Welcome to Flicker's Lair

Welcome to our website, I am Heidi and I am a web developer, my husband is Steve and he does technical support for me and for Cognos! We live Ontario, Canada, having emigrated from England.

We love animals; especially cats, dogs aren’t bad either! We have an 8 acre homestead or hobby farm, with all sorts of livestock and a large vegetable garden. I love books (well reading generally), photography, walking in the country side, bird watching, scrapbooking, genealogy, the list goes on. Steve keeps a saltwater reef aquarium and is an avid golfer! This site is about all these things and anything else that happens to catch my attention or entertains me.

I – we – hope you enjoy.

"Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars... and if you have eyes you will be able to see that the whole existence is joyful. Everything is simply happy. Trees are happy for no reason; they are not going to become prime ministers or presidents and they are not going to become rich and they will never have any bank balance. Look at the flowers - for no reason. It is simply unbelievable how happy flowers are. " ~ Osho

Latest from Our Blog

Not a super week! ~ I have been rather under par this week which has meant not many things being checked off on the task list. I have a hard time giving myself time off, as if I am sitting still then I am generally worrying about what I should be doing, and feeling guilty about it. This week has [...] Posted on Sunday, 07 February 2010, 19:29 by Heidi
Therapy dog ~ When I first met Charlie I was told he would make a very good therapy dog, and he does. He is my therapy dog. When the world seems grey, dull and pointless he is a point of colour. He is always beside me, never judging, just supporting, loving, cuddling. He sticks close and makes sure [...] Posted on Thursday, 04 February 2010, 11:42 by Heidi
Bees in the winter ~ Ever wondered what Bees do in the cold winter months? They don’t hibernate as such but rather draw themselves into the lower chambers of the hive. Then the beating of the wings helps keep the hive warm. This was our first year with bees so there is always that thought to go out to the [...] Posted on Wednesday, 03 February 2010, 20:30 by Steve

Latest Site Updates

Monday 1^st Feb - Updated the population statistics page
Monday 1^st Feb - Updated the foster cats page
Monday 25^th Jan 2010 - Updated the foster dogs page
Friday 4^th Dec - Update the Red Dingo Leashes & Pet ID Tags page
Monday 23^rd Nov - Updated the Shetland sheep page
Friday 6^th Nov - More books added to the library section
Wednesday 4^th Nov - Updated the photography page

Random Pages

These are pages that don't fit into one of the existing sections of the site, but don't warrant a new section.

We have a Calendar, alongside interesting events it also details the phases of the moon. I am currently working on adding all English and Canadian events, please feel free to help me out by suggesting events or information that you think the calendar should contain.

Here is my do some good page; it is a collection (small at the moment) of sites that let you do some good for no, or very little, expenditure of your time or money. If you have any suggestions of other sites you think should / could be included, please let me know.

Do you love our site, or hate it? We really hope you don't hate it! Do you think it needs something else, different, other? We really want to know what you think, so why not get in touch or post on our guestbook and let us know!

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