"Granola" is a funny, but appropriate, name for that! Pretty cool looking.
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Haunted Bookshop in a Jirsa 210.
After about 10 days of golfing but no smoking in Mexico I'm finally back in the US of A with a pipe in my hand!
Starting back strong with a 50/50 mix of Penzance and Heinrich's Special Curly in this Nate King Troll Poker -
Starting back strong with a 50/50 mix of Penzance and Heinrich's Special Curly in this Nate King Troll Poker -
Mighty kind of you to say so, much appreciated."Granola" is a funny, but appropriate, name for that! Pretty cool looking.
Hey did you not see the sign?Someday maybe I’ll build a hay barn, but until then I’ll fetch 1/2ton at a time.
C&D Derringer in a pre-republic Dublin3 bulldog.
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A quick check of the stall cam leads me to believe Bob has grown weary of waiting
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I would like to expand this subject further. After doing some research, there seems to be enough of a mix of opinions for me to judge that ferals bonding with one human only certainly does happen. But, not always. How the latter idea works out depends on how abused or ignored a frightened feral may have been. And how kind, industrious, understanding and patient humans are regarding taming/adopting one. I would say that what happens is a case to case experience judging by what I read others write and what has happened around here.
Here's examples from my experience. At one time or another the last few years, we have taken care of eighteen ferals. We were able to establish their trust in us, and most were rehomed where it has always worked out well.
1. The various Striped cats who were from one place. They were works in progress. Two never quite learned to trust me. They have completely disappeared. Two did learn to trust me but one of them disappeared, too. For the original Stripesy, who was a nasty beast to other ferals, and very afraid of me; it took me almost two years to change all of that. He had been abused by other animals and humans, and I often saw him bloody with gaping wounds. Once, I kept walking toward him slowly and talked softly to him. He kept backing off, and shuddered every time that I moved. But, this was the first time that he did not run from me, and let me get within four feet of him. A couple of days later, he was on the deck to eat, and I softly talked to him enough that he let me come up to him while he was eating and pet him. After that, he trusted me. he still hated other cats.
One day, he came limping to me, and I saw that he had a bloody hole above the ankle of his left leg. We took him to the vet, and he extracted a bb that somebody shot him with. We had him fixed at the same time. We kept him inside away from our cats for a week until he healed. He became friendly to m’lady and me equally as well as the ferals. M’lady’s cousin adopted him, and he’s lived very happily since. He even sleeps with her dog.
2. Harry the Hairy’s story is close to the same except that he’s never been shot. It took me a year and half to get him to trust me. One night, I just stood at the food bowl and said, “If you want to eat, you have to trust me.” He was about six feet away. He made a sudden dash to the food, and as soon as he started eating, I rubbed his head and back. His tail stuck straight up, and we’ve been friends since. He stopped bullying the other feral since we had him fixed. If you’ve been following my stories, you’ve seen how he has turned out.
I could tell more stories about the other ferals, but I think these make my point. Be loving, be understanding, and most of all, be very patient. Many of them can learn love if given a chance.
And drug and alcoholI wish I could say the same! Its cheaper than cigars they say!
Thats what i tell everyone anyway.
Been clean and sober since 1-2-17 thank God.
Pretty good! No regrets buying it when tobaccopipes was liquidating their stock
Capped off a full week by braving the cold (got down to about 20 last night) and enjoying a first-time try of McC 5110 (thanks once again to @Questionable Source for the sample of a tobacco that's old enough to vote, but has the common sense not to) in my non-aromatic lat pipe, a Savinelli Bacco 321 rusticated bent author, while wifey did some groundwork with the mustang. Another great blend, and another loss to mourn. But I should just shut up and cheer up, right? 9/10
Bird report: California scrub-jay, California towhee, Dark-eyed junco, White-crowned sparrow, California quail, American crow, Mountain chickadee, Northern flicker, Spotted towhee, White-breasted nuthatch, Hairy woodpecker, Acorn woodpecker, Oak titmouse, and Common raven.
This bowl was dedicated to my late uncle deceased in June, who would have turned 75 today.
Hope everyone enjoys their weekend!
Bird report: California scrub-jay, California towhee, Dark-eyed junco, White-crowned sparrow, California quail, American crow, Mountain chickadee, Northern flicker, Spotted towhee, White-breasted nuthatch, Hairy woodpecker, Acorn woodpecker, Oak titmouse, and Common raven.
This bowl was dedicated to my late uncle deceased in June, who would have turned 75 today.
Hope everyone enjoys their weekend!
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Near the last third of this bowl of KBV Burley Beta in a 1976 black rough carved Pioneer Meerschaum Hungarian with a pearl brown acrylic saddle stem. Been writing about feral cats.
Much appreciated. Our two (Thatcher and Freya) are our first wild adopts. Learning as we go!
Rocky Patel The Edge while playing golf today.
6/20 Wessex Gold Virginia Flake in an Altinok.
Gawith Hoggarth’s Ennerdale Flake in an Altinay translucent meerschaum billiard
Another friend of Bill's
Another friend of Bill's
Doblone d’ Oro in a Pete Sportsman 87
HU Director’s Cut in a Becker Billiard and Ginger Tea on the side
