Here is Tinker

Angela sent me a picture today of my new dog that she will be bringing me tomorrow at 6 pm.
What do you think??
I like what I see a LOT!!!!!!!
See you tomorrow or Tuesday!!
XX, Fern

The dogs I have loved so dearly

Rescued Joker in October 84
Amanda rescued September 91
Bambi rescued March 3th 98
Bruce got as a 7 weeks old puppy March 76 days after I came home from having cancer surgery. Bruce was the puppy from my first hubby's dog Hank. Can you say you loved one more then another???? At the time they were in my live I would say I loved that one most. After they have been gone for a long time it is clear who is the one or two that stands out!!!
How about you? Are you the same way??
Love coming your way, Fern and Angel Bambi

Lots of Words Wednesday

I have signed up to foster a dog !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I surely hope it doesn't hurt Happy!!!!!!!!!!!! She is really old and doesn't move around much any more!! She has missed Bambi so much. She stays glued to me all day long except when I go outside. When I am on the computer she is on a bench right beside me. When in the kitchen she is laying right in the way on the floor. When in the living room she is on the arm of my chair. She has never been a sit in your lap kinda girl.
She misses her friend.

I just found out that I will get a dog Monday night about 6 to 6:30 Pm. They are going to bring Tinker out for me to keep and see if she is a fit for our little family. She is a mutt and weights about 24 lbs. Of course you will have pictures Monday night or Tuesday morning. When time permits. Being a strange dog I will be hands on every minute. So you all will know how it is going as soon as possible cause I will be sharing all with you.

Love coming your way, Fern

I am on my way

Yesterday I told Face-book that I was ready to get another rescue dog!!
They came through big time. Sally and a girl named Penny have been very helpful. I am now in touch with a girl right here in Tallahassee that has a mixed whippet and she said if she is too big she will find me a dog that is smaller. So that means we will not have to travel!!!!! That is so good b/c we have no ac in the truck. Our truck is a 93 with the old style ac so to fix it every ac part has to be changed over to the newer system.
That not having to travel is one problem handled. Thank the Lord!!!
My dear friends, I have to spend much time today cooking so I will not be able to get to your blog and comment. I want to talk to you guys so much but I have to much house work to do so I will see you all tomorrow.
Love coming your way. Fern

Friends and raccoons

Hi Blogville Friends, Monday is memories day and I will get into some memories but first I would like to say to Sweet William the Scot I tried to get to your blog yesterday and when you click on your profile page there is no web site or blog to go to so it is a dead end. Does anyone know Sweet William???? If you do please tell me how to get to him!! Please!!

I have told this story 2 times before but for the new friends of mine the story about the feeding of the coons and possums....... I moved to this half built house on 3 acres of wooded land 38 years ago this month!! This land was in a pretty wild state when I moved here. I paid cash for this land and half built house. Have never had a mortgage on this land!!
Word of advice do not move into a unfinished house b/c if you do it will never get finished. There was so much wild life living here!!!!!!!!!!! They were every where!!! Including in the house. I was afraid of them all too.
I had two young boys. Well not so young . We made do with what we had and we had raccoons and possums. I tried to shoe them away. I tried for years but in the end I realized they were a big part of what I bought. So I started to put some table scraps out back about 200 ft from the house.
In 75 I bought 2 and one half acres of chain link fence to inclose a lot of my land. Then there was a back fence and a gate to keep the wild animals out of the patio and land I THOUGHT !! No it didn't!! It did not ever slow them down. So I started buying 50 lbs of dog food and started to feed them out back of the fence. I have feed hundreds in the last 30 years.......
You get to know them and they get to know you. There is no possums or coon that will attack you unless they have rabies. In 38 years of living with them I have only seen 2 sick animals. One possum had rabies and when you see one you know it has rabies!! I shot that poor baby. One coon was sick with distemper . We took him to the vets!! He lived through is sickness and was so happy to be home and feeling good he was real friendly after that!! You could almost say he was a pet.
I do not touch one unless I have know them for years and then only to doctor a wound. I have doctored many over the years!!! They seem to know that I would not hurt them!!! In 38 years no one has ever tried to hurt me!! So I would say from my experience they are not as dangerous as people think.
I said I would get to memories but I think I have said enough for one day.

Love coming your way, Fern

Raccoons on Wordless Wednesday

Love coming your way, Fern and Angel Bambi