photo taken November 2009

one year ago: Protector
two years ago: Baby With Boot

Good Monday, Everyone!  You know what that means.  It’s time to title this photo!  It’s a tricky one, to get that brain workin’…. Please leave your caption, title, or commentary in the comment section of this post and you’ll automatically be in the running for an Artemis Necklace which Mike has adorned with a trail of coyote tracks.  And if you’ve not seen the post below, please do scroll down for an update and a pic of Daisy & Frisco that is so darling I actually feel myself melting when I look at it.  Then come back here and give this photo a name!

A few weeks ago, I sent out this twitter, joking about my angst: “I need an assistant! But I can’t even offer room & board, only a camp trailer named the Psychedelic Jellybean & an unlimited supply of milk!”

And in the next instant, replies started pouring in via email, twitter replies, and on facebook, the most hilarious being: “I can only afford $10/hour…if you want more than that, maybe I could do some chores around the place.”

It was one of those things that made me go “hmmm…” and the next day I put an application of sorts on a secret page of my site (you can see it here) and posted the link only on twitter and facebook.  I got about 100 responses in two days.  They were sincere and beautiful and an honor to read.  And I wanted everyone to come.

Luckily, I didn’t have to choose.  One simply was. One particular person was IT.  This wasn’t due to any specific answers in her application but rather something I felt energetically.  Her name is Sarah Frary, she’s 23, she’s a fantastic artist - click here to see her work - and she’ll be here before the month is out!

I feel as though I’ve been released from a fairy-tale coma just knowing she is on her way.  The overwhelm I’ve been sinking under is retreating; creativity and enthusiasm are rushing in to fill its place, sweeping me up and along, buoying me.  Hooray.

Posts and pictures of Frisco & Co and more are coming soon.  Thank you so, so much for the patience and compassion you have shown me ~ it has been a gift, and makes me want to share with you even more….
here’s a preview…..

Frisco, ten days old.
xo S.

photo taken November 2009

one year ago: Bébé
two years ago: The Nature Of Nature

photo taken October 31, 2007

one year ago: When Lemons Freeze
two years ago: Take A Gander At The Geese

photo taken October 2009

one year ago: Just The Two Of Us
two years ago: Deep In The Weeds

photo taken October 2009

one year ago: Eggplant
two years ago: Enjoying The Sunset

photo taken October 2009 • title thanks to schatze

one year ago: This Coyote And This Cat!
two years ago: Hillbilly Frisbee

This winner-announcement is so late because I COULD NOT DECIDE and then the day got so beautiful I had to abandon my computer and go bond with my bovines.

However, duty calls:  I love them all all all!
There’s a peg-leg elk out there somewhere…
Quick Draw McPaw!
A Western Leg-end
This land is your land, this leg is my leg!
I’ll see your leg and raise you one.
Possession is nine-tenths of my jaw
Yeah, pilgrim. It’s an elf leg. MY elf leg!
Thievery is punishable by gnawing
Thousand Yard Stare
*If you’re lookin’ for trouble I’ll accommodate ya.”
My Three Left Feet
“Touch my Hoof…You go Poof!”
Double Dare Stare
the good, the bad and the elf leg
“You better watch your ‘elf, buddy”
You feel lucky, punk?
Yes this land belongs to everyone, but this elk leg belongs to me.

• • • First off, please pardon typos and weird punctuation - my power went out Sunday night and when I turned my computer back on, I found my keyboard keys had rearranged themselves!  When I press one key, it types a totally different character.  And I cannot find the apostrophe anywhere. BIZARRE….

Anyway, Charlie looks like he:s on the set of a Western film, ready to duel over his precious elk leg.  It is for you to title this picture - please leave your title, caption, or commentary in the comment section of this post and you:ll be in the running to win an assortment of dinosaur artifacts: a petrified dinosaur bone (I found another piece!) aged 150 million years, and two supersmooth gizzard stones (which I have written about here).

And if anyone knows how to de-poltregeist a keyboard, let me know!

photo taken October 2009

one year ago: Mouse Mouthful
two years ago: Fuzz

☆ Charlie’s 2010 Calendar is now 25% OFF! ☆
Click HERE to see all twelve images and to order!

photo taken October 2009

one year ago: Hi! Or High?
two years ago: My Five Dollar Stetson

Rarely, rarely does Charlie put his hackles up.  I don’t think I’ve seen him hackle up over food or treats, ever.  He did NOT want to lose this elk leg.