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....Marvellous was no quitter. She continued on her way.

25/52

But whatever she Was....

24/52

Sometimes, it's hard to stay cheerful when you don't know What you are. Marvellous found that not only was she terribly lonely, she was a little sad too.

23/52

Marvellous was starting to feel tired and extremely lonely. She had a better idea of Where she was, but still din't quite know What she was. She wasn't a rose. She wasn't a goat. She wasn't a Girl Child. And sadly she wasn't a Chi Hua Hua.

22/52

Marvellous followed Chi Hua Hua back to his home. They ran and they played and they dug holes and they slept. But poor Marvellous soon began to wonder if she really WAS a Chi Hua Hua. After a while she came to the conclusion that try as she might, she just didn't quite fit in. Where Chi Hua Hua was fearless, brave and bold, she was little, shy and timid. She bid farewell to her bouncy friend and continued on her way.

21/52

One day, Marvellous spied a strange animal ahead. It looked a big like a goat but it was much smaller. It came running towards her FAST!

"What are you?" she asked.

"I am Chi Hua Hua" he replied.

Marvellous felt quite excited. Chi Hua Hua was small. Chi Hua Hua had four legs and a long tail. Chi Hua Hua had big bright eyes. Chi Hua Hua looked A LOT LIKE HER!

"Am I a Chi Hua Hua?" asked Marvellous.

"YES!" he said.

20/52

As Marvellous walked, she missed her beautiful friends the roses, her bleaty friends the goats, her intelligent Girl Child, and wondered what she would encounter next.

"It really is terribly lonely", she thought, "trying to work out what you are."

Gorgeous pics Teekay!

.... in France in September: ....

Okay, jealous much. And don't forget, that will leave you at least ten slots, maybe more, in the 52 thread. And you must take Marvellous in your pocket, that's a given.

Poor Marvellous has been carted to Coffs Harbour and to Hobart in the last month and I didn't take a photo of her at either place! I mentioned to Snook recently I've lost a bit of my photography mojo at present. I do have quite a few pics of her I need to post... just have to gather the energy to get them up.

Thank you, I'm pretty excited about France! Four weeks there and two and a half in Italy (doing another photo workshop there, in Tuscany, but just landscape no horses sadly).

So very very sorry to hear your news Huga. Run free, Lola, doing little puggy snorts of happiness and joy.

That does look quite fabulous. I'm doing this when in France in September:

My link

(except that I'm just doing one shoot, a sunset one with the horses in the marshes where the guardians make them gallop towards you as you madly take photos lol)

19/52

After a while, Marvellous came to the conclusion that try as she might, she just didn't quite fit in. Where girl child could count to at least twenty, in two different laguages, Marvellous couldn't count at all. She waved goodbye to her intelligent friend and continued on her way.

18/52

Marvellous climbed upon girl child's shoulder and whispered secrets in her ear, for that is what girl children do. They laughed and they played and they had the most wonderful of times.

Getting ahead as the next few weeks are mental for me

17/52

One day, Marvellous came across another strange creature. It was neither a rose nor a goat.

"What are you?" she asked.

"I'm a girl child" the creature replied.

"Am I a girl child?" asked Marvellous.

"Yes... I think so" answered the girl child.

16/52

As Marvellous walked, she missed her beautiful friends the roses, her bleaty friends the goats, and wondered what she would encounter next.

"It really is quite lonely", she thought, "trying to work out what you are."

15/52

After a while, Marvellous came to the conclusion that try as she might, she just didn't quite fit in. Where goats bleated, she squeeked. She waved farewell to the goats and continued on her way.

I made several (poor) attempts at a composite Huga and gave up. Instead I used my sister strategically placed and ready to rescue the mouse :)

How did you manage to keep a goat leg still long enough? So cute!

More to the point how did you stop the goat from eating Marvellous? :laugh:

Well, it may be that poor Marvellous DID end up in Utopia's mouth just after I got that shot . To keep her still we just put her collar on and held her, and I got the pic very quickly lol.

14/52

Marvellous hopped down on the grass and settled down to goaty activities.

13/52

One day, in a field, Marvellous noticed a large creature.

"What are you?" she asked.

"I am a goat" the creature replied.

"Am I a goat?" she asked.

"Of course you are!" said the goat.

Lighthouse - perfect to photograph in terrible (stormy?) weather ????

12/52

As Marvellous walked, she missed her beautiful friends the roses and wondered what she would encounter next.

"It's a bit lonely", she thought, "trying to work out what you are."

Gorgeous kittens, and Pepe is so beautiful!!

Thanks guys! I wanted to retake these shots as they didn't come out how they looked in my head, but sadly I left it too late and the roses have finished.

9/52

"Am I a rose?" she asked.

"You might be!" they replied.

10/52

Marvellous carefully placed some fallen petals around her neck, climbed a sturdy stem, and settled down to rosey activities.

11/52

After a while she came to the conclusion that try as she might, Marvellous just didn't quite fit in. Where roses were beautiful and vain, she was plain and humble. She waved farewell to her charming friends and continued on her way.