••• Holy Smoke's Animal Pages 2005 •••



Alive and kicking in Halle ...
(and friends in other places)

"Ik heb talent voor schapendrijven, zeggen ze. Dat talent ontwikkelen mijn vrouwtje en ik nu alweer bijna een jaar. Ze vertelde me onlangs dat ik nu met sprongen vooruit gegaan ben, omdat ik mij weet te beheersen als ik de schapen bijeenhoudt en ze niet uit elkaar drijf, wat eigenlijk het leukste is. Maar soms spring ik toch nog wel eens uit de band en dan ga ik in volle vaart achter die dieren aan, kijk maar, en dat is kicken, joh. Wist je overigens dat die zachtmoedige schapen over mij heen kunnen springen en de rammen lelijke stoten met hun horens uit kunnen delen? Dat eerste overkwam mij eens, het tweede gelukkig nog nooit."

In the kitchen ... What's going on in the kitchen..? They've been out - all afternoon, letting me take care of the house again - and came back all wet and in a strange mood. The lady is cutting fresh meat for us, so it's dinner time.

Vera is doing something in the fridge, so this is my moment. I'll quietly sneak foreward and will sit nicely on the sink, pushing my nose - gently ! - onto the foil that covers all that dillicious meat. Oh oh, it is making a sound. It is not suppost to do that... Here comes Vera. "What are you doing? Don't you know you're suppost to wait until it gets served?" - Yes, yes I know. I'll jump down and wait, like the others do...

(Between you and me... I might've worked. It's not the first time that a quick jump onto the sink saves us a lot of waiting. This is how I pass around the cookies when no one is watching.)

All four's Ladies & Gents, we proudly present The Miraculous All Four's... resting here in our yard for a picture before saying goodbye again. James has been visiting us for two days while his lady was painting here. Now it's time to go back to the ol' house again.

July 10, a warm Sunday It was hi time for a stroll in the woods, and we're just getting to know this stretch at the end of the Petersdijk, which practically brings us home when we've been shopping in Durcum. I know, you have no clue where that is. Anyway, this beautiful forrest is a five minutes slow drive away from our house, so we could go there every day - if we wanted to. And there's at least three of us here who would like to go every day and I'ld say that's a majority !

That's the thing with hot wheather. You have to lay down every now and then when passing by shady trees. Just roll in the grass where there's no sunlight and you'll feel born again in less than five minutes. Then we'll jump up and start running again, okay ? By the way ... Daddy is planning a special on this website on our favorite forrest areas. It's not in the menu (yet) but you can go there by clicking here ...

Milo, a.k.a. Poepermensch Missy Too Rascal, a.k.a. Noodles

••• Special Cat Section ••• Gildo, a.k.a. VanderWorph, sent us these pictures of the six cats he and Tammy are keeping in their house in Sharon, Pennsylvania. Their names are below each picture and allthough Holy Smoke has never met these cats, they're still part of the family, right .. so this is their section. Scarbra, a.k.a. Bitchy Baby Shiva, a.k.a. Toetsytoet Tango, a.k.a. Smiley We might hear more from these girls and fellers and will pray to whatever spirit Gildo buys a good camera in the mean time.. Below: ••• Cats in Halle •••

Some pictures of the cats in Halle: Louche (black and white, 15 months now) and two kittens in red, they're almost 7 weeks and spend most of their time sleeping in a borrowed bench. Next week they should be big enough to run around the house permanently... By the ways: These pictures are also used on our homepages. Go to October 2005, you'll see them on top of the page.

••• Potatoes !! ••• At one point in October we dig up the new potatoes from the field behind the house. Big fun for the dogs as well because they love digging. It is also an opportunity to make pictures of them, especially on a clear day like this.

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