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You are here: Home / Open Threads / I Suppose It’s Bad I’ve Named Them: Thursday Evening Open Thread

I Suppose It’s Bad I’ve Named Them: Thursday Evening Open Thread

by TaMara|  August 10, 201710:12 pm| 107 Comments

This post is in: Open Threads, Pet Rescue

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Just wanted to let you know there will be a Writing Group post this Sunday. Get your pens ready.

Last week a couple of people asked me for an update on the ducks. They are still here. I’m in foster mode, so not too attached. But they did acquire names. It’s difficult when you have a ten year old for the week to NOT name them.

Mabel (the Rouen – brown with iridescent green markings) is recovering nicely. She was quite weak and wasn’t eating well for the first few days. Now she eats all the time and keeps trying to steal Bailey’s dinner. I’ve addressed that, so poor Bailey can eat in peace. The Blue Swedish is Maddie and she’s hell on wheels. And keeps an eye on me.

That’s not creepy at all, right? They are clearly hand raised – they eat out  of my hand, they come running when I go outside and are unfazed by cats, dogs or 10 year olds.  Funny thing, yesterday I was sitting on the steps, feeding them when Mabel mistook my nicely painted toenail for a snack. We both got a surprise.

I suppose none of us will be surprised if this turns out to be a foster fail. But I’m not there yet.

How about a happy news, politics free open thread? Have any good news to share?

ETA: Thanks to dmsilev for this

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  1. 1.

    JPL

    August 10, 2017 at 10:15 pm

    lol Once you name them, they are yours. It’s the way it works.

  2. 2.

    schrodingers_cat

    August 10, 2017 at 10:15 pm

    I got a nice dinner table with 6 chairs with an inlaid design and turned legs for $100. It does have minor water damage but it is gorgeous.

  3. 3.

    ? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?

    August 10, 2017 at 10:18 pm

    Duckies! Ever tried petting them?

  4. 4.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 10, 2017 at 10:18 pm

    Have any good news to share?

    The Pack is looking pretty decent in its first preseason game. All caveats apply.

  5. 5.

    Adam L Silverman

    August 10, 2017 at 10:18 pm

    Alright, I’ve rescheduled mine to post at 11:30 PM.

  6. 6.

    TaMara (HFG)

    August 10, 2017 at 10:18 pm

    @schrodingers_cat: Oooo, that sounds like quite the find!

  7. 7.

    Mnemosyne

    August 10, 2017 at 10:19 pm

    Just wanted to let you know there will be a Writing Group post this Sunday. Get your pens ready.

    Yay! Thank you! I was afraid the next one would fall when we’ll be out of town all day drinking wine the following weekend, and I need a safe space to whine about my writing insecurities right now. ?

  8. 8.

    schrodingers_cat

    August 10, 2017 at 10:19 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: I have no idea what you just said. Something to do with sports, right?

  9. 9.

    satby

    August 10, 2017 at 10:19 pm

    Gotta say Tamara, they look like keepers ? I bet ducks are fun.
    It’s great they’re both doing so well.

  10. 10.

    MomSense

    August 10, 2017 at 10:20 pm

    Great names. I finished the first draft of a children’s story last night and sent it out to a few people to read. Today I did a few revisions and started a new story. I don’t know if anything will come of this but I am enjoying the process.

    I’m considering taking a week off from all internet/email/ social media to see how I feel.

  11. 11.

    TaMara (HFG)

    August 10, 2017 at 10:20 pm

    @? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?: They love, love, love, being scritched just under the neck and their beaks rubbed.

  12. 12.

    satby

    August 10, 2017 at 10:21 pm

    @schrodingers_cat: His Green Bay Packers football team looks good.

  13. 13.

    lollipopguild

    August 10, 2017 at 10:21 pm

    Be kind to your web footed friends because a duck may be somebody’s mother……

  14. 14.

    MomSense

    August 10, 2017 at 10:22 pm

    @schrodingers_cat:

    Is it something you can fix yourself with some denatured alcohol and cheesecloth?

  15. 15.

    TaMara (HFG)

    August 10, 2017 at 10:22 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: Thank you.

  16. 16.

    Mnemosyne

    August 10, 2017 at 10:23 pm

    Our youngest cat Charlotte is a foster fail. I knew the first night we had her and her sister, but it took G longer to come around.

    She went through several names before we settled on Charlotte. Maybe that’s why she’s an anxious cat. ?

    Good news: I bought our Amtrak tickets so we can do a day trip of the Urban Wine Trail in Santa Barbara and not have to drive home afterwards.

    (Urban Wine Trail = local wineries that have storefront tasting rooms in downtown SB.)

  17. 17.

    Major Major Major Major

    August 10, 2017 at 10:24 pm

    Aww, you still have the ducks! Too cute. Good luck not keeping them, but the worst case scenario is you end up with two ducks, which isn’t really that bad now is it?

  18. 18.

    Yarrow

    August 10, 2017 at 10:25 pm

    The video in this tweet has been making me laugh all week. Even the sheep in New Zealand love rugby!

    Bruce the sheep who lives on a farm in Rotorua with his owner Maree MacDonald, is better at rugby than a lot of our mates! ? ?Farming Life pic.twitter.com/RxhVKn5WsK— EatSleepRugby (@eatsleeprugby) August 1, 2017

  19. 19.

    West of the Rockies (been a while)

    August 10, 2017 at 10:25 pm

    Thanks, TaMara! I’ll be there Sunday morning.

  20. 20.

    ? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?

    August 10, 2017 at 10:26 pm

    @TaMara (HFG):
    I once walked up to some Canadian Geese and was shocked that they didn’t run away. I was amazed. I guess they were used to people.

  21. 21.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 10, 2017 at 10:26 pm

    @schrodingers_cat: Yes, and west of New England. We are a big country.

  22. 22.

    TaMara (HFG)

    August 10, 2017 at 10:26 pm

    @Mnemosyne: We have so many breweries in our little town now, we have a trolley tour – a converted trolley takes a group to all the tasting rooms. It’s called the BrewHop Trolley. Wine country and the train sounds like more fun, though.

  23. 23.

    Mnemosyne

    August 10, 2017 at 10:27 pm

    The saddest news that I will allow myself in this thread: the tall ship that Ruckus and I wanted to try at the Tall Ships Festival next month had to cancel, so we’ll be sailing on the Californian instead. It’s the official Tall Ship of the state of California and Ruckus says it should be a similarly smooth ride, weather permitting, so I’ll survive. Now I have to start my seasickness prep.

  24. 24.

    TaMara (HFG)

    August 10, 2017 at 10:28 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: As Betty C can attest to, I was thinking about chickens for next spring. I look at the ducks and think, I really don’t like chickens and I LOVED my first duck, Liam. So, yeah, that’s my thinking, too.

  25. 25.

    Major Major Major Major

    August 10, 2017 at 10:29 pm

    The World Dog Surfing Championships were in my neck of the woods this week.

  26. 26.

    Yarrow

    August 10, 2017 at 10:32 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: That looks like great fun.

  27. 27.

    schrodingers_cat

    August 10, 2017 at 10:32 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Why so snippy? I would love to drive across country, from the east coast to the west someday. And fwiw I have been to California and Colorado. I love to travel, just haven’t been able to do much travel for leisure in the past 10 years or so.

  28. 28.

    japa21

    August 10, 2017 at 10:32 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Glad to hear that. Looks like they may have an actual punt returner this year. Of course, as you say, caveats apply.

    ETA: Meanwhile the Brewers have gone to hell in a hand-basket.

  29. 29.

    Mnemosyne

    August 10, 2017 at 10:34 pm

    @TaMara (HFG):

    I found the link. We’ve done a few tasting rooms before, but we always had to drive home, so we couldn’t try as much as we wanted. The location means we just have to stagger across the street to the Amtrak station and have 2 hours to sober up before we get to our station.

    Last time we went, we ended up getting several bottles of wine from Area 5.1, which is alien-themed and did some really tasty blends.

  30. 30.

    Miss Bianca

    August 10, 2017 at 10:34 pm

    @JPL: Ain’t it the truth!

  31. 31.

    schrodingers_cat

    August 10, 2017 at 10:36 pm

    @MomSense: I have no idea. The water damage is not major, I would say less than 10% of the surface area.

  32. 32.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    August 10, 2017 at 10:36 pm

    We have a bird nest in the orange tree out front, saw one adult and a small one.

    I’m planning on a trip up to the mountains north of here to try some Milky Way shots next week after the moon starts setting later in the day.

  33. 33.

    Miss Bianca

    August 10, 2017 at 10:37 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: The Packers? That’s…football. right?

  34. 34.

    Mnemosyne

    August 10, 2017 at 10:38 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA:

    Do you have my email address and any interest in seeing tall ships in Dana Point in September? It’s $70 to sail on one, but only $14 to tour them.

  35. 35.

    Major Major Major Major

    August 10, 2017 at 10:39 pm

    @Miss Bianca: sometimes it’s best to just let boys enjoy their games without teasing them too much.

  36. 36.

    Mnemosyne

    August 10, 2017 at 10:40 pm

    @schrodingers_cat:
    @Miss Bianca:

    Because I’m mean, I say things to sportsball fans like, “When is the quarterback going to kick a home run?”

  37. 37.

    schrodingers_cat

    August 10, 2017 at 10:41 pm

    @Mnemosyne: Is she the bossy and neurotic one?

  38. 38.

    Yarrow

    August 10, 2017 at 10:41 pm

    @Mnemosyne: Is that mean?

  39. 39.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 10, 2017 at 10:42 pm

    @schrodingers_cat: I had no intention of coming off as snippy. You just never, to my knowledge, mentioned being west of Philly.

  40. 40.

    Doc Sardonic

    August 10, 2017 at 10:43 pm

    @schrodingers_cat: Water damage is relatively easy to repair depending on the finish used on the piece and the type of staining or discoloration. $100 sounds like a great find.

  41. 41.

    Miss Bianca

    August 10, 2017 at 10:43 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: ah, it’s the spoilsport of the world you are!

  42. 42.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 10, 2017 at 10:43 pm

    @Miss Bianca: Yes. It is.

  43. 43.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    August 10, 2017 at 10:43 pm

    @Mnemosyne: When in September? Late August and early September is birthday season here(madame and the kid).

  44. 44.

    MomSense

    August 10, 2017 at 10:44 pm

    @schrodingers_cat:

    It might work in your case. It sounds like you found a beautiful dining set.

  45. 45.

    schrodingers_cat

    August 10, 2017 at 10:44 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: I don’t mention everything I do on Balloon Juice.

    ETA: I actually do remember mentioning my SF trip, even had a meetup with one Juicer. And srv of all people gave me a lot of good tips.

  46. 46.

    Mnemosyne

    August 10, 2017 at 10:45 pm

    @schrodingers_cat:

    Of course! She did something while we were away that got Keaton to start hissing at her again. And I suspect she was the reason for the Poop Incident.

    (I’m no longer allowed to discuss the Poop Incident here, but you don’t really want the details anyway.)

  47. 47.

    normal liberal

    August 10, 2017 at 10:46 pm

    @? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?:
    In my neck of the woods the geese are downright aggressive. Last night as I left the grocery store a flock decided to cross the street, and a couple of the geese came to a dead stop in the middle and stared at me. A clear provocation-“So, you want to drive home? Not this way, bitch.”
    God help you if you’re on foot.

  48. 48.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 10, 2017 at 10:46 pm

    @Miss Bianca: J.M. Synge ref?

  49. 49.

    Mnemosyne

    August 10, 2017 at 10:46 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA:

    We’re going on Saturday 9/9. Still working out the exact departure time.

  50. 50.

    schrodingers_cat

    August 10, 2017 at 10:47 pm

    @MomSense: From a very pregnant lady on CL. Her husband even delivered the set!

  51. 51.

    Mnemosyne

    August 10, 2017 at 10:48 pm

    @normal liberal:

    Geese are mean. Especially Canada geese. One of the local botanical gardens had to put up signs begging people not to approach the geese who have been nesting in the garden. They definitely try to emulate their dinosaur ancestors.

  52. 52.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 10, 2017 at 10:49 pm

    @schrodingers_cat: That’s fair. I am not trying to be snippy with you. Can you please assume that I am not trying to start a fight?

  53. 53.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 10, 2017 at 10:50 pm

    @Mnemosyne: Mean? The fuckers are vicious. Eat them before they peck us to death.

  54. 54.

    Miss Bianca

    August 10, 2017 at 10:51 pm

    @schrodingers_cat: is it weird that I almost miss srv? It is weird, isn’t it?

  55. 55.

    efgoldman

    August 10, 2017 at 10:51 pm

    Plimoth Plantation, ~25 years ago. Took ~10-11 year old daughter and same age best friend (daughter ended up a history major). We were walking down the main street, with all kinds of re-enactors doing their thing. Just as we approached a woman sitting in front of “her house”, she picked a duck up off the street and wrung its neck in front of the kids. Big gasps and “yeewww” moment. Obviously not a pet.

  56. 56.

    Mnemosyne

    August 10, 2017 at 10:52 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Swans are vicious. Geese are just mean.

    One of my favorite short stories by PG Wodehouse involves two characters getting treed by a vicious swan.

  57. 57.

    seaboogie

    August 10, 2017 at 10:53 pm

    @TaMara (HFG): I lived on the Doral Silver golf course in Miami in ’01 and a family of Muscovy ducks adopted me (may have had something to do with me buying 10lb bags of cracked feed corn to offer them).

    Over the course of several weeks there was some attrition in the number of ducklings, but they were such a joy. Kept my Golden inside the lanai during feeding time, and I loved the feeling of the ducklings’ soft little beaks in my palm as they ate out of my hand.

    Sometimes I’d go out my front door and the whole flock would come waddling up my walk-way…ducks are definitely a lot of fun!

  58. 58.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 10, 2017 at 10:53 pm

    @Miss Bianca: It is. But it is probably a subconscious wish for the days when pure trolls were our biggest annoyance.

  59. 59.

    Miss Bianca

    August 10, 2017 at 10:54 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Alack, more Patrick O’Brian, than J M Synge, I’m afraid.

  60. 60.

    schrodingers_cat

    August 10, 2017 at 10:56 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Will do. Time to hit the sack. Good night.

  61. 61.

    dmsilev

    August 10, 2017 at 10:56 pm

    That’s not creepy at all, right?

    There’s an old Far Side cartoon that seems appropriate here. Caption: “Duckalookaphobia: The fear that somehow, somewhere, a duck is staring at you”

  62. 62.

    Quinerly

    August 10, 2017 at 10:57 pm

    “There’s something really, really wrong with this president.” Former Republican Senator Gordon Humphrey.

    No shit.

  63. 63.

    Miss Bianca

    August 10, 2017 at 10:57 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Oh, Lord! I fear you may be right. How perspicacious of you!

  64. 64.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    August 10, 2017 at 10:57 pm

    @Mnemosyne: They have signs at the Huntington warning about the geese.

    The 9th is after b-day season(8/29-9/3), got a website or anything about it?

  65. 65.

    Mnemosyne

    August 10, 2017 at 10:59 pm

    @Quinerly:

    Hey, now — this is our place for duck, sports, and wine talk. No politics.
    ?

  66. 66.

    Quinerly

    August 10, 2017 at 11:00 pm

    @Miss Bianca:
    What’s weird is it is beyond obvious that Corner Stone has a life without us.?

  67. 67.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 10, 2017 at 11:00 pm

    @Miss Bianca: I drink and I know things.

  68. 68.

    dmsilev

    August 10, 2017 at 11:01 pm

    @Mnemosyne: When my brother and I were kids, he was maybe 6 or so, we were somewhere that was home to some swan families. We were feeding the cygnets until the parents thought that we were getting too close, and one of them puffed up and stretched his (I think) neck out; was almost the same height as my brother was and it was pretty intimidating (as was the bird’s intent, no doubt).

  69. 69.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 10, 2017 at 11:01 pm

    @Quinerly: FFS.

  70. 70.

    Quinerly

    August 10, 2017 at 11:02 pm

    @Mnemosyne:
    Oops. I drink beer. Thought it was the “snippy” thread.

  71. 71.

    seaboogie

    August 10, 2017 at 11:02 pm

    @Mnemosyne: My Dad and step-Mom had a big pond in their yard in SW Ontario that had transient geese, and pet Swan named named Elvis. They spent a lot of time looking for a female Swan for Elvis (to be named Priscilla, natch) without success.

    One day Elvis flew away, and there were many Elvis “sightings” reported in the following weeks, but he never did return – true to his name in that way.

  72. 72.

    Mnemosyne

    August 10, 2017 at 11:03 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA:

    Yes, the Huntington is the place I was referring to. I assumed Goku wouldn’t know what it was.

    Tall Ships website. Gmail me at Mnemosyne dot Muse for additional details.

  73. 73.

    dmsilev

    August 10, 2017 at 11:04 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: My favorite is the sign that the LA County Arboretum uses: “For your safety, do not feed or approach peacocks, geese, ducks, turtles, squirrels, bobcats, or coyotes”.

  74. 74.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    August 10, 2017 at 11:06 pm

    @Quinerly: Either that or he’s drunk in a gutter.

  75. 75.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    August 10, 2017 at 11:07 pm

    @dmsilev: I liked this one from just outside the Arboretum.

  76. 76.

    Mnemosyne

    August 10, 2017 at 11:08 pm

    @Quinerly:

    Beer-wine hybrids are a thing!

    There probably will also be some beer drinking on our Urban Wine Trail wanderings since Figueroa Mountain has a beer tasting room in the same neighborhood. I’m not a fan of beer, but G likes it.

    What I really want to do is go to the new cider/mead place in Carpenteria called the Apiary one of these days, but it wouldn’t require a full day and a train trip.

  77. 77.

    Miss Bianca

    August 10, 2017 at 11:09 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: in vino veritas, old chap?

  78. 78.

    GregB

    August 10, 2017 at 11:10 pm

    @Quinerly:

    Old Gordon is no RINO either. He was at the pretty far right edge of the NH GOP back in the 80’s.

  79. 79.

    Mnemosyne

    August 10, 2017 at 11:11 pm

    @seaboogie:

    We lived on a lake when I was in high school and there was an avian ménage a trois made up of two Canada geese and a white duck that was apparently an escapee from a more domestic life. After the goslings hatched, they all went for swims together: Mama Goose, White Duck, goslings, and Papa Goose.

    When the geese headed back north for the winter, the duck went with them.

  80. 80.

    TaMara (HFG)

    August 10, 2017 at 11:13 pm

    @dmsilev: OMG, I remember that. It’s now added to the post.

  81. 81.

    efgoldman

    August 10, 2017 at 11:14 pm

    @GregB:

    He was at the pretty far right edge of the NH GOP

    He (along with the Loebs, who owned the Manchester Union Leader newspaper) were RWNJs long before anybody heard of the TeaHadis.

  82. 82.

    ArchTeryx

    August 10, 2017 at 11:14 pm

    @Mnemosyne: That’s very cute and extremely unusual – Canada Geese get really territorial around their goslings. They must have accepted the white duck as just a funny-looking goose that was happy to flock with them. Once they got over the hardwired territoriality, they probably welcomed the extra pair of eyes on sentry duty!

  83. 83.

    dmsilev

    August 10, 2017 at 11:15 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: Yeah, I get the feeling that Arcadia regards its flock as somewhat of a mixed blessing.

    Where my parents and brother live, there’s been a resurgence of wild turkeys over the last ten or so years. My parents had a family of them living somewhere near their back yard. My mom said it was really cute when the 8 or so chicks were small, but once they grew into the juvenile stage it stopped being cute and started being a bit intimidating.

  84. 84.

    Mnemosyne

    August 10, 2017 at 11:17 pm

    @ArchTeryx:

    If I remember correctly (and we’re talking about an event that’s older than Goku), the duck was firmly established as part of the family before the eggs were even laid, so that probably helped.

  85. 85.

    TriassicSands

    August 10, 2017 at 11:17 pm

    @? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?:

    I guess they were used to people.

    I don’t know if they are born that way, but Canada geese get used to people very easily and, as is pointed out by normal liberal above, they are often very aggressive. Challenge one and you may receive a painful peck.

    It is common to call them Canadian geese, but they are actually Canada geese.

  86. 86.

    scav

    August 10, 2017 at 11:20 pm

    In theory Swans, but I don’t know if they’d be best for adoption.

  87. 87.

    Debbie(aussie)

    August 10, 2017 at 11:22 pm

    Just read about Mrs Imm.?to Immanitize(?) I am so sorry. I send lots of love. You and your family are in my thoughts. Fuck cancer!

  88. 88.

    efgoldman

    August 10, 2017 at 11:22 pm

    @TriassicSands:

    they are actually Canada geese.

    They
    are
    actually
    vermin

    That is all

  89. 89.

    Major Major Major Major

    August 10, 2017 at 11:23 pm

    Some jagoffs are organizing anti-google marches.

  90. 90.

    Yarrow

    August 10, 2017 at 11:24 pm

    In the UK all swans are owned by the Queen. There’s also an annual swan census.

  91. 91.

    Quinerly

    August 10, 2017 at 11:26 pm

    @GregB:
    Yep. Thought it was interesting given who he was. Hope you aren’t scolded for your comment.? Apparently, open thread doesn’t mean what I always thought it meant. Live and learn.?

  92. 92.

    Quinerly

    August 10, 2017 at 11:27 pm

    @efgoldman:
    Yep.

  93. 93.

    dmsilev

    August 10, 2017 at 11:29 pm

    @Yarrow:

    There’s also an annual swan census.

    It never goes well; swans are really bad at inking in those little bubbles on the forms.

  94. 94.

    Yarrow

    August 10, 2017 at 11:32 pm

    @dmsilev: Well, they do have a Royal Swan Warden to keep all the swans and cygnets in line.

  95. 95.

    Juice Box

    August 10, 2017 at 11:33 pm

    Mmmm. Duck eggs.

  96. 96.

    Major Major Major Major

    August 10, 2017 at 11:33 pm

    Absurd story about academic who made a DNA sample that can hack a DNA sequencer, for those who might enjoy this sort of thing.

  97. 97.

    Mnemosyne

    August 10, 2017 at 11:35 pm

    @Quinerly:

    Don’t make me turn this car around, young lady! ?

  98. 98.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    August 10, 2017 at 11:37 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: Oh, in support of the fake PhD. Google is anti-free speech; it’s a private company they can make their own rules. Morons.

  99. 99.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    August 10, 2017 at 11:39 pm

    @Mnemosyne: Psst, Quinerly’s older than you.

  100. 100.

    Mnemosyne

    August 10, 2017 at 11:40 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA:

    She’s not going to thank you for reminding us all of that. ?

  101. 101.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 10, 2017 at 11:42 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: Psst, that’s a bad road go down with the wimmins and shit. Just saying. Geezer.

  102. 102.

    KS in MA

    August 11, 2017 at 12:00 am

    @Yarrow: Love it!

  103. 103.

    Yarrow

    August 11, 2017 at 12:04 am

    @KS in MA: Glad you like it. :) Bruce is very good, isn’t he?

  104. 104.

    KS in MA

    August 11, 2017 at 12:16 am

    @Yarrow: He’s the best rugby-playing sheep I ever saw! :)

  105. 105.

    Yarrow

    August 11, 2017 at 12:27 am

    @KS in MA: Me too! Although I believe he’s the only one I’ve ever seen. Heh. He’s very enthusiastic. I love how he chases her when she’s got the ball. “Throw it to me again!” LOL.

  106. 106.

    TKinNC

    August 11, 2017 at 9:28 am

    @TaMara (HFG): Yay! Ducks are fun.

  107. 107.

    Murmeltier

    August 12, 2017 at 12:36 pm

    Just wanted to let you know there will be a Writing Group post this Sunday. Get your pens ready.

    Oh good! This is one of the reasons Geeno kept telling me to get on over here. Looking forward to seeing what it’s all about.

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