Fatty Ferrets

I took the ferrets to the vet for a shot update, and it turns out the two youngest have picked up some pudge.  So the vet suggested I keep their food out of their cage except for established feeding times…but she also acknowledged that their sister is at her ideal weight and shouldn’t lose anything.

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A Warren of Bunny Rabbits

It seems we’ve put out a sign that says, “Wildlife Welcome”.  Today while planting flowers I saw a dazed looking tiny rabbit, so small at first I thought perhaps it was a baby squirrel or something.  Even its ears were small.  Soon I saw his brothers and sisters, wobbling about our flower bed and blinking

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Hummingbird Wars

Our two hummingbird feeders have attracted two hummingbirds so far this spring.  As the feeders are quite a ways apart, one might think that this would mean we’d have one hummingbird at each feeder, right? Wrong! What we have is non-stop aerial battles over territory.  I sometimes wonder if any actual drinking gets done, as no

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Crooked and now Cracked

My back pain has become one of the few constants in my life, aside from my family and weeds in my garden.  But like a weedy garden left neglected, of late it’s gotten worse, truly getting in the way of my living life.   So I finally broke down and went to see the recommended chiropractor. He took

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The TV Dilemma

As a child I had very little exposure to TV, although I am of a generation that normally watches quite a bit.  As an adult, I still don’t watch much or take in much screen time aside from my computer, and I’ve always kept my kids to a minimum of screen time. Other parents moaned over what to

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In the Company of Misery

This morning I met a forlorn little fellow, a stomach bug.  He wandered into our house looking for company.  He’d had such a rough time of late, nobody wanting him, everybody hating him, that I let him stay. I can’t say the visits going well, though, as my life-long friend, my body’s immune system, has taken

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Hurricane Preparedness Week

The National Hurricane Center links to a preparedness site which looks helpful.  A lot of the info we’re already aware of, but a refresher is alwasy a good plan, and emergency packs should be regularly updated. I also had’nt really considered the necessity of having a different plan for the different emergencies a hurricane can

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With My Eyes Wide Open

I’m wearing contacts! After seven years of dry eyes problems which denied me contacts, I’m finally able to wear them again.  No more looking at the world through smudge-tinted glasses, squinting into the sun, and rubbing at the pinch places on my face every night. Now, instead, I can blink and blink ’cause the silly contact’s folded, lose

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Dinner, Dinner, Dinner…

I know what’s for dinner.  Chebes!  My double shipment just came, so I have plenty…for now.  This tasty little Brazilian cheese bread never lasts as long as I project. 🙂 Make them just before dinner and set them out hot, maybe with some soup, and we’re set.  Delicious!