When he clapped eyes on the camel hair socks, Alex couldn’t help smiling. He closed the trunk containing what remained of his material assets: this exotic souvenir of his photo report in Mongolia, —a gift for Lucie who is extremely sensitive to the cold—, his professional equipment and some belongings.

His house had been destroyed by a fire and the person behind the bombing had sent a thug hunting him up to his hospital bed. Without his old friend Angus’s help, he would’ve felt in an equally desperate situation than had been the last weeks Edgar, the mind-reader dog that he just contributed to saving from being put down.

As it happened, his new canine companion, who already didn’t let him out of his sight, was looking over to him insistently. “Let’s go, buddy! Time has come for you and me to make together a fresh start.”

A tribute to Benji from The Disney Wiki.

When the beautiful Shropshire Lad adorning her garden begun to wither, in response to the dreadful illness that was eating her up, Adèle realized for the first time how much she had messed up her life.

From now on, she applies herself to learn the lesson from this astonishing demonstration of empathy and relishes each moment in sheer mindfulness.

A heroin who’s scared of nothing, that’s what Louise, a modern young woman, expects from a good urban fantasy novel. Just as she’s keen on deliciously crazy universes born of a wild imagination. Ilona Andrews tandem never disappoints her.

With her sword, Slayer, Curran her half-man, half-beast lover and her loyal Grendel, Kate Daniels personifies the righter of wrongs that the mum-to-be would crave to become, while trying to bring some serenity in this world via her creating a holistic health center.

Capucine is five years old. Her dream is to become a vet in order to nurse unicorns, her current passion.

For the time being, she contents herself with following young donkey Trotro's adventures, nestled on the sofa with her darling dog, Bijou.

Village idyllique, évoquant par sa douceur de vivre le Lubéron de Philippe Ragueneau, « Brigadoon » est un véritable havre de paix, entre les parties de pétanque sur la place arborée, le charme bucolique de la nature environnante, l’ambiance chaleureuse du bar-tabac, sans parler de ces bonnes âmes qui s’ingénient à sauver les hérissons blessés ou en perdition.

Al se trouverait presque embarrassé d’être venu se réfugier en un lieu où règne une telle sérénité. Cependant, en lui offrant d’occuper sa maison à l’orée de la forêt, Louise, amie d’enfance d’Angus, son vieux complice comme lui reporter, lui a probablement sauvé la mise. En effet, le changement d’identité et d’apparence, le nom de code du village, la fuite, la planque, tout cela vise à le soustraire à l’acharnement de l’inconnu qui vient d’attenter par deux fois à sa vie.

Since the start of his career as a burglar to his current activity as a half-reformed con man, Bernard, alias Huggy, has always had a weakness for romantic comedies.

Of course, without a woman in his life, he’s quite lost. Unfortunately, those whom he would like to charm, are beyond his reach.

He comforts himself in checking out beautiful actresses. But, at the faintest suspicious noise in his flat, he draws his gun. His worst nightmare would be that cops find him bumped off in front of “Four Weddings and a Funeral”.

At a time when everyone mobilizes in answer to Trump's erring ways concerning Alaska,

see petition on Change.org

California tends to confirm being a great place to live in.

As regards idols – singers, moviemakers, authors – Audrey had an awful lot of infatuations. Then, while committing herself in creating her charity devoted to protecting old, disabled and rejected animals, she understood that compassion is the hallmark of human greatness.

Be it the produce of the Matrix or some other genesis, humankind counts more and more soulless arrivistes who are mere heaps of organic matter with no encephalogram activity – as if sound minds were out of stock -. So, meeting a person who still owns this spark is always comforting.

So that last years of pet lovers' lives won't consist in merely waiting for death coming, deprived of glorious loving presence of their cat or dog.

While waiting for "scientists" to favor human model - if only to avoid humans becoming themselves victims of beta version meds shamelessly put on the market -

Fortunately my buddy Rouky's story is one that ends well though he didn't have the time to fulfill his mission to help his human. The older man was admitted in a nursing home and Rouky ended up in an animal shelter.

Here's my friend, Gandalf.

Sometimes, our humans went through a lot before our coming into their lives. Then our presence is their reward.

Another amazing gifted artist,

Derek Kinzett, wire sculptor.

I told you I was the muse of this site.

Where do you think Cathy found inspiration for the post about chainsaw carving ?

As soon as Alice found out on the Internet that chainsaw carving could give a dead tree a new lease on life, she immediately took advice from Paul, a friend who is a horticulturist.

Convincing Adèle to have her favorite, already hit by lightning, apple tree, cut down would be no easy task. But in this season of regular storms, Alice was concerned about her mother’s safety.

Berlingot's review :

As any cat worthy of the name, I don’t admit just anyone in my home. In fact, my favorite visitor is the delivery man. And for good reason : parcels are often filled with treats, toys, delicious food pouches and they even occasionally contain delightful surprises such as a radiator bed or a cat flap.

Estelle is a sweet pain. Selfish, a Missis know-it-all, rather shallow, she would go for anything in order to be the center of attention. Even her friends sometimes find her insufferable.

As for her love life, since she left the only man who sincerely thought he loved her, it’s a mere series of wrong picks.

Pictures from Deavita.com

Ernest thought he would live a happy life in this orchard. But then, there has been this hellish din and blades gouged his flesh.

Some kind soul brought him to the "Refuge du hérisson" where he was well taken care of but, as he's been seriously maimed, he stayed there and became its mascot.