcock Beach
Photo courtesy of Aquarium of the Pacific The Lorikeets at Bulcock Beach Early in the morning in the pines outside my window at Bulcock Beach I am woken by a squillion noisy rainbow lorikeets going nuts a squillion rainbow lorikeets are going nuts squeaking squawking squealing shrieking All out s-c-r-e-e-c-h-i-n-g !!! What I ask myself drowsily burying my head in my pillow can these early bird risers find to get so excited about at this hour of the morning ? Are they making love ? Catching up on the previous days gossip ? Planning their days deciding… Read More »
Something about Millie
Something About Millie (or when Karma strikes) Written by Wendy Buss The Easter Miracle … Read More »
Buggy stacks Pizza Box Art and Alfie’s Charms
Oh boy life is a daring adventure or nothing Now that I’m moving and shaking with the rich and famous I was given the gift of a wonderful opportunity to spend 2 weeks in the country on the most magnificent estate with my own cottage and access to pool tennis courts and private golf course (I have given people permission to shoot me if they ever catch me playing golf or in one of those white uniforms playing lawn bowls ) . In exchange for looking after dogs and horses and keeping my eye on a multimillion dollar estate… Read More »