Puppies? Kittens? Something good?

[uppityperson]

Too much going on in the world, combined with stuff happening in my personal life, I need something positive (beyond "don't worry"). Anyone?

[secondwind]

1. The sun will come out tomorrow! n/t

[BrklynLiberal]

2. Here is a place to start...

http://icanhascheezburger.com/

[avaistheone1]

3. That's really good.

[uppityperson]

4. +++1

[BrklynLiberal]

9. Ya gotta smile when you look at these....

[Withywindle]

89. Are they even sure that's a cat?

Looks more like a baby Fennec Fox to me.

Whatever it is, it's ADORABLE and I wanna SNUGGLE it. :loveya:

[SeattleGirl]

50. icanhasnasheezburger is one of mt fave rest stops

Good for many laughs, and good for a respite from the daily doldrums of life.

[kentauros]

70. Also highly recommend Cute Overload

http://cuteoverload.com
Especially that first one with the cats :rofl:

[avaistheone1]

5. I came across this today and found it uplifting.

Adapted and reprinted in the "Inter-Tribal Times" October 1994.

Each morning upon rising, and each evening before sleeping, give thanks for the life within you and for all life, for the good things the Creator has given you and for the opportunity to grow a little more each day. Consider your thoughts and actions of the past day and seek for the courage and strength to be a better person.

Seek for the things that will benefit others (everyone).

RESPECT.

Respect means "To feel or show honor or esteem for someone or something; to consider the well being of, or to treat someone or something with deference or courtesy". Showing respect is a basic law of life.

Treat every person from the tiniest child to the oldest elder with respect at all times.

Special respect should be given to Elders, Parents, Teachers, and Community Leaders.

No person should be made to feel "put down" by you; avoid hurting other hearts as you would avoid a deadly poison.

Touch nothing that belongs to someone else (especially Sacred Objects) without permission, or an understanding between you.

Respect the privacy of every person, never intrude on a person's quiet moment or personal space.

Never walk between people that are conversing.

Never interrupt people who are conversing.

Speak in a soft voice, especially when you are in the presence of Elders, strangers or others to whom special respect is due.

Do not speak unless invited to do so at gatherings where Elders are present (except to ask what is expected of you, should you be in doubt).

Never speak about others in a negative way, whether they are present or not.

Treat the earth and all of her aspects as your mother. Show deep respect for the mineral world, the plant world, and the animal world.
Do nothing to pollute our Mother, rise up with wisdom to defend her.

Show deep respect for the beliefs and religion of others.

Listen with courtesy to what others say, even if you feel that what they are saying is worthless. Listen with your heart.

Respect the wisdom of the people in council. Once you give an idea to a council meeting it no longer belongs to you. It belongs to the people. Respect demands that you listen intently to the ideas of others in council and that you do not insist that your idea prevail. Indeed you should freely support the ideas of others if they are true and good, even if those ideas ideas are quite different from the ones you have contributed. The clash of ideas brings forth the Spark of Truth.

Once a council has decided something in unity, respect demands that no one speak secretly against what has been decided. If the council has made an error, that error will become apparent to everyone in its own time.

Be truthful at all times, and under all conditions.

Always treat your guests with honor and consideration. Give of your best food, your best blankets, the best part of your house, and your best service to your guests.

The hurt of one is the hurt of all, the honor of one is the honor of all.

Receive strangers and outsiders with a loving heart and as members of the human family.

All the races and tribes in the world are like the different colored flowers of one meadow. All are beautiful. As children of the Creator they must all be respected.

To serve others, to be of some use to family, community, nation, and the world is one of the main purposes for which human beings have been created. Do not fill yourself with your own affairs and forget your most important talks. True happiness comes only to those who dedicate their lives to the service of others.

Observe moderation and balance in all things.

Know those things that lead to your well-being, and those things that lead to your destruction.

Listen to and follow the guidance given to your heart.
Expect guidance to come in many forms; in prayer, in dreams, in times of quiet solitude, and in the words and deeds of wise Elders and friends.

[uppityperson]

23. Thank you, those are very good guidelines to a good way of living

[annabanana]

71. kicking especially for this post. . thank you. . n/t

[rurallib]

6. One that doesn't get enough credit is

www.thereifixedit.com

[BrklynLiberal]

11. What GREAT spiral staircase!!!!

[uppityperson]

24. I love this staircase (and the troll downsizing). Thank you for a new site to watch.

?w=448&h=543

[texastoast]

7. We have a new puppy

Its mom died and it was teeeeeeny. We've managed to get it up to about 11 weeks old now. He basically looks like this. He has a Napoleon complex. No fear at all. SERIOUS attitude.

I hope you feel better.


:hug:

[BrklynLiberal]

10. sweet baby. You are doing a great job.

[texastoast]

12. Thanks

We have these ginormous Great Pyrenees dogs too. The puppy has never had any fear of them. The big dogs shied away at first. It was hysterical.

[BrklynLiberal]

16. It is very funny how the little ones stand up to the big ones..

[kas125]

103. The puppy is adorable! I know how scary it is to be a baby

animal's mom, I did it for a kitten who was abandoned when he was a day old and he did grow up to be an important member of our family. He's thirteen now and still thinks I'm his mother. When we got him we had two kids plus a big cat and a dog who both helped care for him so he doesn't quite know if he's a cat, a person, a dog, or a combination of all three. And Great Pyrenees are my very favorite breed although one has not yet owned me. I fell in love with them at a dog show when I was a little girl and I still hope to have one someday.

[uppityperson]

25. He looks like something. Or would that be Something.

what a cutie, thank you

[cliffordu]

8. I like you and will buy you a coffee if you want.

I'm sure that makes your whole fucking day better...

:rofl:

[uppityperson]

26. hmmmmm, might take you up on that.

we can skulk around and not look at each other again and talk, just like here!

[cliffordu]

52. Consistency!!!

I likes it!!!!

:rofl:

[FSogol]

13. I saw 2 bats coming out of my bat house at dusk.

I put it up a year ago, but got no bats. The house will hold a colony of just under 100. That white nose disease has been devastating the population around here so seeing two using the house is a good sign. I'll get up on the roof (it is on the back side of the chimney) this weekend and try to do a census.

[uppityperson]

27. Bats are good and congratulations, hoping you get more.

We end up with a couple later in the spring and always celebrate that the bats are back. Have a building with a bit of tar paper on it, Mr UP went to staple it down again after a windstorm and out came a bat from underneath it.

I hope you get more and they recover, that sounds like a big bathouse.

[pipi_k]

51. I have bat houses too. It's always a happy time when

I see the bat poo beneath them in the spring. It means enough of them came back, and they'll continue to eat the gazillions of mosquitoes that plague us every summer.

Bats are cool

:)

[roguevalley]

101. my nephew has bats living at his house in a crevease of the

roof and they are the size of a postage stamp full grown. that makes me smile.

also these:









WHOOPS. They came in small. That red blob is a sweater someone knitted on a tree, something I find cosmicly awesome

[matt819]

14. No cute photo, but heartwarming cat tale

In the no good deed goes unpunished category - a year ago we took in a cat that a friend of a friend had to give up. Could have been 5 years old, maybe younger, maybe older. Coarse coat, stunk to high heaven. We take him to the vet. He has major ear wax and crap. They clean him up, but it recurs. Then in January, we have his ear operated on, to no avail. Then, a month ago he develops a golf ball size abscess. We take him to the vet, the lance the abscess and put him on IV fluids for two days. He loses four pounds - down to around 7 pounds. We take him home, bring him back in a couple of days for repeat blood work. Prognosis: Not good, consider euthanizing. That afternoon. We made the appointment. Much crying.

Then we decided, wait. If he's going to die, he's going to die at home, with his family - human, canine, and feline. We set him up in his own room with litter box, kennel, food, and water. He's skeletal thin, can't walk. Then he starts eating and drinking. We clean the abscess wound regularly, ply him with painkillers and antibiotics. Last week he started jumping down off the counter where he eats, and over the weekend he started jumping up on the counter again. He's gained a couple of pounds. His abscess wound is healing. His ear problem has resolved itself. His coat is fantastic. He still looks a little demented since his whiskers were cut when the abscess was removed, and the abscess itself put pressure on his eye. But, overall, ee's a completely different cat - the cat that we should have had all along had he not been suffering. He's still not 100%, and I have no idea what his bloodwork would show, but he's back, at least for now.

So, there's a heartwarming tale that didn't involve environmental degradation, terrorism, flooding, political rants, etc. Of course, the other cat still maintains that he should take up his true aptitude, which is as a hobo, and hit the road, so he's not exactly an objective observer.

[BrklynLiberal]

17. Goes to show what a bit of TLC can do.....

[uppityperson]

28. Thank you, that's a really nice tale with a great ending.

tlc can do wonders

[Skittles]

47. wonderful story

:thumbsup:

[chollybocker]

15. This video helped get me through the week.

The Bronx Cubs Wrasslin' Team

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp4vhO-vcNc

[BrklynLiberal]

19. Adorable...but boy, did they calm down fast when Momma showed up...

[uppityperson]

29. too cute, thank you.

you guys are coming through for me, thank you.

[saltpoint]

18. Yikes -- it's Yeats!

Auden, actually, in his eulogy poem for Yeats:

- - -

In the prison of his days
Teach the free man how to praise

- - -

[uppityperson]

30. Yeats/Auden is good, poetry is good.

[Blue_In_AK]

20. How about some nice shore birds?

Springtime in Alaska is always a joyous occasion. As you well know. :)


A grebe with a minnow in his mouth


A sandhill crane


Walking on water

[uppityperson]

31. Very nice, I love the grebe close up, the droplets on its head and neck

walked by a small inlet, very small, one day and out came a couple grebes and a whole huge bunch of babies that couldn't fly but flapped like mad across the water. All we could figure was we disturbed the daycare since there is no way those 2 could have had 20 something babies. Made us smile to think of the other parents out fishing while those 2 took such good care of the kids.

Is it warming up yet?

[Blue_In_AK]

36. Yes, warming and greening.

You can almost literally watch the grass grow, the trees are starting to bud, and the perennials are coming up. I absolutely love this time of year here. It was about 56 today.

My husband built me a little greenhouse last fall, and I've got flats of vegetables already starting out there which should be ready to put in the ground in a couple of weeks. I'm going to try for tomatoes and cucumbers in the greenhouse. I hope they do well.

[kas125]

21. Not puppies or kittens, but the cecropia moth caterpillar

that I found in the fall came out of it's cocoon today. This is what the caterpillar looked like:
It was the most weird looking thing I'd ever seen and it was five inches long. The moth is gorgeous, too. He's between six and a half and seven inches across and so far, he's still on the same plant. I hope he stays there until morning, I wanna watch him fly away.

[uppityperson]

32. OH my for the caterpillar. I had no idea cecropias were like that before pupation

Congratulations on the successful hatch, very cool, thank you.

[kas125]

45. I had no idea what it was but when I saw it I knew I HAD to

take it home and put it in a jar, lol. It immediately started making its cocoon and I've been waiting since September to see what the moth would look like. Nature is simply amazing!!

[uppityperson]

75. we hatched one from a cocoon when kids, never saw the catepillar, very good phot

[kas125]

91. The really cool thing is that I found it while taking my

neighbor's grandkids for a walk. I babysit them three days a week. The little one was ten months old when we found the caterpillar so he didn't know, but his big sister was almost three. She'd been waiting and waiting to see her "butterfly" hatch and I was so afraid it would happen on a day when she wasn't here. Thankfully, she was here yesterday to see us take it out of the jar and put it on the bush and she was here today when it flew away, too. I am SO glad it didn't happen when she wasn't here to see it!

[eppur_se_muova]

99. LOL, careful! Strange things come from chrysalids ...

http://www.powells.com/biblio/17-9780345459404-6

[kas125]

104. LOL! Thanks for that!

[Turborama]

34. WOW! That caterpillar is amazing!

The photography is awesome, too. That's worthy of being published in National Geographic magazine.

Thanks for sharing it with us.

[kas125]

46. The caterpillar photo isn't mine, I found that on google since

I couldn't find the pictures of my caterpillar on my computer. But the moth pics I took sitting on the grass today with my cheapo Kodak digital camera, lol. Thanks for the compliment, but I'm no photographer; I think that ANY pictures of amazing creatures like that moth would be amazing. Nature is simply awesome...

[greencharlie]

56. wow... that's UTTERLY beautiful. nt

[kas125]

59. Yes, it certainly is. And its still out there in my backyard on

the same plant I put him on yesterday when I took him out of the jar. I hope I'm out there witness when he flies away!!

[Liberal_in_LA]

79. Caterpillars are weird looking but beautful

[Skittles]

22. cutest kitten EVER

my Riff Raff, when he was a stray living in the bushes outside my bedroom window, before I ordered a feral trap over the internet to catch him:

[uppityperson]

33. What a cutie, looking at you quizically, wondering...

I hope he settled into being your owner.

[Skittles]

39. he is a demon from hell but I adore him

yes INDEED

[uppityperson]

42. Oh my, isn't he a handsome fur ball. Looks very soft and righteous.

just like a cat should.

[BrklynLiberal]

61. He sure does not look like he has suffered much after becoming a member of your household.

That is one contented cat!!!!!!!

You are both so lucky to have found each other...

[Skittles]

74. it was a rocky road, BL

after I trapped him and took him to the vet ($350 bucks for exam, shots, worms, fixing up infected bites he had) Riff Raff treated me like the wicked witch who stole him from the great outdoors. I was afraid to let him go outside and he drove me nuts in a relentless effort to escape. When he finally did, I didn't see him for 17 days - I was heartbroken. But, on a cold rainy winter day his hairy face popped up in my window, and since then we have an agreement - he can be outside but must come in when I sleep. It has worked out well. :D

[conscious evolution]

114. What a cutie, looking at you quizically, wondering...

"Is Skittles scheduling me for an ass-kicking?"
:hide:

[SidDithers]

35. You want kittehs?...

Meet Alice and her brother Skip. Age 7 weeks, adopted by my kids. We pick them up from the vet on Saturday morning.





Nothin' cuter than furballs.

Sid

[uppityperson]

38. awww, congatulations. Nothing perks up a home like a couple kittens

very cute

[BrklynLiberal]

64. Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[annabanana]

72. jeez. . I'm a sucker for little tiger kittiehs. . . n/t

[saltpoint]

37. It may lift all our spirits to know that a Child Protective Services

investigation has been undertaken into parental misconduct on the part of Hansel & Gretel's father and stepmom.

It is alleged that they tried to abandon the two children in the deep woods to wolves and witches.

If true, it goes without saying that custody is going to be an issue.

[uppityperson]

40. oh kay

:rofl:

[saltpoint]

41. - - -

:hi:

[flvegan]

43. I put a dogfighter in jail last month.

Wait...this is May. Call it two months ago then. Even still, felon...jail...douchebag...etc.

[uppityperson]

44. Yay! That is a really good thing. Thank you indeed

[shireen]

78. awesome!

Fivegan, :yourock:

:applause:

[lamp_shade]

48. Sleepy kitteh.......

[pnwmom]

49. Here's some art to look at.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2FX9rviEhw&NR=1&feature=fvwp

[elleng]

67. OH, THANK YOU!!!

[Turborama]

53. I have a pet rescue story with puppies and a kitten to offer (pic heavy)...

Josh turned up looking lost and confused one stormy night. She was an abandoned 8 week old puppy that just came into our lives out of the blue - the reason we called her Josh is because I thought she was a boy until the vet informed us otherwise but by then she was answering to Josh so it was too late.


Josh just after she came into our lives.


We thought she had a cold but when we took her to the vet he told us that it was early signs of distemper. He informed us that she only had a 10% chance of survival and when we notice signs of paralysis that's when the problems really begin. We took her out on regular exercises and fed her as much as she could eat to try and get her as strong as possible to cope with this impending totally debilitating and often fatal disease.


Josh taking a rest during one of her workout sessions




The distemper kicked in after a month or so and she gradually turned into a zombie (no appetite or thirst and paralysed from the neck down with a thousand yard stare). It took 3 months of heartbreaking intensive care to keep her alive - we had to feed and water her using a syringe with its top cut off and I carried her around during the day so she could see things which might get her brain working subliminally.

One day, just after discussing how much longer she would last and sending a prayer out to anything that might be out there, she miraculously managed to pull through and started eating solid food again and gradually her body came back to life. She still has what could be described as a full body 'tick' to this day but that's a small price to pay for what I believe was a miraculous recovery from a fatal disease.



Josh relaxing on the beach after she was well enough to go out




Before we had her spayed she escaped while she was on heat and 6 weeks later Sophie was born.



Josh and her new born pup sleeping



Sophie having breakfast



Sophie has now grown to be almost twice the size of Josh



During the night in December last year I heard a squealing from outside the garden and thought it was an insect or something. The next day I went out to investigate and it was a tiny kitten that was clinging for dear life onto a rock on the side of the fast flowing stream outside my house. We named him Henry.

I gradually introduced Henry to a very curious Josh and Sophie and as you can see in the pics below, they are now a dog and cat gang that have bonded really well. (These are pics of the three of them together not long after Henry arrived and was still weaning, Sophie and Josh stopped him from suckling quite quickly. Henry has grown quite a lot since these were taken several months ago but my camera is broken, when I get a replacement I'm going to take loads of pics of them play fighting together)

[Arugula Latte]

55. Awwww!

What a story.

Kitteh trying to nurse ... :loveya:

[Turborama]

100. It took about two weeks for Josh to get fed up with him pawing to try and get the milk out

I was amazed to see how Josh and Henry instantly acted like mother and son. When his claws got longer and he got more and more frustrated that nothing was coming out Josh soon got fed up with it and she got up and walked away when he started coming towards her. They are extremely close and she still treats him like her son, though. She's very protective of him when Sophie's play fighting gets a bit too rough. Sophie is still really young and doesn't know her own strength yet.

[myrna minx]

57. Awww...your post made me

:cry: I adore your fur family.

[Turborama]

58. I've just found some more pics of them hanging out...

Josh and Henry having a siesta


Josh and Henry Chilling


Josh and Henry Sharing lunch


Henry Keeping guard


Josh and Henry play fighting


It's been a tough day showing Josh who's boss


Henry and Sophie spending a lazy afternoon together

[Kadie]

60. Beautiful.

Beautiful story and pictures. Thank you so much for sharing.

:)

[Turborama]

92. My pleasure

I'm glad you enjoyed them.

:-)

[BrklynLiberal]

66. Wow! What a great family. They are just perfect....

and I see someone has gotten to those ears of Henry's LOLOLOL

They are just so adorable together.

Thanks for the pics.

[Turborama]

93. They are the most affectionate animals I've ever come across

The only problem is, when Henry play fights with his sisters he thinks he's as big as them and he's prone to getting a little damaged.

That someone who got to his ears was Josh. They were a lot worse when we found him and we tried cleaning them out with cotton wool buds and Josh did a really good job of finishing them off for us, lol.

[myrna minx]

68. Awww-thanks again.

:loveya:

[Turborama]

96. You're most welcome. Thanks for the 'fur family' phrase, it fits perfectly.

That's exactly how we think of them.

:hi:

[bamademo]

85. I want you to know how much I appreciate this...

I've had a horrible year. Lost a parent and have to move in with the remaining one to take care of her. Live in Alabama and may loose my beloved Gulf Coast. But this is one of the best stories I've read in a while, so thanks for posting. I needed something uplifting and positive.

[Turborama]

97. I'm so sorry your having such a horrible year

It's nice to hear that their story has given you a lift during your very difficult times.

I'll post some videos of them on YouTube soon and will let you know when I do, if you're interested in watching them?

:hug:

[kas125]

107. I'd be interested in seeing them, too! I raised an abandoned

kitten and had a dog and 27 pound neutered cat to assist me. That kitten is thirteen years old now and still doesn't know which species he belongs to, lol.

[Turborama]

117. I'll let you know as soon as I upload them and will send a link

I'm thinking about starting a Facebook page about them too, I'll send you a link to it when it's up and running as well....

I know exactly what you mean about our cats having species confusion, lol.

[kas125]

118. Thanks, I will look forward to seeing the videos! and

I'd love to be their facebook fan, too, lol.

[kas125]

105. Hey, you and I should talk... I also moved in with my dad to

take care of him when my mom died. That was six years ago when his doctors were saying his heart disease was so bad that his heart was only working at 13%. A year and a half later they implanted a pacemaker/defibrillator and the guy turned into the Energizer Bunny. He never stops, but the things he thinks of to do are things that shouldn't or don't need to be done or that he figures out he can't do halfway through and I have to do them. He drives me insane, lol. I know what you're going through, or something close to it anyway, so f you ever need a shoulder or someone to listen, please pm me.

[kas125]

106. Aw, heck, I replied to the wrong person. I'll make sure the

right person sees my post, though. Sheesh.

[BrklynLiberal]

65. What an incredibly wonderful story!!! Josh sure is lucky to have found you...

and there is no doubt that Sophie and Henry add tons of love to the family ou have created here.

I have tears in my eyes.

Please post more pics...when you can..

and make sure to clean Henry's ears! LOLOLOL unless of coure, Josh or Sophie have already done the job.

[Turborama]

98. We feel extremely blessed that they came into our lives

Here's one of Henry taking a nap while we were playing Scrabble. As you saw earlier in the other pics, it didn't take long for the girls to give him a makeover, lol.



I have a lot more pics & some great videos and would live to share them but I'm not sure where the best place to do it would be. I was thinking of staring an OP in the pets group but my donation runs out next week and I'm not sure if I'll be able to access it when it does. Do you think GD be a good place for an OP like this?

[shireen]

111. if you're on facebook, check out the lazypets fan page.

it's hilarious, and that photo will be a perfect submission.

[Turborama]

115. LOL, that's a great page!

Thanks for the heads up, I've signed up to it and will add some pics later.

[shireen]

112. i don't think you'll have a problem posting to the pets group.

:evilgrin:

[Turborama]

116. WOW!

Thank you very much, you're a superstar! ;-)

PM on its way...

:yourock:

[Liberal_in_LA]

80. What a story! You are lucky she just had one pop. lol

[kas125]

108. That reminds me of the time many years ago when I was

a teenager and was babysitting. It was time for the kids to go to bed and one wouldn't go because the dog, who was sixteen years old, wasn't there to get into bed with him. We searched everywhere for that dog and couldn't figure out where she'd gone. The kids finally fell asleep and I decided to do a more thorough search and found the missing dog under the parents' bed where she had given birth to one puppy. Nobody knew she was pregnant and nobody could figure out how such an old dog could have a puppy, but she did. The family kept the puppy, of course.

[shireen]

81. joy!

thanks so much for sharing that -- your little family is such a joy. I really enjoyed hearing about them and seeing the photos.
:hug:

[Turborama]

110. I'm sorry

I'm sorry it took so long to reply but I was looking for a set of photos that had Sophie as a toddler to share and I've only just found it (I had a problem with an old hard drive).

It's warmed my heart to read everyone's positive responses. A huge thanks to you and everyone else who's replied. :hug:

[MurrayDelph]

54. Here's one:

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/f88f8d6385/natalie-portman-rashida-jones-speak-out-from-natalie-portman-and-rashida-jones

[bain_sidhe]

62. 13 year old superhero saves Seattle!

Note, you might want to locate the tissues *before* you click, as it will be hard to see after you start reading...

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011740342_electronboy30m.html

Erik Martin, who is living with liver cancer, has always wanted to be a superhero. On Thursday, the regional chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation granted him that wish with an elaborate event that involved hundreds of volunteers in Bellevue and Seattle.

Got this from Ezra Klein's new "wonkbook" feature.

[azmouse]

63. I'll share my teddy bear.

[jgraz]

69. How about a cute parrot?

Available for adoption @ http://mickaboo.org/our-birds/frame3232.html

[Liberal_in_LA]

82. nice

[Canuckistanian]

73. Here, try this.

It's very calming... yet totally incomprehensible.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oavMtUWDBTM

[shireen]

76. want smiles? Check out Molly the Barn Owl.

http://www.ustream.tv/theowlbox

Amazing photos at http://mollysbox.wordpress.com/blog/ -- too large to post here.
Videos at http://www.youtube.com/sircarlosr

Photos's from http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000803210356&ref=ts ">Molly's facebook page and http://www.facebook.com/pages/Molly-the-Barn-Owl/419385743746?v=wall">fan page.

[uppityperson]

77. THANK YOU EVERYONE

I very much appreciate all these, thank you so much.

[saltpoint]

86. Thanks as well to the OP, a class act to start with, and for a great thread.

[AnnieBW]

83. New Kitten is six months old

He's a cutie. A little devil, but a cutie. His name is Tynan, which is Irish Gaelic for "dusty".

[bvar22]

84. Brand new baby chicks?

Is anything cuter than a 1 day old chick?


These are 1 day old Blue Copper Marans.
They hatched 2 weeks ago, and are still in their brooder in our bathroom.
That makes bathroom trips entertaining.
"Peep?...Peep...Peep".

They will be joining the rest of our flock in a few months.

This makes me happy.

Peace to you.
:hi:

[uppityperson]

87. I had no idea copper maran chicks were black, beautiful flock you have

do you get the dark eggs?

[bvar22]

90. These chicks are the first Copper Marans we have.

The chicks are Two Toned black and smoky gray.
Two of them are showing a small copper blaze behind the eye, not visible in the photo.

We bought 12 fertile eggs online.
The eggs shipped to us were very dark.....chocolate dark.
It will be a while before we see any eggs from these birds, but we expect dark eggs.

We have 2 New Hampshire Reds,
2 Astroplorps,
2 Barred Rocks,
1 Brown Leghorn
The rooster was supposed to be an Austrolorp hen, but Mother Nature knows best.

We got our birds in 2007, and have come to love them.
They are much more intelligent, beautiful, and engaging than we expected.
They are a part of our daily entertainment, and the Free Range eggs are delicious.
We like them so much that we want to expand our flock with other interesting breeds.



The chickens have easily been the most cost effective and consistent producers of healthy food since we moved to The Woods in 2006 and started doing for ourselves.

[uppityperson]

94. Plus the enjoyment factor of having them running around yelling "look look look look look"

The chickens are the best. They eat weeds and slugs and bugs, they give eggs and manure, they are characters. You have a pretty rooster.

[Mari333]

88. well, an alaskan malamute wandered into my yard tonight and I saved her

she was lost. I dont think it is a coincidence that I am an animal shelter volunteer. she had tags, it was 9 pm, so I put her in my car and drove her to the humane society after feeding her . she is in a safe cage, not wandering the streets now. Im sure someone will be glad she is safe when the shelter opens tomorrow.
and I rescued a puppy and kept her last month. does that help? her name is Lily.

[uppityperson]

95. yay for rescuing pets. Hoping she is home soon and thanks for doing that.

[laughingliberal]

102. 1 Jack Russel, 3 Kittehs, 3 cockatiels

All resues or adopted from hospice patinents who had no one to take their pets. We love them all with all our hearts.

[AnArmyVeteran]

109. Go to Youtube and watch kitten videos. They will always make you smile...

[seabeyond]

113. thinking thinking thinking. i kinda got dow today too. i dont normally. too much

too much. i read the board and the willingness not to be compassionate and understanding to one another. the mess of it all.

ya

i know

i didnt do a good job of "something good'

tomorrow is another day