{"id":45129,"date":"2020-03-30T19:00:36","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T19:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=45129"},"modified":"2020-03-30T19:18:50","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T19:18:50","slug":"%e2%80%9colive%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/03\/%e2%80%9colive%e2%80%9d\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cOlive\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am really very fortunate<br \/>\nBlessedness is how<br \/>\nLiving with the Hambidges<br \/>\nDespite the lockdown now<br \/>\nThey are the perfect family<br \/>\nAnd I am well pleased living there<br \/>\nThe garden and the countryside<br \/>\nFor all of it they share<br \/>\nAncestrally we came from Tibet<br \/>\nIn the mountains far away<br \/>\nLots of snow and wild wild winds<br \/>\nIn the monasteries we stay<br \/>\nI am known as a lion dog<br \/>\nA shi zu<br \/>\nQuite the  soul<br \/>\nThriving on companionship.<br \/>\nAnd in a family role<\/p>\n<p>As dogs go I am little<br \/>\nNo weight to speak of, I<br \/>\nStill so love the countryside<br \/>\nAnd a clear blue sky<br \/>\nWith family I am joyful<br \/>\nNeglected I cannot be<br \/>\nThat\u2019s when I will bark my head off<br \/>\nWhen the family I can\u2019t see<\/p>\n<p>But I am very adaptable<br \/>\nIt doesn\u2019t matter where<br \/>\nUp in the Tibetan mountains<br \/>\nOr a shepherds hut in Ware<br \/>\nI love it where I am Living now<br \/>\nWith the crystals and candles and things<br \/>\nMy lady is a Druid<br \/>\nAnd so much love she brings<br \/>\nInto our equation<br \/>\nEvery single day<br \/>\nPeople think I am high maintenance<br \/>\nBut Grooming doesn\u2019t get in the way<\/p>\n<p>My hair grows fast and wavy<br \/>\nAnd can go  down to the ground<br \/>\nA regular trim is what I get<br \/>\nAnd such  patience I have found<br \/>\nFrom Dawn she cares<br \/>\nDay in day out<br \/>\nI am just family<br \/>\nAnd that is what I am all about<br \/>\nIt\u2019s euphoric actually<\/p>\n<p>The garden all the flowers<br \/>\nShe grows<br \/>\nThe wild plants that she picks<br \/>\nLoves to take her photographs<br \/>\nOut there in the sticks<br \/>\nIt\u2019s good I am energetic<br \/>\nand social by nature too<br \/>\nBecause I found the perfect family<br \/>\nAnd  promise you that\u2019s true.<\/p>\n<p>I learn a lot from Dawn I do<br \/>\nShe talks to me she does<br \/>\nYou see she knows I comprehend<br \/>\nWhich does give me that buzz<br \/>\nThat real respect, that  honour<br \/>\nOf being her friend<br \/>\nShe\u2019s compassionate and caring<br \/>\nAnd in her world she does defend<br \/>\nMe, her canine warrior from very far away<br \/>\nShe gives me some credence<br \/>\nIn a moral way<br \/>\nThe luxury of living<br \/>\nIn the Hambidge family<br \/>\nWallowing in their loving<br \/>\nMeans everything to me<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes I go to grannies<br \/>\nNear the Roll Right stones<br \/>\nAll those fields to chipping<br \/>\nSo many different tones<br \/>\nThe neolithic aura<br \/>\nAnd all those mole hills too<br \/>\nI love the smells I get up there<br \/>\nSo much up there on view<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s where our Dawn does ritual<br \/>\nIn a circle she<br \/>\nIs part of the robed ones<br \/>\nIt\u2019s where she likes to be<br \/>\nI hold her in high standing<br \/>\nFor her veneration she<br \/>\nIt doesn\u2019t matter who she meets<br \/>\nI know that she loves me<\/p>\n<p>And so I do feel comfortable<br \/>\nHappy as I can be<br \/>\nSometimes I tell Anubis<br \/>\nHow the family<br \/>\nAlways does the proper thing<br \/>\nIs dutiful and kind<br \/>\nShe just loves her garden<br \/>\nIt\u2019s where she can unwind<br \/>\nToday some crystal healing<br \/>\nAnd she wore her new blue dress<br \/>\nAnd looked a proper picture<br \/>\nI just have to confess<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am really very fortunate Blessedness is how Living with the Hambidges Despite the lockdown now They are the perfect family And I am well pleased living there The garden and the countryside For all of it they share Ancestrally &hellip; 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