JUST SAYIN'

{Courtesy of DommyDom'sMom!}
soVOTE!

GIFTING GUS!

 

Do you like my bi-colored lip?
Good, because I have a story to
tell you with it.
Ready?
See, remember when some really
generous MODS began a donation
to give us all way-cool fleece
Habitat floors then more people
(even from around the world, 
even the person making them!)
all kicked in to make enough for
the Habitat floors and since I live
in a BIG, U-SHAPED RABBIT
PEN THAT GOES ALL AROUND
EVERYBODY SO I CAN RUN
AND POPCORN AND FLIP AND
DO CART-WHEELS...

Yum-Yum: "Squirrel, can you get back to
the story, about gifting? It's called staying
on point. Can you focus on your story?"

Squirrel: "Oh, right! So, we all got these
gorgeous pastel lavender, baby-blue,
even pink floor liners..."

Yum-Yum: "There is a pic of mom down 
there, now why is it there, Squirrel?"

Squirrel: "RIGHTY-O! So, another
MOD whose name we won't mention
but who got herSELF two really cute
girl piggies and one of them is like,
super-cute and -"

Yum-Yum: "Squirrel, why is there a
picture of mom illustrating your story
if you are telling a different story?"

Squirrel: "I don't know. Maybe we should
take down the picture of mom so I can - "

Yum-Yum: "Let me help, young apprentice.
So, we had also received a GENEROUS
donation of the best litter ever made unless
you have fleece floors and don't use litter
so mom wanted to gift THAT LITTER
to the Humane Society - "

Squirrel: "RIGHT! RIGHT! Now I remember
like it was yesterday!"

Yum-Yum: "It was yesterday!"

Squirrel: "So mom had all the litter in the
car and went for her cross-country ski-pole 
walk along Bellingham Bay when she
met this nice lady! They immediately
became friends. WELL! WOULD YOU 
BELIEVE THEY ARE FROM CANADA
AND HAVE A GUINEA PIG NAMED
Gus?! So Mom was like, Oh may I gift
you this litter because I am afraid to take
it to the Humane Society because...well,
there might be...(more guinea pigs)
and she and her husband showed mom their
pics of Gus and he is so cool, especially
for a Canadian - "

"SQUIRREL!"

"I MEANT, we love hockey!"

"SQUIRREL!"

"Now I'm getting flustered. So, they said yes,
they would love some extra litter and since this was the best litter in the world they couldn't believe it
because it was the exact same litter Gus burrows
in so they got the gifted litter, and we got the gifted
floor liners, and mom made new friends from Canada with a guinea pig named Gus, and then she had a Happy Day!

And my lip, go back and take another look!
You already know what mom looks like,
so scroll back up^^^

"SQUIRREL!"


 

Gus's mom. From Canada.
And mom before her walk
wearing her silly hat.
That makes her look like
she is from Canad -

"SQUIRREL!"

FINE! My name is Squirrel and I approve of
my fetching good looks and literary genius.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

GuineAntulaPig Gonna Eat Ya!

(thanks to CD3, who STARTLED ME!)

HURRICANE MAKES LANDFALL, LE TERRIBLE!

 

Hurricane Sandy from Space

 

Hurricane Sandy Before Landfall

 

Floodwaters fill Ground Zero
in Manhattan

 

Sandy rampages into Manhattan,
flooding roads, subways, and 
all major transportation
infrastructure.

 

Cars flooding; blocking roads,
blocking emergency first responders
from reaching those in need.

 

Sandy blew the entire front off a
building as firefighters can only 
gaze, helpless to stop rampaging
winds.

 

A crane building a luxury high-rise
condo breaks, hanging...where will
the winds send it? Crowds look on
in astonishment.


 

A homeless man sits alone on a bench,
all of his possessions beside him;
nowhere to go.
Beside his cart a sign advertises:
"THE FUN BEGINS"


 

Streets are transformed into Rivers
of Destruction before electrical
transformers begin exploding,
creating the hazard of innocent
people accidentally stepping on
live wires hidden beneath dark waters.

 

H.M.S. Bounty set to sea and a 
"MAYDAY" call went out as 
all aboard were ordered to 
"abandon ship" into two tiny life-rafts.
Only the video does justice to the
heroic efforts of Search & Rescue
Helicopter crew to save those aboard
yet not all survived, including the
captain. One passenger remains 
missing while another was
"unresponsive" upon rescue.
Ship sank. What in Heaven
was she doing out at sea?
Apparently, trying to outsail
the storm.


 

Exploding transformers
throughout the region that have
placed tens of millions in the dark
also set fire to at least 50 homes and
other buildings, perhaps more. 
We are not clear on details but while 
record-breaking wind, rain, and floods 
destroy everything in Sandy's path, she 
added explosive, fiery infernos to her
resume as a storm of Epic Proportion.

 

President Obama leaves campaigning
aside to focus solely on his role as 
Commander-in-Chief,
conferring with FEMA and other
rescue organizations on strategies
to save American lives.

 

These are just a few random images
chosen to give our readers a glimpse
into Hurricane Sandy's unprecedented
impact on the United States' most
densely populated areas...not even
including those affected by the 
early Winter Blizzard 
coming off every single one of the Great Lakes 
(also unprecedented and historic) 
dumping record early snowfall to Appalachian Mountains, causing even more power outages and damage further inland. And she's not done yet.
~*~
We were texting our dear friend, Connie, who
at least lives far from the Jersey shore (which
is no more) when her power went down.
Our prayers go out to all.
The storm is not over, and only at daybreak
will Americans awake to survey a new
coastline, cities, fatalities (one hospital
generator failed in Manhattan) and despite
evacuation orders from New Jersey Governor
Chris Christie, residents of Atlantic City were
instead placed into a shelter...which flooded.
(we think it was Atlantic City but it's late
and we must get to bed.)
Some of our captions may not be accurate,
but are the best we can offer at this time.

Friends, please offer support however you
are able to those in dire need and First
Responders at this time.

We promised Connie in New Jersey we
would not worry.
We lied.
~*~

HAPPY HALLOWEEN & THANK YOU ANN ADAM!

 

Sir Dominic the Italian Greyhound:
what a TREND-SETTER!
Will you check out those "DOGGLES?"
THIS GUY MEANS BIZ-NESS!

 

 

ON THE OTHER HAND...
Princess Camille has her own opinion:
Leave it to the kitty to be witty and pretty,
while flaunting her Devilish Ways.

{Thank you, Ann, for making us laugh! Ann is one of our oldest friends from Seattle...no, Ann is not an old lady from Seattle, she's one of -
thanks, Ann!} 
Happy Halloween.
If mom gave us anything to wear,
we would EAT IT.

P.S. did you check out that JACK-O-LANTERN
 by
Sir Dominic? Waaaaaah-Ha-Ha!

THE VET DID WHAT?!

 

Sorry, mate, we neutered you.
Do not ask what that word means.
Do not ask why your bum's as sore as...
like i said, just don't ask.
No, don't ask why your tail-fur was
trimmed down for fall, it'll grow back
for winter.
Don't ask why after you and your friend,
Peter-Peanut, underwent this procedure,
Peter-Peanut has mistaken you for a
guinea-hooker!
(do not ask me to explain what that means.)
It has been suggested that once his 
hormones settle down, he will recognize
you again.
Yes, of course he'll stop humping you!
Eventually.
Don't ask when.
We know you don't approve this message
and never expected you to approve what
the vet did, either, but it was supposed
to calm you and Peter down.
Hey, on the upside, you've got the rabbit
pen all to yourself now! You can run your
figure - eights, through every tunnel, box door,
leap across your cuddle cup, fly completely
OVER the Big Orange Carrot only you have,
and run your obstacle course
the exact same way you run it,
every single time you run it,
however many times you run it,
before you re-run it all over again!
Do not ask what OCD means.
We love you and that part of the message
WE ALL APPROVE!
(the first pig who explains OCD
gets a nail-trim when i find out
who you are.)
~*~

NEW YORK CITY FROM TWEET PIC BY INGA SARDA-SORENSEN

 

storm clouds already loom over New York City.
photograph copied without permission from
the photographer's TWITTER:
THANK YOU, INGA, your photo skill gives us
the chills yet captures in stunning, dramatic
style what remains still days into your future: landfall.
Inga is a New Yorker. You be safe, girl!
The guinea pigs would like to have their say:
"PLEASE CONSULT YOUR LOCAL
HUMANE SOCIETY AND ASPCA
FOR PET EMERGENCY 
PREPAREDNESS!
DO NOT LEAVE YOUR PET ALONE! TAKE YOUR ANIMALS WITH YOU AND FIND OUT NOW HOW TO DO IT, WHERE TO GO.
PLEASE."
love,
5 Guinea Pigs & their mom who care

FRANKENSTORM: From Space: 2012 Hurricane Seen From ISS As 'Frankenstorm' Looms (VIDEO)

Dear Readers,
Believe it or not, we just found out about Hurricane Sandy, dubbed
"FRANKENSTORM!" from our
dear friend, Connieeee (MOD variety!)

on the phone. I cannot spend much time online anymore due to vision issues so we are posting this link to:

1. ASK, IMPLORE, PLEAD with all of our readers to pray, send love, good vibes, whatever "floats your boat" spiritually, because if this storm is not being over-hyped (and it appears that it is not) all in it's path need everything we can send straight from our hearts and souls.

2. Here's a link to provide up to the minute info FROM SPACE of the SIZE AND MAGNITUDE OF THIS MONSTER. 

3. A combination of factors is creating an extraordinarily dangerous weather system, including collision with a winter storm, full moon, and lots of meteorological words that are big and scary. And it's Halloween.

4. We are using The Weather Channel ap to keep up with Connie and our many friends in the area, and if you have loved ones in the NorthEastern Coast of the United States, please contact them before the storm as they may not be able to contact you once it makes landfall.

5. New York City has already declared a State of Emergency.

6. We wish this was a Halloween hoax. We have not been following the news, so you're probably going to go: "This isn't news to us!" And we would be really grateful to know that. But since it is news to us, and we have many foreign readers with kith & kin living in the United States, we wanted to share this.

GODSPEED TO ALL IN IT'S PATH.

CONDOLENCES TO THOSE IN THE CARIBBEAN WHO HAVE ALREADY FELT ITS WRATH...we have below a link for you to see this monstrous hurricane from Space. Sending love and light to all, including birds, fish, whales, animals, and every soul who has or will be affected by this storm. 
God bless you. Be safe. Be well.
Please stay in touch and we invite your comments here if you have any.

love,
YumYum, Bhindi, Vinny-Guinea, Peter-Peanut, Squirrel, and Chana
Frankenstorm from Space link below:
(it's very quiet in space and watching this video is quite an experience.)
Sandy From Space: 2012 Hurricane Seen From ISS As 'Frankenstorm' Looms (VIDEO)

BHINDI TUCKS HIMSELF IN...HIS WAY!

 

some pigs sleep on their beds.
some pigs sleep under their beds.
i'm a WunderUnderPig.
i approve this message.
sweet dreams.

 

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.............................Ommmmmmmmmmmm.
~*~
(Bhindi's hut and "floor" created by Jen's Custom Crafts, we love them!)

MOM WON! SHE'LL BE A FLOAT IN THE THANKSGIVING MACY'S PARADE IN NYC!

 

HI, it's me, Bhindi, and my story actually goes backwards like pretty much everything around
here, so if you can't read backwards, we'll give you a treat to stop reading since you've been warned.

Here's how mom won a place floating (we don't know exactly where) in Macy's Thanksgiving Holiday Parade LIVE in and from New York City!!!

First off, she didn't and none of this is true.
(Except they do have a Novelty Balloons category.)

Second, mom has to walk every day. One day gale force winds brought the brunt of a November windstorm upon us skipping fall entirely. Come to think of it, the storm skipped October, too.
In gale force winds, mom still walked on the dock.
But mom isn't a sailor on the Schooner Zodiac like that dapper version of Captain Jack Sparrow you see below, she's a mountain girl, so all she had to wear was her mountain gear except when you are in the mountains (and there is now snow there - WHEEK!)
MANY more layers of clothing are worn beneath what you see her sporting above. Without the layers,
the winds blew her mountain jackets so poofy-puffy
she nearly blew away. Not to mention she won't be modeling her togs in your next Patagonia catalog, either. (Cuz most of her old gear from The North Face.) Way more than you need to know...Still here?FINE! She looked more like the Giant Pumpkin of "Charlie Brown" fame. Except it was less pretty.
But really who knows? Since, as we all do know,
the Giant Pumpkin never showed up.
IF YOU AREN'T AMERICAN, we apologize, you might not understand everything. But we are American and - believe me - we don't understand, 
either! So we saw mom's pictures and entered her in the Macy Parade's "Novelty Balloons" category, thinking how fine it would be to see New Yorkers and visitors from around the world looking up and
there would be mom blowing about, knocking back and forth, to & fro, smashing hither & thither into
Manhattan's towering sky-scrapers. 
Actually, we didn't enter her in anything. 
Frankly, we found her appearance mortifying.

 

Please forgive us, whoever you are, but you one fine sailor dude aboard the Schooner Zodiac and THIS IS THE PROPER WAY TO DRESS ON THE WATER OR IN A SCHOONER OR PIRATE SHIP!
THIS is the kind of thing mom does that embarrasses us all the time! Why couldn't she dress like this?
When she came home, we kinda acted like we didn't know her. But she was happy for the walk, especially because in a storm that bad the only others out actually were mountaineers! YEAH, now this part true: There was an elite cross-country skier actually running, a seventy+ year old geezer guy mom liked who only took up snowboarding 4 years ago, mom, and then she met the former HEAD OF SEARCH AND RESCUE from Mt. Baker who would have been the one to find her (note brightly colored vest? not just for good looks: easier to find her if Search & Rescue...well, ya know) and they got to talk about where it's safe to snowshoe on the Mountain without dying in an avalanche, which a few years ago a snowshoer did. Rare, because it's usually the defiant snowboarders 
and back-country skiers who go WAY OUT OF BOUNDS and need rescuing.
If they survive. 

Mom said the coolest part was everybody waving:
"SEE YA ON THE MOUNTAIN!" as they passed one another along the dock.
(Distinctly not nautical.)


 

What will mom do to embarrass us next? 
Well, her eyesight is not exactly what we would call
Kosher and she doesn't know what we are saying here because she sorta can't even see it! (hee-hee)
But we know one thing for certain:

Yum-Yum: "What would that be, Bhindi?"

Bhindi: "I don't approve this message. But I have to approve Captainess Jacky Sparrow, cuz she our mom and plays with us, and cuddles us, and feeds us."

For more info on the parade, see collage link above.
(On the bottom of the collage.)
SEE? You were warned!

Squirrel: "NOBODY APPROVED THIS MESSAGE! WHEEEEeeeeeeeeeek!"
"Thank you, Squirrel," quoth Bhindi.
P.S. we have a very funny story to share about Squirrel but need to be able to see & type good to share. hope we can soon.
love you.
We made up nearly everything and just wasted time you will never get back again for the rest of your life.
'scuse us.
~*~

SWEETEST SHADES OF GREY...SQUIRREL!

 

it's me, Squirrel...
mom still dreams that i have a tail.


 

i love sitting in her open palm.
without the tail i don't have.

 

sometimes i think Deep Thoughts
while in repose on mom's open palm.
thoughts about being receptive, 
accepting change, going with the Flow.
i may be little but my Philosophical
Perspective on Life is quite profound.
which is why i know that i am a
guinea pig because all squirrels do
is steal bird feeders: they are nefarious!

 

so i know i am a guinea pig.
although in this photograph i don't 
look grey: i am multifariously 
COLORFUL and only appear grey.
still: i remain beautiful on grey days,
blue & sunny days, cloudy days,
rainy days, dark days, windy days...
mom says i make her day!
What more could one ask?
i make everyone happy! 
and i approve this message.

SHADES OF GREY: LONELINESS OR SOLITUDE?

 

 

Are you lonely when you are alone or can you sit on a bench
and feel comfortable in the Gaping Grey Jaw where the water
meets the sky?
(I prefer to walk with my poles and look for otters.
Here is no loneliness:  only land, sea, and me.)
And on a lucky day...river otters!
On the luckiest day that hasn't happened yet? KILLER WHALES!
YEAH, KILLER WHALES!
ORCAS.

I wanna be a Whale-Rider in the Deep!
Riding Orcas in my sleep...

Alone, yet not lonely:
October's Shades of Grey.
~*~