[FairfieldLife] Re: Apropos of Nothing

2015-12-21 Thread jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] 
Ann,
  
 There is a similarity.  Another Rahu/Mercury joke here.  Let us watch for this 
cosmic joke in the next few weeks in the world, particularly in the USA and 
Canada.

 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 I happened to notice that these two look an awful lot alike. I mentioned it to 
my husband the other night and he confirmed it.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: apropos of nothing

2013-01-12 Thread Emily Reyn 
Great story.  Great memories.  I should post some new pictures of Sandy - she 
actually fit all of my criteria for the dog I didn't know I was looking for :)  




 From: raunchydog raunchy...@yahoo.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 6:22 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: apropos of nothing
 

  


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn  wrote:

 Very cute.  I took the jack to a large park yesterday on Lake Washington 
 yesterday with another person who has large dogs - german shepherd, huskies, 
 a couple of rescues.  They aren't aggressive nor is the jack so we let them 
 run together.  Nothing is more exhilarating than watching a dog go into a 
 full run as part of a pack.  The weather had cleared and the sun was 
 coming out over the field with the lake in the background - they had so much 
 fun and it was a beautiful sight.  She doesn't play much with other dogs 
 but she ran with them like she was a big dog.      
 

Loved hearing about your little dog. It reminds me of all the many park trails 
I walked with my sweet Miniature Schnauzer, Dolly. I miss her. She was a fine 
little friend and great trail companion. She knew her way around town, barked 
like crazy whenever I drove past a park. If I didn't stop the car for a doggie 
run, she would stop barking, look wistfully back at the park and then 
disappointedly at me. 

Dogs have a wonderful way of conveying their feelings with their whole body, 
especially with ears and tails. Dolly didn't have much of a tail, it didn't 
wag, it twitched. Her ears were her most expressive feature. When her ears 
were straight up, alert and shaved after a grooming, if the sun hit them just 
right they became a lovely pink translucence. 

I got Dolly from a puppy mill in Nauvoo. Although she would have enjoyed the 
walk, I probably saved her from a life of helping Mormon missionaries 
proselytize door to door. Before driving from Fairfield to Nauvoo to pick out 
a puppy, I'd decided I wanted a miniature Schnauzer with uncropped ears. She 
was the only puppy in a litter of six that fit my criteria. Apparently, they 
didn't bother cropping her ears because she wasn't considered show dog quality 
and the breeders knocked $25 off her price. She was a little bigger and feisty 
than the others. She was the first one out of the puppy basket and onto the 
grass to pee. I fell in love and would have gotten her at any price. 

 
 
 
  From: raunchydog 
 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
 Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 9:10 PM
 Subject: [FairfieldLife] apropos of nothing
  
 
   
 Baby hedgehog
 http://www.dailycuteness.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/cute-hedgehog.png
 
 The Cutest Puppy in the World
 http://youtu.be/mURoYko9zSs

[FairfieldLife] Re: apropos of nothing

2013-01-11 Thread Ann 
Aw, now you've done it. EVERYONE will know what a softy, sucky person you are 
Raunchy.
I think on the hedgehog it is all those little pink toes and bellybutton that 
get me, plus how gently the person is holding it.
And of course Jesse, well, let's just say, How great are dogs? They are the 
one thing God got perfectly right in this world, that is what I say.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog  wrote:

 Baby hedgehog
 http://www.dailycuteness.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/cute-hedgehog.png
 
 The Cutest Puppy in the World
 http://youtu.be/mURoYko9zSs

[FairfieldLife] Re: apropos of nothing

2013-01-11 Thread turquoiseb 
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann  wrote:

 Aw, now you've done it. EVERYONE will know what a 
 softy, sucky person you are Raunchy.
 I think on the hedgehog it is all those little 
 pink toes and bellybutton that get me, plus how 
 gently the person is holding it.

Just as a warning to those who are drawn to photos
of hedgehogs, and how cute they are and all, there
is a *reason* that the person is holding it gently.

I ran into a hedgehog once, in Paris of all places.
It had gotten trapped on the wrong side of a busy
street and was trying to make its way back to the
park on the other side, during rush hour traffic.

Knowing that he wasn't going to make it, I tried
to help. It did what hedgehogs do when I tried to
lift it, and rolled into a cute little ball, like
the one in the photo has done. However, what I had
failed to realize in my state of compassion-inspired
helpfulness is that hedgehogs are basically tiny
porcupines. That stuff that looks like cute, cuddly
fur in the photo is really spines, and they are 
WAY sharp.

Since there was no way I could pick him up and carry
him, I finally got him across the street by coaxing
him onto my laptop, and carrying it across. I put
him down and he scampered away, but not without
turning around and looking at me quizzically, as if 
to say, WTF was THAT? His expression made me LOL 
then, and again now, remembering it. 



 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog  wrote:
 
  Baby hedgehog
  http://www.dailycuteness.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/cute-hedgehog.png

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: apropos of nothing

2013-01-11 Thread Share Long 
I think this also happened on a Wednesday (-:





 From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 11:42 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: apropos of nothing
 

  
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann  wrote:

 Aw, now you've done it. EVERYONE will know what a 
 softy, sucky person you are Raunchy.
 I think on the hedgehog it is all those little 
 pink toes and bellybutton that get me, plus how 
 gently the person is holding it.

Just as a warning to those who are drawn to photos
of hedgehogs, and how cute they are and all, there
is a *reason* that the person is holding it gently.

I ran into a hedgehog once, in Paris of all places.
It had gotten trapped on the wrong side of a busy
street and was trying to make its way back to the
park on the other side, during rush hour traffic.

Knowing that he wasn't going to make it, I tried
to help. It did what hedgehogs do when I tried to
lift it, and rolled into a cute little ball, like
the one in the photo has done. However, what I had
failed to realize in my state of compassion-inspired
helpfulness is that hedgehogs are basically tiny
porcupines. That stuff that looks like cute, cuddly
fur in the photo is really spines, and they are 
WAY sharp.

Since there was no way I could pick him up and carry
him, I finally got him across the street by coaxing
him onto my laptop, and carrying it across. I put
him down and he scampered away, but not without
turning around and looking at me quizzically, as if 
to say, WTF was THAT? His expression made me LOL 
then, and again now, remembering it. 

 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog  wrote:
 
  Baby hedgehog
  http://www.dailycuteness.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/cute-hedgehog.png

[FairfieldLife] Re: apropos of nothing

2013-01-11 Thread raunchydog 


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann  wrote:

 Aw, now you've done it. EVERYONE will know what a softy, sucky person you are 
 Raunchy.
 I think on the hedgehog it is all those little pink toes and bellybutton that 
 get me, plus how gently the person is holding it.
 And of course Jesse, well, let's just say, How great are dogs? They are the 
 one thing God got perfectly right in this world, that is what I say.
 

Yep, cuddly as a lapdog and sometimes prickly as a hedgehog. Love the 
hedgehog's cute little ears. 

 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog  wrote:
 
  Baby hedgehog
  http://www.dailycuteness.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/cute-hedgehog.png
  
  The Cutest Puppy in the World
  http://youtu.be/mURoYko9zSs

[FairfieldLife] Re: apropos of nothing

2013-01-11 Thread raunchydog 


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:

 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann  wrote:
 
  Aw, now you've done it. EVERYONE will know what a 
  softy, sucky person you are Raunchy.
  I think on the hedgehog it is all those little 
  pink toes and bellybutton that get me, plus how 
  gently the person is holding it.
 
 Just as a warning to those who are drawn to photos
 of hedgehogs, and how cute they are and all, there
 is a *reason* that the person is holding it gently.
 
 I ran into a hedgehog once, in Paris of all places.
 It had gotten trapped on the wrong side of a busy
 street and was trying to make its way back to the
 park on the other side, during rush hour traffic.
 
 Knowing that he wasn't going to make it, I tried
 to help. It did what hedgehogs do when I tried to
 lift it, and rolled into a cute little ball, like
 the one in the photo has done. However, what I had
 failed to realize in my state of compassion-inspired
 helpfulness is that hedgehogs are basically tiny
 porcupines. That stuff that looks like cute, cuddly
 fur in the photo is really spines, and they are 
 WAY sharp.
 
 Since there was no way I could pick him up and carry
 him, I finally got him across the street by coaxing
 him onto my laptop, and carrying it across. I put
 him down and he scampered away, but not without
 turning around and looking at me quizzically, as if 
 to say, WTF was THAT? His expression made me LOL 
 then, and again now, remembering it. 
 

Barry, to the rescue...a cat in the canal and now a hedgehog in the street. (I 
feel a poem coming on, but I'll spare you.) Nice story. Good job, old chap. How 
do hedgehogs make love? Very carefully.

Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury,pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.


O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen 

 
 
  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog  wrote:
  
   Baby hedgehog
   http://www.dailycuteness.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/cute-hedgehog.png

[FairfieldLife] Re: apropos of nothing

2013-01-11 Thread raunchydog 


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn  wrote:

 Very cute.  I took the jack to a large park yesterday on Lake Washington 
 yesterday with another person who has large dogs - german shepherd, huskies, 
 a couple of rescues.  They aren't aggressive nor is the jack so we let them 
 run together.  Nothing is more exhilarating than watching a dog go into a 
 full run as part of a pack.  The weather had cleared and the sun was 
 coming out over the field with the lake in the background - they had so much 
 fun and it was a beautiful sight.  She doesn't play much with other dogs but 
 she ran with them like she was a big dog.      
 

Loved hearing about your little dog. It reminds me of all the many park trails 
I walked with my sweet Miniature Schnauzer, Dolly. I miss her. She was a fine 
little friend and great trail companion. She knew her way around town, barked 
like crazy whenever I drove past a park. If I didn't stop the car for a doggie 
run, she would stop barking, look wistfully back at the park and then 
disappointedly at me. 

Dogs have a wonderful way of conveying their feelings with their whole body, 
especially with ears and tails. Dolly didn't have much of a tail, it didn't 
wag, it twitched. Her ears were her most expressive feature. When her ears were 
straight up, alert and shaved after a grooming, if the sun hit them just right 
they became a lovely pink translucence. 

I got Dolly from a puppy mill in Nauvoo. Although she would have enjoyed the 
walk, I probably saved her from a life of helping Mormon missionaries 
proselytize door to door. Before driving from Fairfield to Nauvoo to pick out a 
puppy, I'd decided I wanted a miniature Schnauzer with uncropped ears. She was 
the only puppy in a litter of six that fit my criteria. Apparently, they didn't 
bother cropping her ears because she wasn't considered show dog quality and the 
breeders knocked $25 off her price. She was a little bigger and feisty than the 
others. She was the first one out of the puppy basket and onto the grass to 
pee. I fell in love and would have gotten her at any price.

 
 
 
  From: raunchydog 
 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
 Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 9:10 PM
 Subject: [FairfieldLife] apropos of nothing
  
 
   
 Baby hedgehog
 http://www.dailycuteness.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/cute-hedgehog.png
 
 The Cutest Puppy in the World
 http://youtu.be/mURoYko9zSs