This is true… I’m sure that Randie will be scooting over to get the check as soon as is humanly possible and putting that in the bank faster than you can say… bouncing butterchips!
A visit from The Spirit of Payments Past Due. Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Boxing Day follows, and for many of us that means back into the fight!
Remembering Ella’s arrival and that unscheduled vet fee. One of our rescue foxes suddenly developed cataracts. We tried to deny it, but they were The Cataracts of Denial. Lens replacement surgery on a canid costs about as much as – well – a decent used car. Fortunately my Tiny Lady Veterinarian was able to trade veterinary services. Possibly the most expensive Christmas Present a fox ever received!
This was Melody Blackfox, who won’t be 3 until some time around March. It seems that foxes also have a problem with diabetes – she will always be on insulin twice a day – and canine diabetic cataracts can literally come on overnight.
And for more Holiday craziness, the Midwinter Ceremony on the Reservation is the night of the 22nd and runs all night from sunset to sunrise – in a mountain clearing at 10,000 ft – and those of us who play the parts of the Ancient Spirits wear only masks and body paint. At least there are BIG bonfires!
Nice song…
but, till the check clears, it’s nothing but a piece of paper.
Merry Christmas to you and yours.
This is true… I’m sure that Randie will be scooting over to get the check as soon as is humanly possible and putting that in the bank faster than you can say… bouncing butterchips!
A visit from The Spirit of Payments Past Due. Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Boxing Day follows, and for many of us that means back into the fight!
Remembering Ella’s arrival and that unscheduled vet fee. One of our rescue foxes suddenly developed cataracts. We tried to deny it, but they were The Cataracts of Denial. Lens replacement surgery on a canid costs about as much as – well – a decent used car. Fortunately my Tiny Lady Veterinarian was able to trade veterinary services. Possibly the most expensive Christmas Present a fox ever received!
Oh, dear… Tiny Lady Vet has been busy! Rescue foxes are older?
This was Melody Blackfox, who won’t be 3 until some time around March. It seems that foxes also have a problem with diabetes – she will always be on insulin twice a day – and canine diabetic cataracts can literally come on overnight.
And for more Holiday craziness, the Midwinter Ceremony on the Reservation is the night of the 22nd and runs all night from sunset to sunrise – in a mountain clearing at 10,000 ft – and those of us who play the parts of the Ancient Spirits wear only masks and body paint. At least there are BIG bonfires!
Poor Ella looks so bemused! 😀
Yes… whenever I pick up my cat, she sort of looks like this… wha? wha? where am I? Why am I suddenly not on the floor?
“We three kings of orient are, sucking on a rubber cigar. It was loaded and exploded and no more the kings we are…”
One should not suck on rubber cigars. Lesson in there somewheres.
Drop the check on the floor and see if it bounces.
I’m sure Spill did that already.
Now, did it clear? 🙂
“It came upon a midnight (check) clear (ing) …”
God rest ye, Jerry Mandelbaum
Let nothing you dismay
Dis May you had a rotten month
so what is there to say
Let’s hope next May is better
and good things will come your way
and you won’t have a feeling of dismay
Next May
What is there to say? feelings of dismay…
Those moneys came and went……. yep, that line sounds REALLY familiar!
I have familiarity, too… I wrote it!
I see they’re enjoying “A Charlies Brown Christmas” on the monitor. (And listening to “Skating” at the moment.)
Good lyrics, Brig!
It IS the bestest Christmas special ever. I give my homage to Sparky. And giving thanks for the gift that is “Peanuts.”
Thank ye… the lyrics were fun to twiddle over.