Gray Wolf

Tag: human interest

  • It’s Goslings! It’s Spring – Really Spring!

    gray wolf productions goslings

    When you live in Portland – winter can be yukky wet [at least for me] and it's not great when winter weather keeps on into Spring.

    BUT – when you see the first few batches of goslings – you sort of forget the yukky stuff and start counting babies. This is a neighborhood activity and we worry when some disappear and are happy when all of them make it to goose-adulthood!

    Geese are very protective parents and you'll see one telling another to stay away from "MY" babies!

    Next should come the baby mallards but they seem not to have produced many in the last few years. And they are not great parents :(

     

    What makes it REALLY Spring for you?

  • Pets: why I love them

    cats in a bath tub

    Some of you know that I lost both of my pets last Fall – one died of old age and the other tragically.  I was a mess and I was depressed….for a long time…

    When I was ready – I adopted two kittens – thinking that two would not make me the source of all fun ;) and yup that was the correct thing to do.

    The female kitten [Sassy black ]was about 3 1/2 months and the male [Smokie gray] about 2 1/2 months when I adopted them in late December.

    After getting over being sick and then getting adjusted to a  new place they have taken over my house! 

    Including the bath tub

    And I am not depressed!!

  • Friends: online and in real life

    girl scouts 1950's

     

     

    NYC girl scouts circa early 1950's – some of whom I am still in contact with

    I recently had a birthday…

    Starting over the weekend, many friends on Facebook wished me a happy birthday. 

    [FYI – Facebook posts the date of your birth if you want it to show.  Twitter and other sites do not.]

    Some of those on Facebook I have met in real life [or IRL as we say] – but most I have never met – or rather – I should say have not yet met.  I am sure I will meet many in the future as we have a lot in common.

    Some of my non-social media friends wonder why I call my online friends – friends!  Well to me they are friends.

    They were there for me in my depression when my pets died and in my joy when I announced that my son was getting married. 

    They are ardent supporters of my writing and my thoughts about politics and life – and they sometimes enjoy my videos and photographs [and even my knitting projects ]

    So – what is a friend?

    I have friends I see every day, I have friends from years ago that I stay in contact with via phone and visits, and some with whom I am in contact only via email or online.  And of course, my online-only friends.

    Is there a difference in these friends?  Yes.  For those from the far ago pasts, and even my not-so-far-ago pasts – we may have different points of view and events on life now – but we once shared a history and that can't be discarded. 

    Those histories forge a bond of friendship.  And the social media friends? We are creating our own history and forging a different kind of friendship…

    But to me – they are all friends!

     

    Comments? Thank you!

  • Kittens: the sequel

    And probably the last on this kitten condo for a while…it's fun for me to watch but I do not wish to bore anyone

     

    Comments? thank you

  • Kittens with forever homes!

    two happy kittens

    One month ago I was still depressed about losing my two pets…but I decided that giving a forever home to some kittens this winter would help all of us be happier.

    And we are !!

    Here they are – one month after that adoption.

     

    Comments? Thank you – and I'll read them to Sassy and Smokie 🙂

  • Wake Up – I Want to Play!

    I still miss Sheba but having adopted these 2 young kittens was a good thing for me and for them…It's been many decades since I have had kittens this young – and never 2 at the same time.

    Now I know how my friends with twins felt with two beings often on two different schedules.

     

    Comments? Thank you!