{"id":132,"date":"2012-03-05T15:38:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T23:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?p=132"},"modified":"2013-11-12T11:12:52","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T19:12:52","slug":"and-i-would-be-your-slave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/and-i-would-be-your-slave\/","title":{"rendered":"And I Would Be Your Slave"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"><b><i>Open Up Your Heart To Me. Show Me All You Are.\u00a0And I Would Be Your Slave<\/i><\/b>. &#8211;<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">David Bowie<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>These Lyrics of David Bowie&#8217;s hold true for me. It is why I adore children and dogs. They open their hearts to me and show me all that they are. They end up holding my heart in their hands or paws.<br \/>Below are pictures of a beautiful early spring walk along Lake Okanagan. Tabs, Fernando, Pablo and I.<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-gKSwTnaCGu4\/T1QiHxsgLaI\/AAAAAAAAHTI\/xSbOPFfS5E4\/s1600\/IMG_3147.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"496\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-gKSwTnaCGu4\/T1QiHxsgLaI\/AAAAAAAAHTI\/xSbOPFfS5E4\/s640\/IMG_3147.JPG\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Pablo and Fernando on the car trip to the Lake. Pablo super curious and Fernando just taking in the view&#8211;a relaxed, seasoned passenger.<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Y6nKIldzq04\/T1Qja9tGJ5I\/AAAAAAAAHTs\/mfiBZyhVQ-0\/s1600\/IMG_3156.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Y6nKIldzq04\/T1Qja9tGJ5I\/AAAAAAAAHTs\/mfiBZyhVQ-0\/s640\/IMG_3156.JPG\" width=\"408\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Tabs, Pabs and Nando.<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/--HnR7ey35W4\/T1QjqJrOlSI\/AAAAAAAAHT4\/7u_SElCaDGI\/s1600\/IMG_3177.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/--HnR7ey35W4\/T1QjqJrOlSI\/AAAAAAAAHT4\/7u_SElCaDGI\/s640\/IMG_3177.JPG\" width=\"610\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The boys and I. They&#8217;re on their new lead system I recently purchased. It is the best. It is designed to walk 2 dogs at once&#8211;they never get tangled. I bought them matching harnesses because I cannot cope with hearing a dog asphyxiate itself by pulling on its collar.<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-PKTbWvUzQv0\/T1Qj3D-dU-I\/AAAAAAAAHUA\/1ubFFgS24CQ\/s1600\/IMG_3179.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-PKTbWvUzQv0\/T1Qj3D-dU-I\/AAAAAAAAHUA\/1ubFFgS24CQ\/s640\/IMG_3179.JPG\" width=\"468\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Tabs and the boys on the beach.<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-1uexBb_8AIo\/T1QkC3xfdkI\/AAAAAAAAHUI\/VZqwnmFYRLU\/s1600\/IMG_3186.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-1uexBb_8AIo\/T1QkC3xfdkI\/AAAAAAAAHUI\/VZqwnmFYRLU\/s640\/IMG_3186.JPG\" width=\"602\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>On the board walk. A little snow still at higher elevations.<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-9o-piYNgHvo\/T1QnqcPqSyI\/AAAAAAAAHUg\/LlJRplyvxqo\/s1600\/IMG_3157.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"618\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-9o-piYNgHvo\/T1QnqcPqSyI\/AAAAAAAAHUg\/LlJRplyvxqo\/s640\/IMG_3157.JPG\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The lake water is refreshing! The dogs drank from it but no paws stepped in.<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Walking these beasts&#8211;I truly am their slave. It takes all the strength I have to keep them from jumping on every dog we pass or in Fernando&#8217;s case&#8211;trying to bite the ankles of every human that passes. How did I end up with such devils of dogs?<\/p>\n<p>Spring has arrived. The down town outdoor ice rink is ice no longer.<\/p>\n<p>BC teachers are on strike this week for the next three days. My girls will have a 5 day weekend. They return to school for only 2 days and then a 2 week spring break! My youngest 2 will be traveling with their cousins to visit their Granny and Granddad for a week. Mist has not decided what she wants to do for the March break yet. While the little girls are visiting their grandparents, I will pull together my final presentation for that week is the week I will finally defend my M.A. thesis.<\/p>\n<p>A relaxed weekend for my family. Had a wonderful supper at my sister Miranda&#8217;s (and John&#8217;s) on Friday night after my Zumba class.<\/p>\n<p>My eldest 2 daughters had a piano recital Sunday. Pip and I built a train track and I also taught a Zumba class (a last minute request to sub at a gym in Kelowna).<\/p>\n<p>Must go now and do my Ab workout before my nieces arrive to start the teachers strike off right&#8211;a play date with my gals \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open Up Your Heart To Me. Show Me All You Are.\u00a0And I Would Be Your Slave. &#8211;David BowieThese Lyrics of David Bowie&#8217;s hold true for me. It is why I adore children and dogs. 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