Meet Floppy and his Ass.
A wonderful perspective into the lives of two beastly friends.
This is my response to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Perspective.
Weekly Photo Challenge: A Sardinian Perspective
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Tag Archives: horse
Travel Theme: Animals
This week on Where’s my backpack: Ailsa presents us with yet another fabulous theme: animals.
My favourite all-time animal: The Cat. Meow!
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What is one Country’s Culture is Another’s Taboo | Horse Meat
Roughly 5 million tons of horse meat is consumed yearly by these 8 countries.
- China
- Italy
- France
- Belgium
- Switzerland
- Japan
- Mexico
- The Netherlands
In December 2011 American president Obama lifted a five-year ban on horse slaughter. Bringing a once taboo food to the tables of Americans. 70% of Americans oppose horse slaughter, will this lift bring nourishment and good proteins to many starving Americans? Only time will tell.
Stubborn Blindness
I pass her on my early morning runs, she is generally feasting beside the bamboo fence.
This morning, once the sun shot its first morning beams over the mountains, I headed out into the wild winter morning in hopes to capture her magnificent beauty.
I’ve tried to photograph this stunning white horse for months. Finally this morning she steered her stubborn head towards me. My camera was on full zoom and this was the best I could get.
Calling to her in English proved her stubbornness overboard. I tried in dialect “AJO.” I called tut-tuts and come here’s, she didn’t budge.
Stubborn in her own winter blindness.
How do you photograph animals?
Cavalcata Sarda 2011
One hundred and twelve years have passed since the first Cavalcata Sarda took place to honor King Umberto 1 and Queen Margherita, who made a visit to Sardegna in 1899. This colourful folk festival is held on the second-last Sunday of May, every year. Continue reading
Horse Eats
I have eaten the deeps of the Mediterranean and sampled the rich earthy reds grown from my own backyard. The strange sea creatures placed before us at our late, late evening meal are bizarre, stinky and shiny. One dish (locally known as Cannolichi) reminded me of cheese covered rain worms with olive oil and a few herbs. I dared to try it but only a small bite. The crunch and the image in my mind turned my taste buds off and vowed to never eat or see this food again. One night when browsing the menu I was surprised to find Continue reading Deathly Spesa
Shopping (spesa) here is fun and at times 
difficult. I point and use hand gestures to help in receiving my fresh meat and bread. I like to hang around the dusty… Continue reading
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