Alexandria Blaelock

★ sass ★ satire ★ seriousness ★

Search

Creatures

MORE POSTS

Beauty

Friendship

Pleasure

Project Worthwhile Life

Virtues

Wealth

Wisdom

Writing

Forever free, unsponsored, and proudly primate produced! If you’ve enjoyed reading, please consider buying me a coffee.

coffee cup
  • Mystery Mouse
    Mystery Mouse

    While I was out in the garden this morning I saw a mystery mouse cadaver. I’m not sure whether it was a a mouse or a rat.

  • Five stages of dog calling
    Five stages of dog calling

    This morning as we were walking Clever Girl, I heard a woman going through 5 stages of dog calling, and it occurred to me they’re quite similar to Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’s stages of grief.

  • Tidying the Garden
    Tidying the Garden

    With a spot of sunny weather, and an empty skip replacing the full one, we spent a little time tidying the garden. And I ended with a daffodil on my desk in memory of it.

  • The Cairn at the Dog Park
    The Cairn at the Dog Park

    I noticed this cairn at the dog park today… I don’t know who left it. Or how many people added to it, or why it’s there, or in fact, anything about it at all.

  • Little Seal Pup
    Little Seal Pup

    We managed to get away and took Clever Girl for a long walk along the beach. While we were there, we saw a little seal pup.

  • Too Late Now!
    Too Late Now!

    I admit it – now and again; I get annoyed with Clever Girl and want to send her back. But I recently realised it’s too late now. We can’t let her go.

  • 5 Things I Learned From My New Dog
    5 Things I Learned From My New Dog

    We recently got a new dog, and boy it’s been exhausting. Lily died at 16. And I’d forgotten what she was like during the first few months.

  • Do I Start Again or Start Something New?
    Do I Start Again or Start Something New?

    Poor Pretty Girl is gone now, and I find myself not only orphaned but petless too. It’s been hard to start again

  • In Memoriam Pretty Girl; Maidenbelle Snow Lily (2004 – 2020)
    In Memoriam Pretty Girl; Maidenbelle Snow Lily (2004 – 2020)

    Little pretty girl, playful and so very sweet, goodbye, yu good dog

  • The Weird Joy of Life with Wildlife
    The Weird Joy of Life with Wildlife

    Since my post about my garden planning, people have told me how weird they think life with wildlife must be.

  • How to Design a Peaceful Garden
    How to Design a Peaceful Garden

    I’ve mentioned one of my major goals this year is to create a peaceful garden that’s lush and abundant, provides habitats, weather protection and a mystical threshold.

  • The Melodious Dawn Chorus Daily
    The Melodious Dawn Chorus Daily

    One of the amazing things about birds and animals, is vocal group communications, whether that’s the Dawn Chorus, Twighlight Barking, or the alarm tones that signal mass evacuations.

  • Are Traditional Family Values a Good Thing?
    Are Traditional Family Values a Good Thing?

    Here in Australia, we’re just a couple of weeks away from the Federal Election. Like all elections, the bulk of candidates are campaigning on Traditional Family Values.

  • In Memoriam Pretty Boy: Maidenbelle Snow Tsar (2004 – 2018)
    In Memoriam Pretty Boy: Maidenbelle Snow Tsar (2004 – 2018)

    My pretty boy’s gone, chasing rabbits in the sky – neve forgotten

  • Dog Walking Outfit
    Dog Walking Outfit

    The other day at the dog park, I was aksed my I dress so nice to take the dogs put. As good an excuse as any to talk about a dog walking outfit. The outfit I was wearing is for warmer weather, and shares elements with my exercise, yard work, beach, and house cleaning outfits.

  • Alexandria’s Adventures in Morning Routine
    Alexandria’s Adventures in Morning Routine

    Following my brush with the collapse of control, I’ve been noticing a lot of chat about “morning routine” in my podcasts and webinars lately, and there has been one thing that stood out for me.

  • Alexandria’s Adventure in Bunking Off
    Alexandria’s Adventure in Bunking Off

    I should first mention for those that don’t know, “bunk” (as in bunking off) is also a verb meaning to leave, most notable in The Shawshank Redemption when Andy Dufresne is noted to have “done a bunk, sir”.

  • Sometimes, All You Need is a Day at the Dog Beach
    Sometimes, All You Need is a Day at the Dog Beach

    Sometimes all you need is a day at the dog beach

  • The Grim Side of Garden Grooming
    The Grim Side of Garden Grooming

    Another quick one today, as I am still down with the cold and cursing my lack of foresight in NOT buying eucalyptus body wash for just this occasion. If you are at all squeamish about faeces you might want to skip this post. The sun was out today, and after three days chock full of napping, I…

  • Ruminations on Rodents
    Ruminations on Rodents

    Wild rodents can carry disease (and other pests like fleas and mites), they are NOT diseased because they are rodents.

  • Who are the Home Grown Heroes of My Beautiful Garden?
    Who are the Home Grown Heroes of My Beautiful Garden?

    When I first laid out my garden vision, I mentioned a need to develop habitats for native species – my home grown heroes. 

  • Virtue of Friendship; Creatures
    Virtue of Friendship; Creatures

    I believe you can have friendships with two different kinds of creatures; your companion animals and wild animals.

  • Virtue of Friendship
    Virtue of Friendship

    I realised I had to talk about the Virtue of Friendship before I could get into planning for friendship with creatures in the next post. Mainly because we need to know about friendship before we can talk about how that relates to things that aren’t people (as shown in the revised virtues table shown below.)

  • Eek! There’s a Spider in the Bathtub
    Eek! There’s a Spider in the Bathtub

    A little off topic, but I had to share this. I recently watched BBC4’s Spider House, and it was absolutely fascinating!