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This week was another busy week for me, the days went very quick.
On Wednesday I took Ollie for a visit to Jack Inglis, the resthome and hospital I visit with him every week as Ollie is trained as a therapy dog with Canine Friends Therapy Dogs, a New Zealand organisation.
Normally Ollie is very happy and outgoing with the staff and residents, but this week he was not himself, withdrawn and shy.
I didn't know what caused his behaviour this particular visit, one of our friends, George passed away last weekend and every week we paid George a visit and he was so happy to see us, he loved Ollie.
We walked passed his room, already occupied by some one else again and we didn't go in.
Did Ollie feel a difference, did he smell what we don't smell; illness and death.
Had Ollie enough of it all? I don't have the answers, we see what will bring this coming week.
Had Ollie enough of it all? I don't have the answers, we see what will bring this coming week.
I live near a vineyard and the last few weeks the workers are pruning the vines, every winter I gather the cuttings and make grapevine wreaths and hearts to sell or give away.
My watercolour painting was inspired by my wreath making and I also painted a pretty children card with Spring in mind.
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| Grapevine wreath |
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| Spring Children's card |
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| Grapevine heart |
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| My goldfish in our pond |
Beautiful inspired sketches sketches today! I enjoyed reading your post.
ReplyDeleteThank you Christine
DeleteOllie does wonderful work with the elderly and I hope he is more cheerful soon. Love your spring card. #sundaysketches
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ollie is a great dog, he is half border collie and half Labrador and very intelligent.
Deleteinteresting to hear about your dog. i do believe that animals can feel so much emotion when something is wrong. hope next week is a better visit for him.
ReplyDeleteYes I hope too that this week he will be his old self again, the residents always look forward to him coming. I will bring some treats for him, that normally helps.
DeleteI adore your beautifully painted wreath. I love to paint them with my watercolors and then send them to friends. I did one yesterday for a friend who has lost her mother. The colors are perfect and the butterflies add so much. It is so special. The little piece you paint for spring is dear and precious, too. Such a lovely post this week. genie
ReplyDeleteThank you Genie for your lovely and inspiring comment!
DeleteI believe animals see and sense things that we don't. It will be interesting to hear how Ollie is on his next visit to the home.
ReplyDeleteYour grapevine wreaths and art card are lovely!
Goldfish are so hardy! How they survive the winter chilled water is amazing.
Have a lovely week, Marijke. :)
Thank you Serena, I will write about Ollie again and see hoe he goes, he is a very sensitive animal and we got him as a rescue dog when he was one year old. I had other dogs before him, but he is the most tuned in dog I had.
ReplyDeletecute little csrd :)
ReplyDeleteOllie might have sensed something was not right, dogs can be very tuned into those things
Today we visit the rest home again, so see what will happen!
DeleteLovely photos and beautiful art. I love your wreath. Thank you for sharing with us again. :)
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