Some stuff that's happened

Some catch-up, in no particular order:

Dad/Daughter Avett Brothers Date

Art for the Animals

Freya love

Last minute call from little brother: "Dad and me are at karaoke, come quick."

The Hubs and Alice, 4ever

Ginny's major malfunction

Sometimes an animal in a shelter or sanctuary will treat you one way when you interact with them at the shelter, and then be totally different the second you get them home.

I remember this happening with every cat we had when I was growing up.  The cat we picked out at the Humane Society was never the same cat who came home with us.  The second their paws hit the floor in our house their true colors came out.

Ginny is the most extreme example of this phenomenon I've ever encountered.  And the weird thing is she continued to dupe us for a while before she decided to get real.

I'll admit, I brought her home from River's Wish based purely on her cute, cute, cute looks.  She is absolutely pint-size and has the snowiest white fur with calico markings.  Freaking adorable.

She was one of the only unpaired rabbits at RW, so I thought she'd be a good third wheel to the brothers.  They worry me sometimes because they are SO joined at the hip it seems likely that when one of them passes, the other will be so heartbroken he'll soon follow.  

(I have such a good life I can afford to worry about stupid shit like that.  Also I'm using "worry" in the loosest sense of the word.) 

At River's Wish, she cuddled right up under my chin and fell asleep.  And this behavior, which is basically my dream behavior of any animal because it satisfies some need in me that I am not at all proud of, continued for about six weeks.

 She took real naps with me.  It was crazy.

And then all of a sudden she just wasn't that into us.

She's become the frostiest most curmudgeonly tiny white rabbit you'd ever care to meet.  

She's like an adorable child star who knows how to trade on her good looks but is an utter brat.

And damn if I don't love her all the more for her aloofness.  It is so incongruous with her schmoopy exterior it's hilarious.

Also we thought she was still a baby when we got her but she never grew any bigger.

My little Ebeneezer Thumbelina.

Love, J

Homegirl meets the animals

I hadn't seen homegirl since she was actually homeinfant.  Nowadays she's living up to her name.  Her sweet mama came back from Sin City to run with her high school crew (and okay, her family too) for a little while and we hit River's Wish so E could meet the animals.

Kelly likes the goats and the goats like Kelly.

Gah - I haven't posted about RW since they took in Precious the sheep and her buddies.  Precious is the most aptly named animal in the world.  She was abused pretty horrifically before being rescued and is the most loveysquishybabydoll in all the world. 

I could show you a picture of us just like this from 15 years ago.  But it's in a scrapbook in some box in the basement, and I'm comfortable on the couch.  Another time. 

 S

Kit's in the throes of auction prep right now.  I'm taking a break from it this year and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't glad.  I do get itchy to pitch in when I see the work going on, but that's not any way to cure burnout.  So this year I'll attend as a guest and I will eat and drink and bid my bank account dry.  It's gonna be good.

Love, J

Christmas in July

My plan was to keep posting old things here in an attempt to get "caught up," but it feels silly to post winter things in summer.  So here's the last catch-up post.  Consider the rest of it lost into the bottomless pit that is the "My Pictures" folder on our laptop.

Building a model boat/Christmas gift

River's Wish got some sheep.  This is Precious.

We spend a lot of our winter like this

Thanksgiving at Aunt Micky's

I cut off over a foot of my hair.  I still need to mail the braids to Locks of Love.  They're the creepiest, most serial killer-y thing I've ever stored in my desk.

Love, J

11.7.13

River's Wish took in a ton more horses this summer, just after their benefit auction.  By the time we got up to visit them all, most were pretty recovered nutrition-wise, and the little babies had grown up a bit, but not so much that they weren't still obviously pint-sized.

Horses freak me out a little, but clumsy little baby horses?  Yes please.

And that one of G with Bryce the donkey is classic because of Denzy the goat's photobomb.  That guy is such a lurker, and is in the background of hundreds of photos on our laptop.

Love, J

RWAS spring pics

This visit to the sanctuary was a while ago, things are warmer and greener up there now.

We're gearing up for the first Art for the Animals auction actually AT River's Wish, and it's going to be so great.  Friday, July 19th.  We're holding the auction and dinner in the barn - just look at that photo and think "less hay, more lights and people and fun."

Love, J