tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post1099558761075124525..comments2023-10-11T04:09:53.564-07:00Comments on materfamilias writes: Pathos, C'est Moi!materfamiliashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-74047969957152379512012-12-13T06:33:04.461-08:002012-12-13T06:33:04.461-08:00I think your weather has come down here to Los Ang...I think your weather has come down here to Los Angeles, because your skies look remarkably like mine do today!<br /><br />Glennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03681336164718681936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-67115292642310179132012-12-10T21:07:25.826-08:002012-12-10T21:07:25.826-08:00I'm late to reading this post so I hope your m...I'm late to reading this post so I hope your mood has lifted somewhat. Mink are smelly creatures and difficult to track down. Hope you have success with that. <br /><br />The freighters, the rain, the pain in your wrist, the marking - they all contribute to gloominess. When I feel that way, I make a cup of tea, look at photos of my granddaughters, or read an escapist novel for an hour. Lorriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03653026442945027184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-54473587150255877382012-12-10T19:03:20.801-08:002012-12-10T19:03:20.801-08:00D'you know, I keep speculating about keeping c...D'you know, I keep speculating about keeping chickens -- we would be allowed up to 4 hens. First, we'll have to figure out how to deter the raccoons and the mink . . . .materfamiliashttp://materfamiliasknits.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-87641643378586555902012-12-10T19:02:15.974-08:002012-12-10T19:02:15.974-08:00It really can be fascinating to track where these ...It really can be fascinating to track where these freighters come from. They anchor for days, sometimes weeks, in front of us during the winter. Their foghorns can be annoying, but still, the romance of faraway places is always there.<br />We suspect mink because the opening they must have found can't be bigger than 4 inches wide. We've had otters in our crawlspace before our reno, many years ago, and they're tougher to deal with. And having had a Golden Retriever who loved to roll in otter poop, I agree with you about that odor -- way beyond fishy!materfamiliashttp://materfamiliasknits.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-19696010910370254152012-12-10T18:59:53.932-08:002012-12-10T18:59:53.932-08:00Yup! and don't forget smelly!Yup! and don't forget smelly!materfamiliashttp://materfamiliasknits.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-43193200703221874622012-12-10T18:59:20.813-08:002012-12-10T18:59:20.813-08:00Thanks for the understanding and the sympathy -- i...Thanks for the understanding and the sympathy -- it helps!materfamiliashttp://materfamiliasknits.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-43767823729979700442012-12-10T13:41:56.893-08:002012-12-10T13:41:56.893-08:00For moodlifting I recommend watching hens. Always...For moodlifting I recommend watching hens. Always works for me! I appreciate that this might not be easily available!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-37598671010474280942012-12-09T13:00:40.541-08:002012-12-09T13:00:40.541-08:00Glad to hear your marking pen is not the dreaded r...Glad to hear your marking pen is not the dreaded red. <br /><br />The sight of large vessels sends my fingers to a ship tracking web site to see who they are and where they're going, and then threatens to make an ear worm out of that old tune: "Far away places with strange sounding names, far away over the sea...." A pleasant mini mood lifter. <br /><br />I don't know the habits of mink, but I vote for the omnivorous and happily crab-eating raccoon over the otter, which seems to have a pungent odor way beyond fishy. <br /><br />ElleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-89457545510397235292012-12-09T10:57:12.636-08:002012-12-09T10:57:12.636-08:00Ugh mink - soft but feisty :-( Ugh mink - soft but feisty :-( pomomamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08338550638937829078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-91679176034031143502012-12-09T10:54:46.838-08:002012-12-09T10:54:46.838-08:00I don't think a sore wrist counts as pathos, d...I don't think a sore wrist counts as pathos, does it? Humans are engineered to hate pain and back away from it, right? That's the point of pain.<br /><br />So I think you are working hard and it's hard and it hurts. I hope your marking is soon done.LPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18209861350905135093noreply@blogger.com