12/24/09
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
...performed by Kirov (Mariinsky) soloist Larissa Lezhnina. Merry Christmas!
12/23/09
photos from Corine...
...of Hawa and Tadaksahak at Corine's and Guy's home in France. Thanks to Corine for permission to publish the beautiful photos. It is so wonderful for me to see that they are thriving in their new home. Al hamdullilah.
12/22/09
looking through old files...
...I found this picture of Tezerift. From when we lived in NM. A storm was coming. Mash'Allah was al hamdullilah.
Alatokh Idiiyat-es-Sahel...
...is the sire of Tadawelt Idiiyat-es-Sahel's puppies. The litter was bred by Marya Morales, her first of what I hope will be many, Insh'Allah. I was proud when I read the comment thread on Facebook regarding Tadawelt and the puppies, but disturbed to see no mention of the sire of the puppies. Sorry folks, but the puppies were not the result of an immaculate conception!
Maybe its just a 'male' thing, but I think it is correct that the sire be given his 'props': Alatokh was mated to Tadawelt after repeated attempts to mate her to Marya's first two choices (Kidal and Ailal [Alatokh's full brother]) proved unsuccessful. Maybe it was a 'third time's a charm' thing. From my perspective as a Muslim....mash'Allah wa al hamdullilah wa Allahu ul-Akbar.
The mating is interesting for me on a personal level because it represents a strong blending of three (out of five) of my dominant dam lines: Taytok, Lara, and Hatshepsut, as well as a balanced blending of New African/ABIS stock* with the 'Yugoslavian' and 'Old French' foundation lines. That the puppies are 'typical' for their race reinforces two strongly held beliefs: a. that the crossing of individual specimens (typically outbreeding) must be balanced by the crossing of distinct 'lines' (typically linebreeding or inbreeding), and b. my belief (in relation to the original Sahelian bred imports to Europe) in both the value and necessity of the perennial infusion of New African bloodstock into the foundation European bloodlines.
*Taytok (imported to Germany from the Sahel by Gabriele Meissen); Hatshepsut (my first Sahelian bred import, bred and generously gifted to me by Ayad ag Inachanan, Tin Akoff, Burkina Faso, and brought out for me by Monika Kessler); Atri ak Mansoufouga (imported to Switzerland from the Sahel by Monika Kessler); and C'Babasch, Ejeker, and Tekewelt (imported to France from the Sahel by Gervais Coppe)
Al hamdullilah.
Lao Tzu
When all the world sees beauty as beauty,
This in itself is ugliness.
When all the world sees good as good,
This in itself is evil.
Being and non-being create each other.
Difficult and easy support each other.
Long and short define each other.
High and low depend on each other.
Before and after follow each other.
Therefore,
Act without doing,
Teach without speaking.
Things arise--let them come;
Things disappear--let them go.
Hold without possessing,
Act without expecting.
When your work is done, forget it:
Forgotten, it will last forever.
This in itself is ugliness.
When all the world sees good as good,
This in itself is evil.
Being and non-being create each other.
Difficult and easy support each other.
Long and short define each other.
High and low depend on each other.
Before and after follow each other.
Therefore,
Act without doing,
Teach without speaking.
Things arise--let them come;
Things disappear--let them go.
Hold without possessing,
Act without expecting.
When your work is done, forget it:
Forgotten, it will last forever.
12/21/09
12/20/09
Tombouktou's Umaymah...
..., now three years old, al hamdullilah, is from Gabriele Meissen's 'U' litter. I am always very proud to see the descendant's of any of my Azawakh (the dam of Umaymah is Qarqabu who is a daughter of Kusaylah [X Tombouktou's Nahalet]). Umaymah is owned by Viktor Havas of Hungary. Thank you to Gabriele for permission to publish this image.
Tawzalt with Theodora and Cassandra
Brian Reiter just sent me these nice photos of Tawzalt with his daughters Theodora and Cassandra. Apparently Tawzalt found the encircling love of young children more bearable than the horror of D.C.'s two feet of freshly fallen snow. Snow = water = no, not gonna like it. Of course I know some Azawakh might like snow. But well, Tawzalt descends from generations of water-haters. Al hamdullilah.
12/18/09
Lao Tzu...
You desire to improve this world?
I don't think it can be done.
This world is sacred.
It can't be improved.
Tamper with it, you will ruin it.
Treat it like an object, you will lose it.
There is a time for being ahead,
For being behind;
For being in motion,
For being at rest;
For being vigorous,
For being exhausted;
For being safe,
For being in danger.
Wisdom sees things as they are
Without trying to control them;
Lets them go their own way,
and resides at the center of the circle.
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I don't think it can be done.
This world is sacred.
It can't be improved.
Tamper with it, you will ruin it.
Treat it like an object, you will lose it.
There is a time for being ahead,
For being behind;
For being in motion,
For being at rest;
For being vigorous,
For being exhausted;
For being safe,
For being in danger.
Wisdom sees things as they are
Without trying to control them;
Lets them go their own way,
and resides at the center of the circle.
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