From Australia

[heliopausa]

I'll get back to Shakespeare, and vaguely Shakespeare-related notes, sometime this coming week, but in the meantime:

It's been strange and unseasonable weather here - mid-November, and cold!  Even stranger, a few days back, we had a hailstorm, with largeish hailstones - some rounded, but others just irregular chunks of ice - falling from a clear,

Comments

[asakiyume]

That's lovely about the Maremmas! (They look very much like golden retrievers--nice dogs).

[heliopausa]

I loved it! a beautifully heart-warming vision. :)

[rthstewart]

I love the story of the Maremmas. They are amazing, wonderful dogs, and I'd never seen a bandicoot before. And thank you for being so kind.

[heliopausa]

It's such a lovely thing to contemplate - the wonderful protectiveness and dependability of the Maremmas! ( and other dogs, too, of course!)

[wellinghall]

Seconding - er, thirding - the impressiveness of the dogs!

[heliopausa]

:D Sheepdogs in general are pretty impressive - not just intelligent, but (by and large) on our side!

[wellinghall]

Yes indeed! :-)