This past Tuesday evening, ten members of Coffee
House Writers Group gathered at Rick’s place.
It was only 15 minutes by bicycle to his house, and I knew some families
in San Dimas live in a large lot with horses, but still I was pleasantly
surprised. It was a great meeting and
unusual treat.
When I get there, first I see two dogs and one of
them looks a little like wolf. Sure
enough, Rick says they are part wolf! I
stopped petting, but they are very friendly and excited. Soon, the wolf looking dog starts to howl as
above photo.
As I’m writing this, I just noticed something. “Howl” in Japanese is ほえるhoeru, and “howl”
is transcribed into Japanese as ハウルhauru. Wow, hauru and hoeru sound
similar. What do you think? I know you are not as excited as I am. Too bad.
In Japanese, "a beautiful woman" can be
translated to bijin 美人. Bi means beautiful, and jin
means person. But we don’t have a word
such as biba 美馬 (ba means horse). I wonder
what word Chinese use for a beautiful horse. Wait, I forget to ask Rick. I don't know the gender of any of these animals. Excuse me if I'm wrong.
the white of eyes
zooms into mine more and more
yoga of love
Her name is Tess, and yoga means connection. So far I’ve seen five dogs, three horses, chickens, turtles, fish, and a giant python, and thinking for a person like me who own not even a dog must have a hard time maintaining this kind of household. One thing, I’m not a morning person.
This is Penny. She is a 400 lbs. black pig. Rick throws
a banana into Penny’s large pan without peeling it. Right away, Penny eats it all up. You might say she is a pig, but when we are
not used to, we don’t know how to handle.
It’s the same as among humans. Some
people don’t know what to do with me!?
Below, we can see her tail.
Also, this is only natural, but Penny does not have
her waist. This photo shows her shining black
body, but we can’t tell which side is which.
This dog looks curious and keeps coming back. He or she must be saying to me to take a photo and upload it to my blog, so I’m trying my best to suit her needs.
This is the other mustang. Excuse me for the rear view.
This hand belongs to Jessica, the daughter of
Christine Marie Bryant who is the leader of Coffee House Writers Group. Jessica tells me that horses do not like
flash, so I try to stop, but I can’t control my camera well. According to Rick’s wife, the mustang below has
allergy. My eyes have also been itchy,
but I can’t wear an eye mask.
I wish she waits for my shot, but she turns
around.
The battery of my camera has been very low,
and I realized that flash is probably not good also for reptiles. So, I haven’t taken many photos of amazing pythons. By the way, this is a baby python. Rick’s daughter shows us many different kinds
and explains to us in detail. She has a
pregnant python ready to give birth to seven or eight eggs. If you are a reptile mania, you’ll be
ecstatic. It’s a conflict, but I’m sorry
I’m not, or I’m glad I’m not.
By the way, the cross is not chopsticks.
