WookieTheHavanese
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Roses opening up
So happy about this pale yellow rose! It’s a David Austin — The Poet’s Wife. A few years ago it was languishing in a pot in the front of my unit. Last year I decided to move it into the back garden. It was the middle of summer — terrible time to move it! Actually… Continue reading
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What the World Needs Now — Wookie video
Wookie LOVES being on my lap at the piano. This is so nice to do. It really might become a regular feature. Of course I can’t play much, but really, who cares? Wookie will end up taking requests I bet. 🐾 Continue reading
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Wookie Update —June 29 2023
Wookie is a Havanese, as in, from Havana, Cuba. That’s where this breed is originally from. Wookie was supposed to be a show dog but he didn’t grow big enough! So at eight months, his owners decided to let him go and we got him instead. Here’s Wookie with his first big bone. He has… Continue reading
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Wookie sees his first surfer
My band Roaring Lion had a practice on the beach at Surfer’s Paradise. Really, I know nothing about beach life, gazebos, barbecues… they teach me so much. Wookie saw his first surfer. Look at that sand. Coming from England, I cannot believe how even the most insignificant beach in Queensland is more beautiful than anything… Continue reading
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By the lake
Good morning world. It’s a great morning to roll in what the ducks left for me. Have a woofsome day! Wookie 🐾 Continue reading
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Introducing Wookie
Wookie has recently become part of our family and is the best thing that could ever have happened to us. He’s super helpful. Here he is helping me write this post. He likes gardening… …editing audio… …and teaching piano. Actually he probably doesn’t like it at all and thinks: OMG is she finished yet? I’ve… Continue reading
About Joanna
Joanna is British Australian. She worked mainly in financial news in London. In her forties she moved to her parents’ birthplace, Sabah, a Malaysian state on the island of Borneo, where she became a pianist in a hotel and wrote a blog about musicians. The blog became a book before Joanna came to Australia in 2012. In this blog she writes mostly about music, gardening, and trips to Sabah. Oh, and Wookie the Havanese.
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