At times in my life I have been fascinated by owls, seahorses and dragons. I was born in a year of the dragon, but western horoscopes give me a centaur. We always had cats and I loved them all.

I most often see mosquitoes when I am out in nature, but there are also frequent sightings of ground hogs, squirrels, raccoons, birds, and deer.

I watch the squirrels a lot now, they've chewed through our compost container.

The family of big cats terrifies me when I think too much about how easily they can kill. I saw The Ghost and the Darkness recently and couldn't sleep afterwards; its about two man-eating lions. I cried this summer at the circus watching the tigers, I hated to see them doing silly tricks, I wouldn't ever train any of our cats to do that. Also connected to the circus; I spent 45 minutes watching, enthralled, as three elephants washed and played in our local lake. The health department then closed the beach down for the rest of the day due to elephant droppings.

I have been bitten by a dog, cats and attacked by a chimpanzee. When I was at the tender age of two my father had to run and remove me from my outdoor playpen in Jasper Park before that fascinating bear wandering by in search of our lunch came too close.

I have had nightmares about wolves, bears and ducks (yes it was a really strange and creepy dream). I also dreamt once about Charlton Heston and an ostrich but that one wasn't scary.