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Halloween Pendants

Every Halloween I like to offer the kids a little extra something along with their candy. I had intended to knit some little critters, but I was busy with other things and I never got started, so I decided to whip up a few pendants instead. I got a little carried away... Anyway, I promised a friend I'd post pictures, so here they are.

Glass

Fish

Hematite

Charms

I think I have about 80 altogether. I've had so much fun going through all my beads and seeing what I can do with them.

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Fox hunting is deplorable. We did manage to get it banned over here, mostly, but I think it still happens some places.

Two of my neighbour's dogs are rescues, and most of their cats we unwanted. The chickens are ex-battery hens. Lots of animal lovers around here.

Guinea pigs are my favourite pets. I miss having them but I'm not in a position to at present. Rabbits are my second favourite, but I won't have another. I had to put Misty through dental surgery so many times and I can't take the chance of having to do that with another animal. Too much to deal with now I live alone. My mum used to to help with the post-surgery meds. One person cannot do it alone.

I am very against hunting with dogs. I'm not too keen on hunting in general because I don't care what hunters say, they really have the advantage.

I have had a few rescue dogs - Callie, Chief, Pewter, Vinnie, Merlin, and now Karma. And the dogs I paid for, Frosteigh, Li'l, Dodger, and Rogue. All but Vinnie were Schnauzers. I'm rather loyal to my breed but I'd still love a Border collie if I ever get somewhere I could have that active of a dog.

I can understand that about not having another rabbit or pig. I get too depressed without dogs. When Li'l had to be put to sleep, I didn't get a dog for two years (I lived with my parents then and they didn't want another dog). It was a pretty miserable time for me.

Yeah, it's just so cruel. Hunting for food is one thing, but I don't think any kind of hunting deserves to be classed as a sport.

That's a lot of dogs. We only had one, also surprisingly named Callie. I've known two miniature Schnauzers and they were both wonderful dogs. One of our friends always had border collies so I'm very familiar with them. She and her husband were extremely active, loved taking long walks in all weathers, so they needed dogs that could keep up with them.

We've almost always had pets of various kinds, birds, cats, guinea pigs, rabbits tortoises, but now I'm on my own it's not so easy. I miss having a pet, but unless I'm in a position to care for one properly I won't have one.

Right. My brother and my nephew both hunt but they don't use dogs. And they do their own butchering and use practically everything.

When I was younger, we also had Lassie and Bruno, another Bruno, Frostie, and Stripper as dogs. All of them died from cars. :(

That's funny that your dog was named Callie, too! I named mine after the character on Blake's 7.

Lassie and Bruno (the first Bruno) were both Border collie mixes. Wonderful dogs. Lassie looked like the famous dog, Bruno looked like a wolf in miniature.

I grew up on a farm until I was 11 - so we had all kinds of animals (including horses, cows, rabbits, barn cats, hamsters, mice, and fish).

That's responsible hunting.

Cars are a menace to all animals, unfortunately.

I have no idea why my mum called ours Callie. She needed a name and that's what she chose. I loved Blake's 7 when I was a kid! Had a soft spot for Vila, lol! Avon was also a favourite.

Friends of ours had a dog that was supposed to be a Sheltie, but was huge and looked like Lassie. Lovely dog, but three times the size of their previous Sheltie.

My sister and her husband had a Bruno, a massive long-haired German Shepherd. He looked like a wolf, but he was too much for them with two young kids and he went to be a police dog.

Must have been cool living on a farm, but a lot of work with so many animals.

Must have

Yes, cars are rather horrific for animals in general.

Avon, Cally and Vila were my favorite characters in Blake's 7. I still have a lot of fanzines that one of my friends gave me, somewhere in my Stuff.

Our second Bruno was a German Shepherd mix. He was marked like a GSD but looked more like a heavy hound doggo.

Ours was a little farm (what they'd call a hobby farm nowadays). 5 acres of land, about six - eight cows, the two horses, the rabbits, the dogs and the cats.

They can be pretty bad for people too.

I tried to re-watch B7 some years ago but couldn't get past the first episode. TV these days is more action=packed, I think I've been spoiled for some of my old favourites where the pacing was slower. I should try again though. I'm sure the further I got into it the more fun it would be. I have huge stacks of cult TV magazines. At one time I was subscribed to at least five, lol!

Over here we'd call that a smallholding. =)

Yass, agreed. I was always worried about one of my friends who rode her bike to work every day (rain, snow, what have you) in a busy city. I would actually like to do that here - and my city isn't very busy, and there is a bike path mostly from my home to where I work - but drivers still don't pay any attention to bikes (except me, and I'm usually cursing at the bike riders because they're going against traffic or darting into it or right in front of me).

I have not seen B7 in...a very, very long time (probably back when I first saw it on TV)? I remember very much enjoying the fanzines. I think I have at least one of the paperbacks? (Or was that a Sapphire and Steel paperback?)

The series I want to see again is Robin of Sherwood. *siiiiiigh*

I want another little farm. I doubt I'll ever have the money to do that though, unless my coworker adopts me.

As a cyclist AND a driver, I know what you mean. I'm very careful of cyclists when I'm diving, but some of them are idiots. But then again, some drivers are too. One time the same post office van pulled out of side streets right in from of me twice in less than 5 minutes. I've lost count of the times I've had to slam my brakes on, or swerve across the road to avoid being hit.

I think I used to have a couple of B7 paperbacks, but I must have got rid of them for some reason =( I do have Sapphire and Steel on DVD though, and it's still just as good as I remember. My older sister was a bigger fan of Robin of Sherwood than I was.

You never know, it could happen, maybe!

I really want a bike so I could get a trailer and haul my dogs around for long rides. I think that would be a blast! I used to take my two dogs along as passengers when I was much younger in the metal saddlebags. They loved it. I loved it. And it seems like it'd be great exercise (again).

I found the collected Sapphire & Steel dvds at a book & music exchange store. I was very excited and I got it for next to nothing! I've only seen Robin of Sherwood available once or twice here in the States.

It's great exercise, but my hips are getting bad enough that uphill is for walking, lol! Downhill is the fun part. I bet your dogs would love being taken out in a trailer.

That's so cool! I hope one day you'll find Robin of Sherwood. The different region codes for DVDs are what cause the problems. It's no good getting DVDs that you can't watch.

Merlin and I walk pretty much daily but some days we don't get very far depending on weather. I figure I could get some good pushing in by hitching a trailer to a bike and riding around with two dogs in the back.

I do, too! I really loved that series (or at least the first two seasons of it with Michael Praed as Robin). Robin Hood has been one of my heroes since I was very very little and that visual versino of Robin Hood is my ultimate favorite.

...well, that and Disney's animated "Fox as Robin Hood". Because I think that started my love for foxes.

It would give you plenty of leg and back exercise, that's for sure.

Yeah, his dark hair fit the role better than Jason Connery. The Fox made a great Robin Hood too

And I could use that back exercise. And balancing exercise. Definitely balancing exercises!

Michael was prettier too. :D Well, in my opinion at least.

Of course the Fox made a great Robin. It's kind of what foxes do, steal from the rich.

I have physio exercises for my back.

I think so too. Nothing against Jason.

Good point. Plus foxes are sneaky as Robin needed to be.

I have an inner ear condition which causes dizziness. Anything that helps me keep my balance is a Good Thing.

Jason was fine, but after Michael Praed...

Mm. Foxes are kind of special to me. What can I say?

That can't be fun.

Some people are a hard act to follow.

I was stood at my gate one summer night, just enjoying the breeze, and a fox trotted right past me, just feet away. Used to see them in the back garden too. I miss my foxes.

It's not as bad as it used to be before I was actually diagnosed and on meds.

They really, really are.

I kept hearing them near my house in Florida but never saw them.

Glad it's better than it was. =)

Foxes can be very elusive, which I suppose is what helps them stay alive. It's a real treat to see them. Some are surprisingly small, but we did have a magnificent and much larger than normal dog fox around here some years ago. Really beautiful. these days I don't even smell foxes in the garden.

It is a happier thing. Still doesn't always keep my dizziness in check but so much better than it was.

Aww. I'm sorry you don't see/smell them any more.

Anything that helps is a good thing.

So am I =(

Don't I know it. I was sick on so many levels before I went on medications for this.

I can imagine all too well.

I know how that feels only too well *sigh*

Yeah...it's something, isn't it?

Yeah, especially when you just get told you'll have to live with it.

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