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Well, first of all, my own name is Anne (Or Annie!)
As some of you will have seen, my greatest 'hobby' (More a way of life or a vocation really) was running my rescue and rehab sanctuary. You may also notice that I usually talk in past tense regarding this, and the same thing regarding my basic hobbies of drawing, painting and writing poems. The reason for the 'past tense is that a number of years ago, I was diagnosed with the terminal, and incurable condition of Huntington's Disease. As the condition has progressed, bit by bit it began to affect everything, and slowly but surely started taking away the skills that I once had. I chose to close down and retire from my rescue and rehab work when I could tell that the H.D was about to start impacting the care I was able to provide for the animals that constantly came my way. I knew the time was approaching when potentially, I could do harm, rather than do good. I still have over 30 years of memories though, ( half of my life, I am an old gal of 60 years) I have those forever! And there are many I can share through videos, photos etc.
I will have a scoot through some photos and hopefully find some of my sketches and paintings to show you, and also, some of my poems if you would like that? Last thing I want to do is bore you! I am now at the stage where Huntington's means I can barely hand write, let alone paint or draw or sew, or any of the craft type things I once enjoyed, but again, I will never lose sight of the fact that once upon a time, I *could* do these things, and I will always be thankful!
So this is me, an older gal with memories to share, and current things too
As some of you will have seen, my greatest 'hobby' (More a way of life or a vocation really) was running my rescue and rehab sanctuary. You may also notice that I usually talk in past tense regarding this, and the same thing regarding my basic hobbies of drawing, painting and writing poems. The reason for the 'past tense is that a number of years ago, I was diagnosed with the terminal, and incurable condition of Huntington's Disease. As the condition has progressed, bit by bit it began to affect everything, and slowly but surely started taking away the skills that I once had. I chose to close down and retire from my rescue and rehab work when I could tell that the H.D was about to start impacting the care I was able to provide for the animals that constantly came my way. I knew the time was approaching when potentially, I could do harm, rather than do good. I still have over 30 years of memories though, ( half of my life, I am an old gal of 60 years) I have those forever! And there are many I can share through videos, photos etc.
I will have a scoot through some photos and hopefully find some of my sketches and paintings to show you, and also, some of my poems if you would like that? Last thing I want to do is bore you! I am now at the stage where Huntington's means I can barely hand write, let alone paint or draw or sew, or any of the craft type things I once enjoyed, but again, I will never lose sight of the fact that once upon a time, I *could* do these things, and I will always be thankful!
So this is me, an older gal with memories to share, and current things too
