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Thursday, March 15, 2012

VINNY'S NEW BIG CAGE: ME WANTS IT!

 
YOU would think Bhindi-Shark-Fin would be thrilled to
see lil'Vinny finally get his own BigCage because it's 
designed with a two-door castle and cuddle tunnels he
can race through at full speed, popcorning with GLEE
squealing in pure JOY while his cage is both adjacent and
attached to Bhindi and YumYum's so they can even steal
one another's fresh timothy hay, nuzzle noses, rumblestrut,
and, well, have it all!


Bhindi Shark Fin even got a long runabout tonight
while Vinny's cage was being put together and done
"just so" for the lil'Piglet nobody wants to live with...


And Vinny's been in a makeshift runabout fencing cage
for about four days, so finally he's free to be all he can be: 
VinnyGuinea, Speedy Gonzales, super-scooting-
popcorning-whiz-of-speed-blur-SUPER-WHEEK!


Now Bhindi Shark-Fin wants to chew through the
bars of his own exclusive designer man-cave to conquer 
Vinny's first ever home to expand his Shark-Fin EMPIRE!


Little Fairy, buyer beware. We know you have
developed a small crush on Bhindi Shark-Fin,
but aren't you Brit cavies well-mannered and polite? 
Don't even ASK WHAT HE'S LIKE ON ESPRESSO,
SAVE YOURSELF WHILE THERE'S STILL TIME!


Now all three cages are adjacent and touching,
they can even rub noses, rumblestrut, and race parallel
to one another...their hay bins, food bowls,
and mini hay bales are also parallel, so
whatever one is doing, the others can happily
jump in and they can still be together, just safely!


We have noticed a definite slow-down in
YumYum which dearly hope is a characteristic
of old age, as he could still tear the fur outta
Vinny and lunge at SharkFin in the blink of
an eye, and he's eating and drinking, but
he is less active, so we're giving extra love
and keeping an eye out, still a little terrified
about exposure to that incurable pneumonia,
feeling that if it was going to show symptoms,
he would have already. Yummy has to be
between 5-7 years old already and he is
happy and purrs, loves his scritchy-scratches, 
rolls over on his side and kicks his feet out
in delight...just quiet is all. And in the
company of gregarious, unneutered young bucks
gunning to take over the role of Alpha Male.
Not gonna happen.
~
Sweet Dreams to all of you!
We love you.
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HEY, YUM-YUM, GUESS WHADDA-WHADDA-WHADDA?

 
"Your new cage arrived so you don't need to
interrupt my breakfast anymore?


"Well, yeah, that...but something even BETTER!"


"What could be BETTER than that?"


"You know mom's social worker who was here last time?"


"Not personally."


"Well, you know how much she loved us?"


"I thought it was our big cages and colorful cuddly things 
she loved..."


"Yeah, Yeah, it was! But, guess what? She loved us too!"


"I'm really getting to the bottom of my breakfast, care
to share what's left of yours?"


"Yeah, but SHE GOT TWO LITTLE BOY GUINEA PIGS
AND A BIG CAGE JUST LIKE US FOR HER OWN
LITTLE BOY: SQUEEEEEEE! WE ARE INSPIRATIONS!"


"Good, nice. Where's your wheatgrass, boy, I'm not growing
any younger!"

"Yum-Yum, we INSPIRED HER! And they love their
new piggies, loves them, loves them!"


"Yes, indeed a new day hath dawned."


YAWN. NAP TIME.


"Please return to your cage, my little friend, and dwell
upon how wonderful it feels to be an Inspiration instead
of squirting us with your Perspiration. That might endear
you to us! Then another New Day could dawn for
our herd."


"WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!"


~
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IN REMEMBRANCE...




~Photograph by Carlos Royal~
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SAN MARCOS: Molly the Owl loses eggs, mate

SAN MARCOS: Molly the Owl loses eggs, mate

For the benefit of our many worldwide friends who do not know
what a MOD (Molly Obsessive Disorder) is or those of us who
appear, post, & comment with names recognized only by
other MODS...BTW, my own "handle" was "1SkatrPie" because
I used to be a short-track speedskater and received a fresh
macadamia nut pie (source of MacNutPie's name) shipped
OVERNIGHT FROM HAWAII with love from my dear, dear friends in San Diego & Kestra!


Due to a mix-up between FED-X overnight delivery, UPS,
the United States Postal Service and...well, Bellingham being
Bellingham, the pie arrived two weeks late but was nonetheless
DELICIOUS! Thanks Papa & Mama Pie & Kestra. It was
an endless summer...that had an end but will never be forgotten.


There will be a special MOD memorial Friday night at 
our regular MOD Movie Night. Bring your hankies.


                                                     ~



Wednesday, March 14, 2012

MY NEW CAGE ARRIVED!

 
TODAY my new Big Cage arrived and mom went
to pick it up but the UPS place doesn't open till 2,
so she'll go back tomorrow and then we'll all live
together again, I just know we will.  See, I can even stay with YumYum for a coupla minutes...until I start squirtin' the stinky all over his cage then his teeth start chattering...then tonight I gotta go Runabout with Bhindi but he chased me too and there was lunging and...


TOMORROW I GET MY NEW CAGE!
Mom says I got weird, wild whiskers growing
all crazy outta one side of my face like she never
seen and nothing growin' outta the other and it makes me super-special so my cage gonna be
adjacent to everybody and all our hay and
pellet bowls and water bottles and pigloos
gonna be adjacent so gonna be like "together"
with nose rubbing, too, just with bars to protect me
from their reaction to "the stinky."
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!
(so far, my man-part growin' big enough
for its own hot-dog bun but no weiner-bits?!
What gives?)

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THANK YOU, INGRID, FROM ALL OF US

 
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WINDSTORM #3959787-868E6

 
^^Press: see car with lights?
It's only mid afternoon.


Every day now about 6 different, flashing
warnings appear on the computer screen
warning us of windstorms (70+mph) hail, snow, 
& precip that no name even exists to describe.
Just got another. This one so bad they are
actually closing the road to Mt. Baker in
expectation of flying trees...don't want them
hitting any cars. We now open the blinds
to watch downtown Bellingham fly by.
The other night was a white-out of 
something pelting our windows so hard
we had no name for it, only snow remained
in the morning. It's become a hobby at night.
Open the blinds, turn out the lights, let a piggie
wear himself out on Runabout then snuggle
and watch the Windstorm. We are on the
Fourth Floor so hear the percussive sounds of
garbage bins and recycle bins banging open
and shut to an unchoreographed syncopated
rhythm I never learned in drum lessons.
Sometimes, if there is altitude, we dance
and piggies Runabout with wheatgrass and
whEEEEEEEEEks! of delight.
It's just night after night after day after day.
Can't wait until I have the altitude to drive
up to the mountain to see how high the snow
is because every windstorm here brings FEET
of snow THERE and there's even snow on the 
hills of the San Juan Islands...wonder how the
orca whales feel about that? 
Another windy night for piggies and 
dancing like a whirling dervish,
even if only in our dreams.
With wheatgrass.


P.S. Just got notice Mt. Baker Highway closed
due to - three...two...one...98 inches of snow
over-night(s) now trees falling under weight
of snow and wind blowing them across 
highway putting cars, trucks, skiers, snowboarders,
into harm's way. 98 inches per night, per windstorm, per snowstorm? GET ME
VERTICAL! THIS I GOTTA SEE!
MT. BAKER ALREADY HOLDS THE
WORLD'S RECORD FOR MOST SNOWFALL
IN A SINGLE SEASON, WINTER 1999-2000
AND I'M THINKING: WOO-HOOOOO!
Lying in bed.

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IN MEMORY OF CONNiElfPie's "SHORTS"


Shorts was Connie's beloved
boxer and his memory lives
on because how can you look
into those eyes and ever forget
him? He is the reason Connie
became one of our closest
friends...



He didn't want to be left out. And St. Paddy's
Day is coming up, too, so move over rabbits, you gotta New Jersey Boxer Shorts gunning
for Best Bunny so just give him the prize and say "Wow, whadda wabbit y'are!"
(Jersey dog, remember?) and ElfPie, we love you and
Shorts and lil'LJ and Molly, too.
~Just quit puttin' IDEAS
into Vinny's head. He never
had IDEAS before he started
talking to ya on the phone,
I swear not a one! NOW LOOK
AT ALL THE TRUBBLE!~

You Two is Crackin' Us UP!

WE LOVE YOU, PIE.
 
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With Love from Fairy...Mavis and Wilma Bunnies!

 
Fairy always has magic.
She just sent us pictures of the best
bunnies we ever saw in FairyLand!
Like Auntie Ingrid sent us pictures of
the best bunnies we ever saw in
Bavaria! We are learning from
our friends that wherever you go,
if you love guinea pigs, they teach
you how to love everything and everyone
and if anything is Magic like Fairy,
That Is IT!
Thank you, Fairy and MeeriBoy,
can you see our smiles?
We love you all!
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VINNY ESCAPEs, DRINKS 3 SHOTZ OF ESPRESSO, MADE FRIENDS, BROUGHT THEM HOME...HELP.

 
VinnyGuinea knows he is not
allowed more than 0 shots of espresso.
Still living in his makeshift cage (although his new
GINORMOUS one HAS arrived, but UPS doesn't open until after 2p.m.) That's not the point. 
He exscaped into town.
Caffeinated hisself with 3-shot lattes.
Went to Farm Store.
Saw baby lion rabbits.
Invited 'em home to live in his new cage.
NOW WHAT, AUNT ConniElfPie?
SALIVATION:
What Vinny failed to realize is what he mistook 
for the farm store was really the toy store
adjacent to mom's favorite cafe called Little Tiger Toys because a portion of their profits go to helping save endangered wild tigers from extinction so they have lots animals for kids
and baby guinea pigs who need speshul friends.
HE CAN KEEP THEM ALL!
HOW-EVAH: now mom is considering 
turning on the EPIC FAIL-Yoga Egg Timer whenever VinnyGuinea and good ole Aunt
Connie get on the phone because 
ONE. MORE. BLOCK. FURTHER.
IS THE FARM STORE AND
THEY DO HAVE LION-HEAD BUNNIES.


P.S. These are photographs of real animals.
Don't get us started!
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BABY BELUGA !!?? WHO YOU BEEN TALKING TO, VINNY?!

AWWW....Aunt ConniElfPie, you shouldn't have... 
 
Awwwww....pretty, pretty bunnies,
oh-so-soft pretty liddle buns,
wanna just mmmmmlove 'em up!
pretty, precious liddle buns...
so sweet, so adorable, so -
WHAT THE FORK?!?!
WHO SENT THIS TO VINNY?
AND WHAT, EXACTLY, IS IT?
O.K. WHO DUNNIT NOW?"
Bhindi: "YumYum."
YumYum: "Did NOT!"
"You did it, Bhindi!"
"Uh-UH, Auntie ConniElfPie
goin' whale watching off Cape May and..."
SHE DUNNIT!

 
PRETTY, PRETTY BABY BELUGA...Awwww.....

MOM HAS LEFT THE BUILDING.
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