Granny's gone and done it again

[Granny Hatchet]

evidently wishings' narcolepsy kicked in

Was just getting ready to say the same thing

 

[Granny Hatchet]

I think I want this at my funeral.

I sang that at my sisters funeral. Still cant stand to hear it. Crying..

 

[runt325]

what is <FNG ?

oh.

my thoughts to

 

[Granny Hatchet]

She had the most beautiful voice. I had bad health. I asked her to sing it at mine and she said but what if I go first. I said then I will sing it at yours.

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

She had the most beautiful voice. I had bad health. I asked her to sing it at mine and she said but what if I go first. I said then I will sing it at yours.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Thanks for the kind words, and of course I would love to hear the story about your Elsa,whenever you feel up to sharing with me. Glad you're enjoying the sunshine!

So, I was just kid, and got home from school one day, came in the gate and saw a big dog up the driveway. Oh cool, we have a visitor! She was obviously a Dane, long ears, blackish brown with lighter mottled spots. Got closer to her and my heart fell... skin and bones, and the skin didn't look so great. Never seen anything like it. And then she turned her head toward me and one eye was missing! Just a black empty socket. And in between the socket and the good eye, there was a lump under the skin, just about the size of an eyeball. Well, it made me wonder!

She had just showed up. Mom took her to the vet who said it would be a mercy to put her down. Her eye had been surgically removed, the lump was most likely cancer, her shoulder had been broken and healed crooked. As usual, mom ignored the advice because the dog was so calm and and had a lovely temperament. The 2 dogs we already had (Buck, a huge lab/maybe Newfie cross and Rhoda, our first Ridgeback) accepted her immediately, so she got a very good recommendation. AND she didn't chase chickens or horses or cats! Of course my mom worked her magic and soon Elsa was on the mend.
Neighbor came visiting a few months later and recognized her. Elsa had lived about a mile down the road on a farm that had been abandoned by the renters. It was noticed because the cows left behind were starving. Too late for the 3 German Shepherds locked in a shed. They were so crazed from hunger and in such poor shape, the animal control shot them on site. Elsa was the lucky one, apparently spent her life there tied under a tree, and either someone let her off or she slipped her collar. It was 3 or 4 months after all that that she showed up at our place. The messed up shoulder, still containing buckshot, was from a neighbor (boo him!) who shot her for being in with his sheep. Apparently she wasn't even chasing them. One thing she learned being on her own was how to eat blackberries off the bush and avoid stickers!
If I could have a dog back again, it would be Elsa. She was wonderful. Walked on a leash, only barked when a stranger came on the property, never ran off, and was protective. One time I walked her to the bus stop to wait for my little sister. The bus stop was at a big tree in the center of where 3 roads connected. While we waited, a man in a little open sports car drove completely around the tree, looking at us the whole time. Elsa kept herself between me and the man and was growling at him. I felt very safe!
Oh, and the lump was cancer. The vet said it would come back. Mom had him remove it anyway. It did come back a little and she had him take it off again, and then she was fine. I think we had her for 12 years. Not long enough. The gentlest, bestest dog ever!
(And more than you ever wanted to know!)

Supposedly wind tonight with rain tomorrow turning into snow at some point. My body is reacting to the moisture in the air not the cold. Moisture hurts me in my joints and old injuries.

Oh yes, I get that too. One bad knee doesn't like the cold rain.

could he have had a stroke ??? can rabbits have strokes ???

I'm pretty sure he already had the stroke a few months ago. He was having trouble on one side, but seemed to recover. He's losing control again, but I think it's old age and he's declining. I keep propping him up!

Dogs musta had a party today. Just found 3 pieces of dog food in my chair and Im pretty sure I didnt leave the tv on much less on animal planet. We were watching Walker .

Scooter has been taking his food out of the dish and sometimes he even tosses them around the room. He never did that with Belle around! Now he had started burying his food. Right now there are 4 toys piled on his bowl.

was 48* in my bedroom this am.

ugh. Would have to wear socks AND mittens AND a hat! brrrr

well phone just rang twice BUT no one on the other end when I answered BUT at least the ringer works.

I find the telemarker computers will often disconnect if you answer on the second or fourth ring, since most answering machines pick up then. Now we've got robo ones that leave a message too. Dang telemarketers.

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Well, somebody is handy!

 

[runt325]

Got school work done so that's out of the way so what to do now

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Its a beautiful song.
I have a CD here of all that but I never watched it. Cant.

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

Was just getting ready to say the same thing

while your in my mind , DUST for God's sake

 

[prostar]

Well. So. Left work a bit early so I could get home before dark to tuck red in. She was happy to see me (but still a pain in the butt to catch!!). Turns out peach decided chicken feed was really dog feed so now I’m even more happy I got the “extra” coop. Hubs is excited about it for grow out purposes and such now too. Well, I think he knows I’ve given him free rein with his truck stuff lately - it’s in his best interest not to fuss with me caring for a chicken. We’re half thinking getting wheels on it and tractoring it up too.

So anyway. Peach obviously stuck her head in the brooder and ate up all the chicken feed so red was feeling the hunger. She’s now hanging out in the garage for her last night. Tomorrow she’ll go in the coop and tomorrow night I’ll add another chicken for warmth/companionship. Not sure who yet. I almost half think Sam since she’s the absolute bottom of the pecking order and might enjoy the break but then I think reintroduction would get hard.