meet the babies...

this is Elmer...

he had a bath...

pre poof here...

half poof...

full poof...

do you think he will grow into his whiskers?

and Stevie...

a little girl...

who is now wearing a cone...

because we put the babies back together...

and she won't leave Elmer alone...

and we had hail yesterday mid morning...

when it first started, I thought we might have a squirrel on the roof, but soon enough, it hit hard all over...

moved some things around this past week...

and added a few forgotten things...

going to be a couple weeks of changes around here...

putting up the halloween and fall things...

getting ready for the Christmas invasion...

trees and nutcrackers...

snowmen and angels...

lights and bling...

without glitter, I might add...

and so it goes...

from one season to the next...

birds and roses...

got to fill the feeder again...

poor birds had to wait on a perch to eat...

and can you believe roses in November?  

awesome!

its not the same around here...

just not the same...

3 babies left here yesterday at noon...

and its just too quiet now!

no crashes...

no galloping...

no oops...

no saying no all the time...

its just not right...

hope they get adopted...

will know on Saturday...

well, I think I will take a nap with all this silence...

making plans for demoing the halloween decor on Saturday...

looks like DH is out of harvest mode and off the overtime...

and so far, he's got 2 whole days off this time...

gona put that man to work!

Have a great day...

keep praying for the ones effected by Sandy and all the weather since...

doesn't look good in some areas at all...

and don't forget to give a smile away today...

someone might have misplaced theirs...

just wanted to share this with you...

found this photo online...

somewhere, in one of the totes in one of the closets is a costume just like this one...

I made it for Craiger when he was 2 and he wore it several years, his favorite costume ever...

and then the neighbor kids wore it...

then friends' kids wore it...

Instead of making the big bulky gloves with the costume, I bought white ones at walmart so he could use his hands better...

and then there were orange duck feet that slipped over his shoes...

this was a McCall's pattern...

if you want to make one yourself...

bought mine in 87 but bet you could find it on ebay...

4 babies are heading for the vet today...

waiting for Jane to come pick them up and then she will bring them back here...

until adoption day on Saturday and then they will leave for good...

we will be down to just 2 babies then...

yeah...

and they have a home to go back to, so the hard part is done...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN, EVERYONE!

I LOVE A HOLIDAY WHEN ITS ALL ABOUT THE CANDY!

butt suckers...

meet the butt sucker...

and the butt suckee...

and a self butt sucker, hence the E collar...

got these little ones in on Friday and this is how they came in...

made the collar and had Craig bring in the 2nd bird cage to separate them...

the gray and white started passing blood in its stool on Sat and has been bleeding off and on since...

water poopies and all...

so I am tired and need to sleep...

it has a tummy ache and cries most of the time, so we are hoping it all passes soon...

thinking he is plugged up...

his butt was so sore, but several baths and soaks, lotions and just keeping them apart is helping a lot...

butt suckers try to nurse on what ever they can find...

sometimes they are just suckers and pick an ear or neck, but then there are those that think the pee pee parts are nipples and suck those on the other babies...

which over stimulates them and causes diarrhea...

and the sucker gets sick from eating all the waste...

its a no win situation and the only way around it is to separate the litter until they are off the bottle and on solid food...

we let them play together, but not nest with anyone else...

so that's been the blur of the weekend and so far today...

praying for all of those in the path of Sandy, and it sure is a lot...

may you all be safe from the storm...

also wanted to welcome back NanaDiana, who has been away way too long...

can't wait to see all the photos of her grand kids again...

our resident nutcase...

he comes and goes from here...

and he is safe here from the cats...

we have a couple who will chase him...

roll him, literally...

until he gets to another tree...

so he can bark at them from a higher place...

he has been very busy here...

we have many walnut trees...

and he just cannot decide which pile to take first...

what we pick up, we put in a pile near the field for him...

he's got a good supply here...