tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31257856.post7762573219823330565..comments2024-02-29T09:31:25.294-05:00Comments on camera-obscura: visitors and giftsbilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18187141867284800597noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31257856.post-48272003531782599852009-10-15T10:56:41.113-05:002009-10-15T10:56:41.113-05:00Michelle, I have always been very connected to ani...Michelle, I have always been very connected to animals, since I was very young. Most of the time it's a wonderful thing. Every now and then it's difficult.<br /><br />I remember walking into a pet store a year or so ago and there was a big parrot who lived there (may have also been for sale, as they had other birds that were). The parrot started doing a very odd keening sound and I felt all the way into my heart that the parrot wanted me to take him out of there. <br /><br />It was hard to walk out of that store.billiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18187141867284800597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31257856.post-16906365490122837782009-10-15T10:14:07.487-05:002009-10-15T10:14:07.487-05:00I love that you have this amazing connection with ...I love that you have this amazing connection with your animals and can read them so thoroughly. It is a beautiful connection. <br />I'm glad Kyra enjoyed the visitors! I feel so bad for her in this time, it must be so hard to lose your best friend. Glad she's feeling better.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09290776916085658669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31257856.post-52731015337629124462009-10-12T07:29:01.915-05:002009-10-12T07:29:01.915-05:00Wendy, as thoughtful and loving as you are with yo...Wendy, as thoughtful and loving as you are with your horses, I believe you would enjoy being with donkeys. They have a different sensibility than horses, and I think their small size adds to the effect they have on us humans.billiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18187141867284800597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31257856.post-88547297040559997212009-10-12T05:00:00.764-05:002009-10-12T05:00:00.764-05:00Love this - animal practical jokes, and visits tha...Love this - animal practical jokes, and visits that harmonize with your animals. Glad to hear that Kyra responded with so much spark...must have been heartening to experience.<br /><br />I have never met donkeys up close, nor had any wish to meet them until I saw your pictures of your animals and read your stories about them - so sweet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31257856.post-37187145405584266872009-10-11T20:37:36.169-05:002009-10-11T20:37:36.169-05:00Arlene, it was hilarious. Redford is usually the p...Arlene, it was hilarious. Redford is usually the perpetrator, but Rafer really did pull the little prank off tonight.<br /><br />Keil Bay and Cody watched the whole thing w/o blinking an eye.billiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18187141867284800597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31257856.post-74710437004443097192009-10-11T19:44:44.685-05:002009-10-11T19:44:44.685-05:00Salina sounds like a wonderful mare full of insigh...Salina sounds like a wonderful mare full of insight into everyone around her. <br />I'm so glad to hear that Kyra has found a new friend and has the sparkle back in her eyes. <br />And as always your little donkey boys are as amusing and entertaining as usual. I would have loved to see the exchange in the barn tonight! Animals with a sense of humor are so much fun to be around.Grey Horse Mattershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05837575441967937196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31257856.post-36092291263081060992009-10-11T19:13:00.168-05:002009-10-11T19:13:00.168-05:00Sheaffer, it boggles my mind on a daily basis that...Sheaffer, it boggles my mind on a daily basis that donkeys are not in charge of the world.<br /><br />Just tonight, a scene in my barn aisle made me do one of those deep belly laughs - we were getting everyone in place for the night and Redford had stayed out in the dark until the last moment. He came marching in, and refused my offer to go in through Salina's stall door, but went to the middle stall looking for his own pile of hay.<br /><br />When he didn't find it there, he headed on down the barn aisle to the nearly closed barn doors.<br /><br />But then suddenly Rafer Johnson stuck his nose up to the crack in the door from the outside, and the sudden strange no-eyed donkey face completely spooked Redford, who danced a staccato jig right there in the barn aisle.<br /><br />Rafer seemed most amused.<br /><br />I believe we are having some switching of places around here - Rafer is usually not quite such a practical joker!billiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18187141867284800597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31257856.post-49275497444870455542009-10-11T18:49:58.976-05:002009-10-11T18:49:58.976-05:00Billie, Kyra was certainly certainly able to "...Billie, Kyra was certainly certainly able to "read" what her visitor needed and to share and acknowledge their recent and common losses. Of course the donkey nephews knew she needed to see some animated wrestling and so they staged a magnificent show. I just know she was impressed. Whenever possible,we donkeys like our guests to go away smiling and speechless.ponymaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02996833096239732307noreply@blogger.com