@springmeister Not only does he have a great wagum wagum tail but he’s got a great sniffer nose…..he would make a good police dog!! x
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June Gwillym
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@springmeister Love hearing the birds - and seeing wagums! x two together a bonus x
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The majestic mother of this Clydesdale horse accompanies her young foal on his first steps
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Do you still have pictures of you with your parents when you were young?
Yes or No
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@springmeister Bouncy wagums! Lovely. You have beautiful surroundings for lovely walks xx
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@springmeister There’s that wonderful wagum, wagums tail again! Love it x
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Rescued from the rubble of a building by the Iranian Red Crescent. Let’s remember the animal as well as human victims of war
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@MrPitbull07 @RoyalBiographer That’s so wonderful. Can you please keep posting about him, I would be grateful. x
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At a quiet wildlife sanctuary in Missouri, something happened that left grown men wiping their eyes and caretakers frozen in disbelief. Murphy, a bald eagle who could no longer fly, had spent years grounded by an old injury. While other eagles soared overhead, he lived his life on the earth, admired by visitors for the sharp eyes and powerful wings he would never again use to touch the sky.
One spring morning in 2023, the keepers noticed something unusual. Murphy had begun gathering twigs—not haphazardly, but with deliberate care. Piece by piece, he arranged them exactly as a wild eagle would in the treetops, shaping a nest on the ground with the tenderness of a devoted parent. Soon he settled into it, lowering his body as though guarding something precious.
But there was no egg. What he protected was a rock—a simple, cold stone. Yet Murphy treated it as if it were his own offspring. He sat over it for hours, barely moving. He flared his wings when other eagles came too close. He stared down anything that approached. To him, that rock mattered. To him, it was life.
The staff watched in silence, moved by the sight. It was both tender and heartbreaking: a bird who could not fly still carried the fire of a father, even when nature had given him nothing to raise.
Then, by chance, an orphaned eaglet arrived at the sanctuary—too young to survive alone, hungry, weak, a tiny bundle of feathers in desperate need of a miracle. Someone thought of Murphy. If he could love a rock with such fierce devotion, what might he do for a living, breathing chick?
With steady hands and held breath, the caretakers made a quiet decision. They removed the rock from Murphy’s nest and gently placed the eaglet in its place. What happened next stayed with everyone who witnessed it. Murphy looked down, leaned closer, and studied the trembling little body beneath him. Then he spread his wings and pulled the eaglet close, as if he had been waiting his entire life for that moment. No hesitation. No confusion. Only acceptance.
From that day on, Murphy fed the chick, guarded it, and kept it warm through cold nights. A bird who would never again rise into the clouds was giving another eagle the chance to one day rule them. Visitors lingered longer at his enclosure. Some cried. Others stood silently, hands over their mouths. Here was a creature broken by fate, still choosing love without question.
Murphy reminded everyone of something we often forget in hard times: strength doesn’t always mean flying high. Sometimes it means staying grounded and opening your heart anyway. He never knew the rock wasn’t an egg, and he never cared that the chick wasn’t his by blood. All he knew was that something needed him—and he was ready.
Even a grounded eagle can rise, not with wings, but with love.
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@springmeister I love to see her tail wagging a hundred miles to the hour! x
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@celinedi0ni I did say hello before. However, hello to you again.
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It hurts when my messages go unanswered. Can you just say hi and let me know you see me? ✨👋
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@CopMoustache One of my favourite meals and yours looked delicious, I’m sure you enjoyed every mouthful! Good mum eh?
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At mums earlier and she made me sausage in onion gravy with mash and veg, my knife and fork looked like Edward ScissorHands fingers in full flow
She said “No one going to steal it you know”
I inhaled it and it was delicious 😍😍
Pictures about 5 minutes apart
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