Lena is Going Horse Camping!

Be back on Sunday!!!

Lena doesn't know it yet, but she is going horse camping for the weekend at Cuneo Creek Trail Camp. She is so comfortable and sensible around horses, I think she'll have a blast even though she can't go out on the trail.

Stella will stress too much around so many horses so she will get to hang with my son's dogs Ben and Willow. She'll have her own fun weekend playing with her extended family.

Remember the Animals who Served

Today please remember the many animals who gave their lives,

 conscripted to serve humans in war:

Statistics of the heavy, heavy toll of war born by those 

who had no choice (stats from BBC article, 11/24/2004 ).

Horses - Eight million killed in WWI alone, carrying men, arms and supplies into battle

Pigeons - 200,000 used as messengers in WWII. Of 17,000 parachuted into enemy territory, fewer than one in eight returned.

Dogs - used to hunt mines and search for the wounded. Still routinely used today

Mules - used as transport in the Burmese jungle, with their vocal chords slashed to keep them quiet

Camels, oxen and elephants - used for similar purposes elsewhere

Dolphins and sea lions - used today to find underwater mines and protect ships

Glow worms - used in WWI as an aid for map reading

Lena Giving Me the Post-bath, Still Not Forgiven Look

Lena's Revenge, Part II

. . . one good roll, not enough.  How to replace the lovely stench washed away by the evil bath Lena and Stella were forced to endure by their heartless mom?  Lena will find a way.