Damon - officially known as Ch. FFT Dancin’ After Midnight - was bred to Ch. Joys Puttin’ on the Ritz - unoffficially known as Ritz - and owned by Karen Schlais of Wisconsin. The results? 2 girls and 3 boys, born May 12, 2007. There is still one boy left. If you or someone you know are interested, we’ll’ put in contact with Karen.
Here’s something else Kathy sent…
Family
Jigme and seven of his relatives, including his wife, three sons and a daughter – pictured here - sleep in his yak-hair tent.”At night, right before bed, we howl into the dark to remind would-be thieves, wolves and local hungry ghosts to stay away from our herds,” Jigme says.
Kathy sent this link, along with the following note:
Poetry is magical and heartbreaking. Written in English and Tibetan
characters–Matteo contributed to this, too.
Read it (It’s a pdf file, so give it time to load.)
My favorite job…haulin’ slash! Living in the mountains on wooded property requires different ‘yard’ maintenance than lush, green lawns. A coniferous forest where fire is Mother Nature’s way of maintaining balance presents additional maintenance, otherwise known as mitigation. Gathering up dead wood, cutting down ladder trees and pruning the pine trees are all part of the job. I try to fool myself and call it gardening.
Here’s the truck loaded up for trip #6…
Those of you that have been to my house, especially this past year, know what the slash pile looked like. This photo doesn’t do it justice, as it was only after 5 trips that I thought it might be fun to share my weekend…
Twice each summer, the local firefighters organize slash clean-up. Using the high school parking lot, for a small fee local residents are able to dump slash. Later, workers come in with big chippers and produce mulch from the slash.
Today, we’re finishing up. For Apsos on the Mountain this year, I’ll be able to hang prayer flags where I want, rather than in attempt to hide the slash pile!
This morning Kathy sent this. I had to share!
I was looking for a special baby gift for a friend in one of
Boulder’s Tibetan shops last week. These cute felted shoes are made
by poor mothers in Bhutan trying to make a living. The store owner
is from Bhutan and she asked me if I have ever visited her country!
She said Boulder is okay, but she misses home!
Remember the pretty pin I mentioned Kathy was wearing when we met a week ago? She sent me a couple of pins, along with the following taken from the January-February 2007 issue of Native Peoples:
A common ritual among American Indian tribes is the giving of a feather to a loved one, for marking important achievements in one’s life or as protection. Fittingly, a pink feather has recently been adopted as a symbol by the American Indian Advisory Council to the UC Davis Cancer Center to signify their message of breast health and and cancer prevention in Native communities. Kellie Stevens (Yerington Paiute) designed the Ribbon of Life feather. It can be found on free pins being distributed by the university and the Turtle Health Foundation.
Thank you Gail for sending this to be shared on the blog!
I wanted to do a piece about Randee Goldman and her rescue organization, Lhasa Happy Homes…I was lucky enough to meet her several years ago after I voraciously read her website…She definitely has a way with words and photographs…I loved what she wrote about the dogs and her mission…and the dog pictures always seemed to capture their true essences.,.touching my heart.
Randee said, “I was looking to find a cute little companion for my Lhasa, Kramer, who is the mascot of our website. I subscribed to an online rescue list for the breed. Next thing I knew, I was being asked to go to the shelter to rescue a Lhasa with sarcoptic mange…..who turned out to be a Shih Tzu with fleas.! Well, the rest is history!”
I called her up and asked if I could help out.This was my first rescue experience. She wanted me to help an older Maltese and then an older, sight challenged Shih-Tzu who was turned in by his owner because he was very crabby and not easy to love….and foster some dogs along the way, one of which was newly blind from Progressive Retinal Atrophy, a. black and white Lhasa that my soon -to -be friend, Chris Geiser would eventually adopt. This was my first experience with Progressive Retinal Atrophy.I .had to take her to Helen Woodward Specialty Hospital in Rancho Santa Fe to a famous opthamologist who would confirm her condition…..What did I know about blind dogs? (nothing then…now I have three) .except that Randee asked me to, so I did….I don’t know how she does it, tirelessly, day after day, but she rescues from the shelters of Southern California and takes dogs that owners turn in or are in difficult situations and unable to take care of them anymore…and gets them vetted and groomed and placed in her foster homes in loving situations..The dogs are transformed over a short period of time and there are never any left behind…even the more difficult senior and handicapped dogs…They all get adopted, no matter how long it seems to take. Weekly adoptions take place at the Farmer’s Market in Brentwood, Ca. (Southern Ca.) You are right Randee, the universe doesn’t make mistakes.!!!.I salute you and your amazing rescue and volunteers at www.lhasahappyhomes.org for Lhasa, Shih-Tzu, Maltese and Small Breed Rescue. - Gail
Susan sent this….
Here are some pictures of Raji, Rinchen and Sammy.
Hope the Rockies are Rockin’
Shared with Bev’s permission…
Hi Debbie,
Your web site is beautiful and has lots and lots of great information. I love all the information on all the books and the info on genetics. Thank you so much for your hard work and sharing. I didn’t even know you had a website until I did a google search for FFT Lhasas after Julie judged in Reno.
Julie gave my Molly a four point major in Reno. Molly is my very first bred -by owner handled Champion and finishing under Julie was just the icing on the cake! Everyone of us that was there would go under her again. She looked at every dog and went over every dog completely. Not to mention that I have seen some beautiful FFT dogs and for a judge who breeds, grooms and handles such gorgeous dogs to pick my bitch for a major was so special. I will truly always remember that day.
So Darby had mentioned you might be coming to California for a visit? We’ll all put out the red carpet.
Bev Simms
