I've always found caring for my pets to be a stress reliever too

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~Juliane~

I have to agree with Merlin and Nicole. Other than our pets, the only other ones in life that concern us as to what goes in and comes out is our kids and grandkids! LOL. Freya exploded when she was on the potty today and got the whole room pretty much, we just laughed and cleaned it up. She sure is a brat lately, LOL!

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Kat

i bought a big mac for a homless person the other day..made me feel good..also feels good to know your herps are healthy and clean!lol

I had a homeless guy ask me if I wanted to have a beer with him and his dog this morning. Seemed like a nice guy, too bad I had to work..and too bad I don't drink before breakfast, he would have made a fascinating photo model.

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“Be the change you want to see in the world.”

-Mahatma Gandhi

~Lacey~

My Photos

Lacey, I knew someone who used to take lovely and very sympathetic photos of homeless folks. He was once homeless himself, too. He told me that sometimes simply buying them a meal and really just talking with them and listening to them was worth an awful lot, and he was surprised how many were just fine with having their photos taken. They were really beautiful and tragic.

If you do take some, I'd love to see you take on that subject.

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"Let's eat, Grandpa!"
"Let's eat Grandpa!"

Punctuation. It saves lives.

this dude was in Mozambique..had his legs blown off by a land mine....still thousands scattered around their country...herping is dangerous! how fun! poor guy though... i like some of the shots...haha telephotos rock!! he did'nt see me

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Don't be jealous the voices only speak to me...

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Tom Stone is an amazing photographer from California who takes pictures of people who are down and out.
Flickr: Photos from stoneth
The stories with the pictures really bring it all together.

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“Be the change you want to see in the world.”

-Mahatma Gandhi

~Lacey~

My Photos

very cool photos...contrast is amazing.

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Don't be jealous the voices only speak to me...

www.swaziwildlifevolunteers.com

Those are really beautiful. Remind me to add him to my contacts when I log on today. The stories are fascinating.

It's wonderful that he's able to step outside of "normal" society and collect the stories of the people no one seems to care about. That's a very hard thing to do.

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"Let's eat, Grandpa!"
"Let's eat Grandpa!"

Punctuation. It saves lives.

*sigh*

The pictures are excellent......................the stories just cause me to tear up.

As far as keeping my toads...............my co-workers are always asking me about them, don't think it's weird that I happen to have a baggie of crickets at my desk cuz I stopped by at lunch, etc etc.............they understand when I get excited cuz the new one pooed or whatever; does that make them weirdos in training? LOL

I find that when everything else is upsetting me......................immersing myself in my my cages erases all thoughts of everything else for a while.

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Some days you're the dog.............and some days you're the hydrant!!!

Bombina Orientalis 3.0.1 (Yoda, Sparky, Mordachi & Thing 2)