GUESS WHAT???

         HEY everybody, guess what? I'm getting a deluxe big,

gigantic brand new cage with all the goodies!

Mom's way too sick tonight to put it together so all of
us are going to have a "family dream" of my new cage,
with plenty of room for VinnyGuinea and all the
special extras our generous benefactor included
in her gift to us!
Gonna be good, no, GONNA BE GREAT!
Mom has a Migrainus Giganticus and is
really sick tonight but we are all dreaming
a little dream of my BIG CAGE
and invite you all to attend my
Cage-Warming Party!


love, Bhindi the Happy

MAY WE ALL SEND LOVE...

INGRID und HELMUT have been so loving
and caring during our grief despite the fact
that they had lost a meeri of their own,
as had Fairy and Marigold, who lost
their very sweet Mariella.


Now Ingrid and Helmut recognize signs
that their precious 8-year-old above
is living his last days...


Whenever they have sent a collage,
he has always been my favorite.
I never wanted to say anything,
lest the other seven feel the least
bit slighted, as they are quite
emotional little ones...
But this one I would want to
tuck under the covers and sleep 
with, comb, give scritchy-scratches,
he just "had me" and it was
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT...
Just sometimes one keeps
love a secret...
Now the secret is out!
That Ingrid and Helmut have
given SO MUCH OF THEMSELVES
AS HAVE FAIRY AND HER
FAMILY IN THE WAKE OF 
THEIR OWN LOSSES
AND NOW THE BAVARIAN
MEERIS FACE LOSING
MY BABY...


SO THOSE OF YOU WHO LOVE
MEERIS, HOWEVER YOU LOVE,
IN WHATEVER WAY YOU HOPE,
PRAY, EXPRESS KINDNESS,
EMPATHY, COMPANIONSHIP,
FRIENDSHIP, SUPPORT,
PLEASE SEND IT WRAPPED
IN A BOW MADE OF FRESH
HAY FOR THIS LITTLE ONE
WHO IS LIVING HIS LAST 
DAYS...LET'S WRAP HIM
IN FAIRY DUST, MOON-GLOW,
WARMTH, AND INNER PEACE.


love,
all who have a heart and
come here to care for
one another

MEERIS HERE WE COME!

^^^^^^PRESS TO ENLARGE!
DEAR FRIENDS,
TO INGRID AND HELMUT
AND FAIRY AND YOUR FAMILY,
WE ARE SO OUTTA HERE!
MOM said yesterday it was time for
a change while reading an email from
a friend we have known from 1983!
She is an artist, a book artist, and next
summer is going to travel and art herself
all over the place and her retired husband
just published his first book and mom was
at "sea level" just blinking at the screen
getting a migraine writing back to her
friend whose birthday was on the
28th but leap year threw us off
and mom surprised us ALL when
she wrote: "It's time for a change!"
This morning (as Ghandi said)
"Be the change you want to
see in the world" came right to
our very own mailbox courtesy
of - who else - our dearest
Ingrid and Helmut and their
8 meeris and you know how much
we love meeris and mountains
and that would make us SO MUCH
CLOSER TO FAIRY'S NEW ESRPESSO
MACHINE AND HOME-MADE
BISCOTTI, NOT TO MENTION
THE GIANT SHOVEL!


THIS IS INGRID'S HOME TOWN
OF SALTZBURG, AUSTRIA
 AND HELMUT'S HOME TOWN
OF SCHWANDORF, GERMANY
WHERE - JUST A NOTE - 
THEY WOULD ALL BE
ABLE TO PRONOUNCE
MY NAME CORRECTLY
CHANA BECAUSE YIDDISH
IS HEBREW/GERMAN
OR HEBREW/POLISH
OR HEBREW BUT EITHER WAY
THERE'S A LOT OF CH's in there
and we are soooo ready!
Not to mention, we have seen
pictures of our friends and where they
live...is some kind of anti-aging machine,
they look half my age even though they
aren't so I would glow like a glow worm!
(no altitude, but glowing is good...)
We have confessed this to Fairy only
and wouldn't dare post it so read no more
but where our friends live is so beautiful.
Where we live is also quite beautiful.
The difference? Recently, we were informed
by geological experts that we up here
in the beautiful Pacific Northwest are
due for an earthquake/tsunami/possible
volcanic eruptions (Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Rainier,
and our very own Mt. Baker) that will dwarf
anything in recorded history. THEY EVEN
HAD THE NERVE TO MENTION BELLINGHAM IN THE TSUNAMI PART,
POINTING OUT THAT SINCE WE WOULD HAVE NO POWER, OUR TSUNAMI SIRENS WOULD NOT GO OFF AND I LIVE DOWNTOWN, CLOSE TO SHORE, ABOVE FILLED MINE-SHAFTS ADJACENT TO AN OIL PIPELINE THAT ALREADY EXPLODE ONCE WHERE I USED TO LIVE, WHAT
AN INFERNO THAT WAS (NOT INCLUDING
THE EARTHQUAKE, TSUNAMI, AND VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS...)
TIP: BUY BEACHFRONT PROPERTY IN IDAHO WHILE YOU CAN. 


BAVARIA. MEERIS. MOUNTAINS!
ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE.
FAIRY & MARIGOLD,
HOME-MADE ESPRESSO
WITH BISCOTTI, HOME-MADE
MARMALADE WITH ENGLISH
MUFFINS, MOUNTAINS IN
BAVARIA, HAVE I ALREADY
MENTIONED THAT, WELL,
WE DO LOVES US OUR
MOUNTAINS!
YEAH, BABY...
ONCE VINNYGUINEA'S 
BITS DESCEND, CAN SOMEONE
MAKE ROOM FOR A TRIO
OF AMERICAN PIRATE-PIGS?


WE LOVE YOU!


EUROPE...


Meet our friends. And love them.
We do! WHO'S EATING MY PASSPORT?
GIVE IT BACK, NOW!