R's rue

After my encounter with pigs last week, I found myself down an internet rabbit hole or should I say pig hole?  While I was there, I discovered something about the state of Texas that I had not heard about before: Texas has a huge problem with wild hogs. It is estimated that there are around three million wild hogs in Texas and of course they all need to eat and drink. They are intelligent, opportunistic creatures and to get to food they obey no rules. Omnivorous, they invade farmland, homesteads, rubbish tips and gardens - frequently causing heart-breaking damage for many rural Texans. Rules about shooting wild hogs are pretty minimal and hunters from other states will frequently fly into Texas just to bag some hogs, employing a whole bunch of devices to help them in their pursuits including night vision riflescopes.  The little piggies I photographed last week were pretty cute but fully grown wild Texan hogs are not cute - they are monstrous - the stuff of nightmares. ...

 Since 1989 my best friend has been Nuala...... She’s always Nu to me  For for over thirty years she has been my touchstone, my constant , my bestie  And apart from a short, and rather painful separation when she worked in Saudi  We have never been apart for any longer than a few months in three long decades!  I’ve not seen her for over a year now and that’s been tough. She recently sent me the above video when we met at her second home in Kenmare in Ireland  just after my husband left and her words that accompanied it shattered me just a little “ You looked so happy but I know your heart was broken”   I working within the rules as the Welsh are allowed to cross the border, so before Christmas I am meeting up with her And do you know what? ......I will hug her and hug her and hug her  And then  I will hug her some more. from Going Gently https://ift.tt/37vf3L2

 Writing  Meant to  Be shared Not hidden  If life Teaches anything  Hiding never Did something  For seekers  Until It approached  The light from R's rue https://ift.tt/3g5lCaS

write by candlelight  smell of pears  wafting through  the air  bringing a  sense of beautiful serenity  in troubling times  and unknown eras from R's rue https://ift.tt/2JGmSoL

 Singing off key Worship True Unfiltered Holy authentic Wholly engrossed In respect and reverent praise For the sustainer Of everything  I am  And will be Can I get an amen? Use these words For Your glory You can make anything worthwhile Make this pleasing  In your Eyes from R's rue https://ift.tt/3gcq8Ez

  Welsh terriers are desperate cuddlers They will cling to you as a baby would, but unlike babies they never cry and will snuggle all night without pissing themselves. Over this year Mary has been loaned out many times to friends that need this “ cuddle time”  The other night my friend Ruth collected her for an under- the- duvet night, only a few hours after Hattie collects her for a walk ( and long hugs on a country bench) and a day after Trendy Carol collects all of the dogs but only allowing Mary to come up to her drawing room for some sit on her knee time . All my Welsh terriers have been the same  from Going Gently https://ift.tt/2JEbb22

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