I have not written recently. I apologize, because I have certainly been enjoying your comments! I hope you will revisit posts, so you can read and be blessed by everyone’s comments.
Below is a fun picture for your enjoyment. Thanks to Colin for sending this forward to Mom and me via email. I’m not sure who sent it to him, but it’s cute!
“So there I was . . . just relaxing when the kids yelled, “Hey Mom, come see these kittens.” I will be giving these kittens away for free to a good home… You have a good home, don’t you???”
November 21st, 2007 at 9:23 pm e
LOL. I wonder if the image is photoshopped.
November 21st, 2007 at 9:57 pm e
Aunt Lil might remember hearing the story of a fellow who was near her age in school, when he was fairly young, but old enough to get the cows in, he came home leading a baby skunk by one of his shoestrings.
Aunt Doris
November 22nd, 2007 at 7:14 pm e
That’s funny! I’m glad you’re up and online! Happy T-day!
November 23rd, 2007 at 9:42 am e
The summer before my Freshman year at Roanoke College, I worked for a biology professor there, transcribing his manuscripts onto the computer. One of his lab assistants, a graduate student named Noel, had a pet baby skunk that he brought with him each day. He called it “Puppy” because he said that he always wanted a dog, but look what he got stuck with! As it turns out, his Grandfather had been bushhogging some land and ran over a skunk nest, killing the mother and all of the babys, except one which he gave to Noel.
Puppy would run around the lab while he worked, and sometimes Noel would bring it into my office for me to “skunk sit” for him. It was very much like a kitten in its behavior — playful, affectionate, and very cute!! Noel never had a problem with Puppy spraying him, until one day when Puppy was wrestling with Noel’s toes (he wore flip flops in the lab), and Noel flicked him off his foot. I guess he flicked too hard, because Puppy let him have it!!! Fortunately, being in the science building, Noel dashed up to the chemistry department and procured a large bottle of citric acid and commenced wiping everything down, including himself!
Needless to say, Noel made a hasty trip to the Vet soon after to have Puppy “fixed”! So…. about that picture. I totally believe that it could be a true photo and not a fake. Baby skunks are extremely friendly and do behave much like kittens. Noel even trained his to use a litter box! Just don’t wait too long to have them fixed if you decide to make a pet out of one!! And, they are good climbers! Noel eventually had to stop bringing Puppy to work because he had learned how to climb the drawer pulls like ladder rungs to get on top of the lab surfaces!
Well, that was my first job. Definately more interesting than waiting tables!
-Jennifer