Bed & Breakfast INN
HERON
CAY Lakeview - a Four
Bed & Breakfast INN
~~ Located at 495 West Old US Highway 441, Mount Dora, Florida 32757 ~~ Call 352-383-4050 ~~ eMail Innkeeper@heroncay.com ~~
A 'STORYBOOK' Victorian Estate in Mount Dora, Florida... located on 3 Lushly Landscaped Acres overlooking Lake Dora!!
We still have Rooms available for the Leesburg's BIKE FEST... the END of this Month!! Call 352-383-4050!!
Click on the 'Check AVAILABILITY' ICON below to VIEW Our Rooms & Rates... and BOOK On-Line...
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************** For a 'Guided' Tour of Heron Cay... Please 'Click' on our 'INN' below... *************
A 'New', 9200 Sq. Ft., 8 Room, 1890's QUEEN ANNE Victorian Mansion.
To VIEW some of our Highwaymen paintings For Sale': CLICK BELOW !
Give a 'GIFT CERTIFICATE' FOR a
'GIFT' !! CLICK on the 'ICON' below to Purchase On-Line!
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Margie is ALWAYS available 24 / 7 to answer questions, and take Direct Bookings!! Call 352-383-4050 for... FOUR STAR Lodging!!
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Below... A Special Picture of our Facade... taken by our friend, and renowned Architectural and Landscape photographer, Doug Thompson.
Just 'CLICK' on the picture of our Victoria Mansion below... for 'Guided' Virtual Tour !!
Please visit and patronize Doug's Mount Dora business... Mount Dora Olive Oil Company (website - Mount Dora Olive Company)...
and for a Showcase of his Photography, visit his website - Doug Thompson Photography.
Please call for Information about our Winter SPECIALS!! 352-383-4050 !
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AWESOME SUNSETS over Lake DORA !!
We have 'SHORT NOTICE' Specials 'year-around' Please inquire! *** CALL Margie 352-383-4050 / 888-437-6622 *** eMail: innkeeper@heroncay.com
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Located in Beautiful Mount Dora, Florida... and just a 4 'MINI' Block walk to
DOWNTOWN!! 
Situated on 3 Landscaped Acres Overlooking Lake Dora...
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*** If you wish to View Our Rooms and General Rates... Click Here! ***
All Rooms Include: FULL Private Bath - Flat Screen TV - WIFI - Refrigerator - Hair Dryer - Robes - MORE... and a 4+ Course Gourmet Breakfast!
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A Weekend in MOUNT DORA -- A GIRL'S GET AWAY... And/Or a GUYS' Awesome GOLF Plus GET AWAY !!
*** Please CALL Margie 352-383-4050 / 888-437-6622 about 2/3 Night Specials *** eMail: innkeeper@heroncay.com
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FOUR 
... for 19
Years.
*** PLEASE Remember - the Old 'Idiom' : " You ' GET ' what you pay for..." ***
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When you want to 'Get Out of Florida' on a tank of Gas... Come To Beautiful, Mystical Mount Dora, located in Central Florida ...
You will feel you are in... the 'Foot hills' of the Carolina's... Pennsylvania...
'Up State' New York... Vermont...
New Hampshire... almost anywhere in the Northeast... and with a little
Imagination... England, Austria, Germany... But the 'Palms' are a Dead Give
Away!
A
'BRIGHT' Spot in your Mount Dora Visit!!
Truly an Escape to a Place lost in Time... in the Lakes
and 'Foot Hills' of Florida !!
During the Day... Relax around the Pool... The
Plants have GROWN and the Furniture and Deck have been Painted !
Another Beautiful Sunset... A Truly , ROMANTIC Experience!!
If you only desire a 'Motel Room' for the night... You will find a nice selection on NEW Highway 441 at the 'Best Western', 'Motel 6', 'Comfort Suites', Etc...
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To BOOK ON LINE... 'Click' on the Icon below!! ****************
All Rooms Include: FULL
Private Bath - Flat Screen TV - WIFI - Refrigerator - Hair Dryer - Robes - MORE... and a 4+
Course Gourmet Breakfast!
Is
it Time for that weekend GET-AWAY to Mount Dora?? We
Qualify for that 'STAYCATION!!'
'Winter' Accommodations starting at $150.00 / $200.00 (weeknight / weekend) - Inquire for Specials
**Or CALL Margie @ 352-383-4050 **
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Then... GO
KAYAKING
through the REAL FLORIDA you saw from the SKY!!!!!
***
Central Florida Kayak Tours ***
Please CLICK
ON the Picture
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If you want to know about EVERYTHING going on in MOUNT DORA...Click below to Visit:
**** What to do in MOUNT DORA!! ****
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The TRAIN is BACK and Running Wednesday through Sunday !!
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Book one of MOUNT DORA's Legendary Festivals, Events or Just a FUN FILLED Weekend / Weekday!!
** CALL 352-383-4050...
to Inquire about WINTER SPECIALS **
for Four Send eMail to: innkeeper@heroncay.com.
However, there are so
MANY Things to be DONE here... eMail is NOT INSTANTLY Checked!!
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PLEASE NOTE!! **************
WARNING!!!! Many
'Internet and GPS MAPS' will give the WRONG Location if our address is entered
incorrectly!! Especially 'GPS Nav. Systems' !! When in doubt, please
contact Margie at 352-383-4050 (Toll Free 888-Heroncay) or eMail her at... innkeeper@heroncay.com
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The Painting for the Mount Dora 19th Highwaymen Show was painted by James Gibson... in the
1970's... It 'Hangs' in our "QUEEN VICTORIA"...
and then two days after this Show...
JAMES GIBSON suffered of a Fatal Heart Attack... August 15th, 2017...
He
WAS like Family to Margie & I
...
Through his paintings and personality, James made the lives of everyone he met,
a little happier and peaceful. DAMN... JAMES... How we MISS YOU!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Signed
Posters and Flyers from ALL 19 Mount Dora Florida Highwaymen
Events... ARE still available FOR PURCHASE - Please INQUIRE. 1st - Aug., 2008
2nd - Jan.,
2009 3rd - Aug.,
2009 4th - Jan.,
2010 5th - Aug.,
2010 6th
- Jan., 2011
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~~And Now... A Tour AROUND
the Inn !! ~~
Hopefully you have seen the 'BEDS'... here is the
'BREAKFAST' *******
AND
NOW... In Our 12th YEAR; a message from Chef RANDY about OUR Home and the
BREAKFAST Schedule: ******* HELLO! I
have had it with the Slanderous and YES... Libelous 'REVIEWS' (only about 10 over the past 10 years
/ 10000++ Guests)...only bent on REVENGE, and to HURT.... from
the 'ME - ME - ME'S ! We have no choice but to deal with a hand full of
these 'TURKEYS'... less than .01% !! Margie & I
give everything we can... 24-7 / 356 Days a Year! We NEVER Leave or Close... We
are always here for our Guests! PLEASE understand the following: THIS is OUR
HOME! YOU are a Welcomed GUEST in OUR HOME! ***************************
I have considered removing this review, but it is Just too FUNNY... One of the
Best !! ********************************
HERE
is a '3 Star' (out of 5) rating on TRIP ADVISOR
This is an example of what we
have had to deal with over the past 12 years.. no matter how hard we try... one
still crawls out from under the rug: The
following person is not very 'Bright'... Kathie Menninger... you Need to READ why she
gave us a '3'! It is hilarious! Here is how she began: "The
rooms are large, very beautiful and clean, and a very nice bathroom.
The hotel itself is very beautiful and well kept.
The owners are also very gracious." Sounds like she was happy... RIGHT? No WRONG! G #1.
"The breakfast is a two hour event, which when
it is full, we could understand, but there were just two of us for breakfast and..." Well Okay, Margie
(she called her Maggie) tells our guests that a 'Continental' breakfast is available shortly after 8:00 AM. The Main 4 course
HOT breakfast
comes out closer
to10:00 am. If we have only a couple of guests... instead of 12 to 18... you may
have an earlier breakfast... IF YOU REQUEST !!
We open the Dinning room at 8:00 am... if you choose to sit there for
2 HOURS waiting for the 4+ course HOT, GOURMET breakfast to be served... SO BE
IT ! AAHHH!!! OKAY...
Now comes the 2nd BEST Example of with what we had to deal!! Check this 'Brainless' Statement... #2."There is a 'lake view' from some of the rooms, but it is not on the lake..." OKAY...
DUH!! Welcome to HERON CAY LAKEVIEW Bed
& BREAKFAST INN...
#3.
Here is the 'Number ONE' Laugh... and my 'Favorite!!
"To get into town, you
have to either drive or take the garden walkway path..."
Lodging RATES
NOT
TRUE! We have plenty of
room for a Helicopter to land or call a TAXI, hire a Limo,
bring a Bicycle,
and On ! I guess she
expected the 'town';
to come to HER! Hey... Kathie... ALL of
MOUNT DORA's B&Bs now KNOW there is No Making YOU HAPPY!! You have joined
Our list of 'MOTEL 6-ers'
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And Now to Continue with the 'Two Hour' BREAKFAST!
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WELCOME
to
Our
Spacious, 650
square foot, Breakfast Area and Guest Lounge, boasting the Largest of Our SIX
Natural WOOD Burning Fireplaces!!
On 'This Wall'... you will see the Paintings of
'CLASSIC' Highwaymen Artists...
It is a 'WARM and FUZZY' Room !! Where Our Breakfast
Buffet is served 365 Days a YEAR!!
All
Lodging, comes with OUR Four+ Course Gourmet' Breakfast Buffet !!
Living
Up to Our 4
Our Guests enjoy their meal on RS
Prussia and RS Germany Porcelain from the early 1900s... and
now, 2017,
NOTHING Has CHANGED !! Using
Randy's Mother's LADY
HAMILTON Silverware from the 1940's.
For
the Entree... Our Delicious Egg Platters, accompanied by a 'Meat' Side of
Sausage, Ham or 'Mixed Grill'...
One of Randy's Creations (seen above), a
variation on 'Margie's Mom's Fried / Poached Eggs -- On the left; over Bacon, Ham, and
Mushrooms, surrounded by Seasoned
Sausage Patties!! And on the right; all VEGGIES - Tomatoes / Mushrooms /
Artichoke Heart / Spinach and More; then ALL topped with a bleed of shredded Cheeses...
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are Invited to Relax in the PARLOR...
The
'Reading Room' or 'Mini-Museum': Available
to our Guests - 24 Hours a Day - 365 Days a Year !!
A few have called this 'CLUTTER'...
Please remember... this is OUR HOME... if "CLUTTER" bothers you... go
somewhere else!
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Parking in Downtown Mount Dora may be VERY difficult to find on Weekends
and during Special Events...Not to Worry!!
Just leave your car, and... Downtown is only 4 Short Blocks
away...
Leave from our parking area via the 'Pathway to Town';
then connect
to the City's 'Walkway to Town'...
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From the 'Tradition' of our Palm Beach Gardens'
HERON CAY Intracoastal Bed & Breakfast...
When Life was an 'Endless' Party!! The
ORIGINAL HER ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **
About US and Our 'Kids' **
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****PLEASE NOTE...
ALL
of Our KIDS live in OUR Area...****
They
are always nearby... But DO NOT 'roam' the B&B... and are NEVER in the
Bedrooms (other than the PET FRIENDLY Rooms) !!
You will hardly know they are here...
unless you would like to meet them!
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Below...
1994 - Our
First Borzoi; Lady Jade at 9 months, chasing Super Star at 3 months,.. on 'The
Sandbar'; their Favorite Place to Be! Sadly...
Jade, Jasmine, Star and Kalif are Gone... CLICK 'HERE' to Visit our Current
Wonderful BORZOI - 'ZOI' - (aka... Russian Wolfhounds)!!
BORZOI 'Cruise' at 30+ mph !! At 'FLANK SPEED'... They
can 'Run Down' a RABBIT... and/or 'out run' most Greyhounds !!
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On November 24th, 2016, I 'Updated' our 'KIDS' section: This has taken YEARS for me to be able
to do... So many, now Sad, Memories...
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all of OUR, and HERON CAY's original 'Fab Four' Borzoi... And Five 'Kitties' are
gone:
On January 23rd, 2016, at 10:30 A.M., our
'Fearless'
Flying Darla suddenly died... I sat beside her, unable to do anything to save
her.
She would have been 11 years
old February 25, 2016... Darla, a four month old puppy... with
Kalif...
GOD how we shall always LOVE our... 'Baby Dar'
She
now has joined Kalif, Anastasia... and Pixie Dust... Then
less than 3 months later, Scotty died in my arms... April 12, 2016...8:15
pm: My 'Kitty' boy was 19 years and 4 months 'Young'...
He came into our
lives when he was 5 WEEKS
Old... He slept
on my pillow every night until the Day he died...
The passing of Scotty marked
the END of our Original HERON CAY 'Family'.
Now
all of OUR, and HERON CAY's original 'Fab Four' Borzoi... Darla, Anastasia, Pixie Dust and
Kalif are gone...
And the 'Kitties' are also gone: Jack, Foxy, Abby, Guana
and now Scotty. Our
first 3 BORZOI... Jade, Jasmine, Star and
on
August 28, 2012, KALIF...
are Now 'Gone'... I shall
never stop Crying
for my 'LIF'...
He
left his three
ladies... ANASTASIA, 'Baby'
DARLA... and
PIXIE DUST... Now they too are All *GONE*!! Darla's 'Running' Mate... Pixie
Dust... Died unexpectedly... within less than 2 hours she was gone...
Our
oldest Borzoi... PIXIE
DUST - 10
1/2 years young... Died suddenly from 'Natural Causes'... March 22, 2014...
We
are ALL crying... Her
passing came Exactly 9 Years, from when we lost our first boy 'Zoi'... Super
Star... March 22, 2005
Here
is DARLA and PIXIE DUST; doing what she they loved the
most... Running on 'The Sandbar' !
Then
September 8, 2014; ANASTASIA, left us... after a two year battle with a lung tumor. Oh GOD... How she is
still Missed. 'HAPPY
'Stasia'
July 12, 2014... She did not know, nor did we... in just a little less than 2
months... she would leave us...
3:45
pm - Monday, September 8, 2014... Anastasia died.
Now
all of OUR, and HERON CAY's original 'Fab Four'... Darla, Anastasia, Pixie Dust and
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I began updating this part... November 24th, 2016: It has taken YEARS for me to be able to
update our 'KIDS' section... So many memories...
This past Labor Day, 2016... was Four years since VONYA entered our
lives. Three days after we lost
my boy 'Lif'... we were asked if we could 'foster' a 6
month old Girl Borzoi puppy. We said we would... She arrived on Labor Day, 2012: When
she entered our home, and lives, we knew the 'Fostering' was over. Vonya...
was in her 'Forever' home,
with her 3 older 'Sisters'. Between the tears... I smiled again. **
Not updating her time with us has been so unfair to our Wonderful VONYA!
The following goes back to her first days with us. ** Meet 'Vonya', our newest
girl... following in her older 'sister', Darla's Paw Prints... Sadly... without the watchful eyes of our Boy,
Kalif... her older 'Sister' guides her... THEN... Vonya is now the only one of our girls still
with us... MORE further 'down' the 'page'... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Looking back on the GOOD TIMES... Theirs
and Ours! All we have are the memories... THEIR Favorite Place, and Ours, was...'On
the SANDBAR!!'... with Our Beloved
BORZOI ! 
... Breakfast begins with one of Randy's & Margie's 'Generous' Fruit Platters
and Margie's Fresh Nut
Breads!!
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And 9/2012... 
Darla and Pixie Dust... AT SPEED !! PRICELESS !!
October 1st, 2008
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April 14th, 2011... not Much has Changed!
Below - Summer of 2005: One of Darla's first trips to the 'SANDBAR'... when she became know as 'Fearless' Flying Darla !
Below - June 7th, 2006... Her second summer 'On the BAR' !
And below... 5 YEARS Later - June 1st, 2011
'Check' the PAWS! She is Still FLYING HIGH!!
This is Darla when we told her this was the LAST Trip to the SANDBAR until next Summer... But on April 14th, 2011...
We're BACK !!
DARLA!! YES! I am BACK!! And ... doing what I love BEST... 'BREAK DANCING' !!
June, 2011
Okay... Let's GO... What's the Matter with you ALL You WIMPS ?!?
"Okay... I'm Out Voted!" All On their way back home... to CRASH in the Parlor!
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January 23rd, 2016... Our Beloved DARLA left us... I think of her DAILY !
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There are few things on this EARTH, that mean as Much to US, as OUR BORZOI... and KITTIES!!
BORZOI only GIVE... and Ask BACK... LOVE!!
Our Beloved BORZOI... Darla, AnaStasia, Pixie Dust(y) and KaLif...
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And now... Our Kitty KIDS:
It has been over 9 years, since we lost two of Our 'Kitties'. May 25, 2008, we had to said 'Goodbye' to 'Mr. Jack'; then on October 28th, 'Foxy Guy' left us... it is still like Yesterday.
Click on their Pictures... to visit 'Their SITES'
'Mr. Jack, the CAT'... 13 years Young... died way too Young 'Foxy Guy'... 15 years, also too Young
Tuesday Morning, December 9, 2014, at the age of just over 20...
Abby died at home... This was hard... Very Hard.
Then, less than 5 months later, on Wednesday, May 6, 2015: What I thought would be easier...But oh GOD, It Was Not...
After over 24 years of life ... 23+ with us... our beloved Guana left us... It was even Harder...
On April 12, 2016... Scotty... 19 years, 4 months Young... died in my arms... I held him in my hand when he was 5 weeks old... He was WAS My BOY !!
Scotty had been slowly growing weaker, we knew he would not be with us much longer. He had been blind for nearly 2 years, and I had to carry him everywhere for his last few months. When he had to 'Go', he would just 'meow', and I carried him to 'cat box'. He NEVER had an 'accident'! He was such a Good Boy!
We would Never bring another 'Kitty' into his world while he was alive. It would have been so unfair to him. Scotty left us on a Tuesday, while I sat next to him... gently petting him... His SOUL went directly to Tommy; so many of his traits, became Tommy's... including taking his place on my pillow!
Tommy, and we needed 'KITTIES'! On Friday, three days later, we were back to FOUR: Three 'Kittens' joined our Family! Scotty Approved !!
Two 8 month old Orange 'Ginger' Sisters... Jill & Jane! And an other Tabby; 10 month old ZEBE !
All three needed, and Now HAVE a 'Forever Home' with us and the Borzoi; they were all being 'Fostered' by Local Veterinarians !!
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THIS WE NEVER, EVER EXPECTED... He was still a 'KITTEN' to US...
Only 4 months ago...
MY Beloved TOMMY, our Youngest Boy, then our Oldest at Nine years; he was in our family for Eight Short years...
On Thursday evening... August 17th, 2017... Tommy died suddenly, at home... He was with Margie, his 7 'four legged' buddies and Me .
He had been diagnosed with Lymphoma cancer, less than two weeks before.
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Doing one of his favorite things... Making Copies !
Tommy was the second sweetest (same as Scotty), most loving Kitty we have ever had... but Equal to Scotty.
Not a mean bone in his body; I only heard him 'hiss' twice in the eight years he was with us.
Once again... I am crying... God how I loved my 'Tom Tom'....
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NO,
WE Shall Never 'Let Go of', or
'Forget', Our Kids... MOM & DAD.
They ALL Were, still ARE and
always will BE... a Major Part of OUR Lives!! It is
impossible to find 'Words'... to convey how much ALL of Our 'Kids' have
meant, and still mean to us!!
We Loved, and shall Always Love THEM... so MUCH !!
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~On August 28, of this year - 2017, it was five years... since I lost my boy KALIF... but it is still like Yesterday. I shall NEVER forget him...
How I loved My BOY 'LIF'...
He was 'gone' in only minutes... I NEVER was able to kiss him, and say Goodbye... Until he was dead...
After creating this site for 'Our Kids' - 'Updating'... has become unbelievably Heart wrenching
Three days after we lost my boy 'Lif'... we were asked if we could 'foster' a 6 month old Girl Borzoi puppy. We said we would... She arrived on Labor Day, 2012: When she entered our home, and lives, we knew the 'Fostering' was over. Vonya... was in her 'Forever' home, with her 3 older 'Sisters'.
Following in her older 'sister', Darla's Paw Prints...
THEN...
And 9/2012...
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Sadly, we knew Anastasia was going to be leaving us soon... so once again, there would be a 'void' to 'Partially' fill... We began the 'search'...
With 'a little help from our friends'... Especially from a long time friend, Carol Bakers (A.K.A. NBRF - BORZOI RESCUE), we found RINGO in Ohio!
Not really a 'Rescue'... but a Puppy that could go to a GOOD Borzoi Home... We fit That BILL !
MEET RINGO'SKI' !!
I drove to Cookeville, Tenn. to give RINGO a ride HOME!!! Continue to see MORE!
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BUT... Before RINGO arrived... Something VERY Special, and as we were to find out, AGAINST ALL ODDS... Happened!!
We had guests staying with us that would be 'getting' an Standard Poodle from a breeder in Micanopy, Florida. When they went to see their puppy, the breeder said, "Here's a breed you do not see often." She brought out 'MAX', an AKC Champion Borzoi. They replied, "True... but the people we are staying with have three!" The breeder said, "Do they want another?" They knew of Anastasia's condition, and said, "Yes... I think they might!"
When the guests returned; they show us pictures of MAX. I could not believe how much he looked like our KALIF ! I called the breeder and said, "YES"! How soon may we come up? WELL... The next day... We 'all' met!
My GOD! He is KALIF!!
Here is KALIF when he was Two and a Half years old... Same as MAX above! But EIGHT Years ago...
And here is MAX...
With Margie... Love at first SIGHT; he KNEW !!
And again... KALIF (below)
Below is a PIC of his Great, Great, Great Grandfather; he was quite the 'Lady's Man'... Kalif was a 'Chip Off the Block'!!
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Below: Now let the History of MAX... and VONYA begin!
In the early/mid 1990's, we acquired our first two BORZOI (below)... JADE and STAR were both from the Kennel of Khanzade.
When Jade died suddenly, and young... 8 1/2 years old; Star, Margie and I drove to Somerset, Kentucky AND returned with 6 month old KALIF...
Star meets 'cousin' Kalif... with direct family roots to Khanzade!
A couple of years later, Star developed Cancer; we knew he would be leaving us soon... We made arrangements for a Puppy.
Enter Darla... below at 1 week old !! Her family ties went directly back to Khanzade !
When she was 9 weeks old; Kalif, Margie, Anastasia (a year old Borzoi girl, we 'got' when Star died) and I were off to Jackson, Mississippi!
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We all returned home in our Motorhome: Darla had no trouble bonding with Anastasia and Kalif !!
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In January, 2007, Pixie Dust joined the Clan !
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Now going Many Years ahead... to August 16, 2014: When we met MAX at the 'Poodle breeder' in Micanopy and brought him back.
When VONYA met him... She went 'CRAZY'!! Then MAX did also!! WHY??
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That night... I sat down and looked at Max's Pedigree. I could not believe what I was seeing!
Max's Grandmother was Khanzade's Rosemary Finn; then, looking further... I saw that his Great Grandmother was Khanzade's Ultra Modern: She was JADE'S MOTHER !! And STAR'S AUNT !! ... from the 1990's !! And no wonder, he looked like KALIF; he was a Direct Relative !!
Impossible ODDS !!But Next comes something MORE than Impossible: I looked at Max's 'Birthday... February 19, 2012... I said to Margie; "That's a familiarly date??" She said, "I think that's Vonya's Birthday!" We looked at Vonya's 'papers': Birth Date - February 19, 2012... and the SAME Breeder... in Delaware!
Max and Vonya are Littermates... Twins... Brother and Sister... and Vonya remembered him the second they met!!
And that night...
Brother and Sister reunited after Two and a Half years!!
"HEY... I
remember HER!!" 
"YES... He remembers ME!!" "YES I Do... Hi SIS!!!"
Together... "I've missed YOU!!" And...
I LOVE YOU MAX!! And I LOVE YOU VONYA!!
VONYA and her brother MAX have been reunited after over 2 Years!!
AND KALIF was their COUSIN !!
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And NOW... and few days later... RINGO joins the GROUP !!
A 5 1/2 month old Borzoi PUPPY would be joining our FAMILY!! Seen below with his brother MOUSE !
I left Mount Dora on Sunday, August 24th, 2014; picked 'Ringoski' up in Cookeville, TN, 2:00 pm Monday, August 25th.. and we arrived back HOME 1:15 pm Tuesday, August 26th; after a 'quick' 1300+ mile Trip!
Our newest boy, Ringo, was able to meet Anastasia the day after he arrived on August 27, 2014... and spend the next 12 days with her before she died.
He has been here for just over Three Years now: Three and a half years old and has perfected the 'PERFECT' Couch Potato !
And LOVING every Minute !! He sleeps in bed with us... EVERY NIGHT !!
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Margie and Max... 125 pounds of Fluff & LOVE (Max)!
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To me (72) and my Family (1920s) ... BORZOI are a Tradition!
My 'Mom' in the late '20s' with THREE of FOUR of her favorite things... Her 'ROLLS' ...
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and her Borzoi... 'ROLLS' and 'ROYCE' She always made sure, 'ROLLS' was on the left! My 'Mom' was Very Cool!!
Oh yes... the Fourth took the Picture... DAD !
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***** WE 'HAD' a Mission... Helping 'Lu... the Lion! *****
Sadly, we had to say 'Goodbye' to this Wonderful 'Jungle King'... 'LUCIOUS' died in his sleep early the week of August 21st...
Lu was amazing... All He wanted was to be loved and cuddled! Lay down with him... give him HUGS and LOVE... just a BIG Kitty Cat !!
"The C.A.R.E. Foundation," HOME to 'LU', and many Big Cats and Exotic animals in Apopka (30 minutes from us)... 'Click' on 'LU' above, to visit 'C.A.R.E.'.
"It is with a heart of deep sadness that we let you know
that we said goodbye to Lucious, our beloved African lion, this past week. He
passed in his sleep sometime during the night, and was laid to rest in his
favorite play area, surrounded by his loving family of caretakers and
volunteers.
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As you know, our Sweet Lu battled many health issues since birth, the most
severe being neurological problems. Despite all his health issues, Lu was a
fighter, and the strength and perseverance he exhibited in facing these
challenges was astonishing and an inspiration to us all. He exceeded many
expectations time and time again. While we were aware that his challenges might
affect his lifespan, we are deeply saddened to lose him so soon, but eternally
grateful for every day he was with us. Lu taught us that sometimes the broken
ones are the strongest ones, and we will speak of his courage for a long time to
come.
So rest easy now, Sweet Lu. We thank you for the extraordinary privilege of
being in your life, and for allowing us to love you as hard as we did. You are
truly the bravest lion in the world. And just know that if love could have kept
you here, you would have lived forever."
**** Pre-arranged scheduled guided 'tours' / 'experiences' of the 10 acre Exotic Animal Rescue and Wildlife Facility are available by calling them directly: 407-247-8948 ****
Join us for a day of taking care of our animals. Includes a quick tour of the facility, clean enclosures, help prepare food, and make and be part of enrichment experiences. This experience will include limited interactions with some of our larger animals like our tigers and/or monkeys.
**** PLEASE NOTE ---- NORMALLY... "Tours and Experiences must be Scheduled & Paid by phone at least ONE WEEK in advance;" ALL $$$ goes to the "The C.A.R.E. Foundation ! ****
PLEASE CALL US!!! You may be able to 'book' a tour 'Last Minute'... But ONLY THROUGH US!!
AGAIN!!!! EVER 'PENNY' still goes to the "The C.A.R.E. Foundation ! ****
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Especially... the Bottom of the BARREL!! The ** P.O. DOG S.... **... KAEPERNICK !
Remember, these WINNERS 'GAVE a KNEE' and MORE... FOR US !!
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