MORNING ROLL CALL L JUNE 2026

It’s gotta be better..right? lol.  

Hi Dave, no snow where I am, but I enjoyed watching the college games playing in the snow Saturday!  Always fun to watch football in the snow.

 I too love the change that seems to magically happen this time of year.. I lit a small fire in the wood stove last night,not that it was all that necessarily but somehow it was just time to do it.. Sat by it for a while and reflected.. No TV,no lights but the stoves glow.. Thank you so much for your wonderful post.. Perfect timing lol..

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  Hi MsStretch!

       I placed my new turtle by my back door - so that she could chat with a kitten and a mouse!

And right back "at cha" and thank you....  😁

   LaDolceVita,

      I am glad to hear that you are being welcomed in the low cost spay/neuter group!  I am certain that your experience and expertise will be an asset.  ….”When a door closes, a window opens” was one of my Grandmother’s favorite sayings!  🌈

       As for the disrespectful lack of communication from those two rescue groups that you mentioned, they seem to have a paternalistic, dismissive attitude towards potential fosterers and, I assume, adopters as well.   I remember once, when I was doing transport after Katrina, dealing with the type of groups you have described.  In one instance, I was proudly shown their “Adoption Application”  - they required a six-foot high fenced in yard, four personal references, multiple “home visits” prior to adoption, vet records for all current and past pets going back 12 years, no children under twelve, nobody in the family could be in the military or college, and no full time job for the primary caregiver!🤪.  (And, of course, this group only wanted small, young “perfect” animals.).

….In retrospect, being “ghosted” saved you, but I too most certainly would have felt hurt, and somehow subtly deemed, “lacking”. 🩵.  

     (….their loss)

      While the image of the first battered scarred bait dog I rescued is forever seared into my memory, and I remember feeling so fiercely protective and holding that broken soul and vowing, “Never again will you be hurt - I will find you a safe, loving home!”, I simply cannot fathom turning away anyone who wants to help homeless animals.  In my mind’s eye, there’s a difference between being reasonably cautious and being insular and judgemental.

    Thanks for letting us know how you are doing.  I am currently trekking  over hill and dale, but saw the notification that you wrote, and jumped right on the porch to write back! 🩵🙋

     ~ Lisa