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Comments: I love all the wildlife stories. It definitely is spring. We had an interesting experience recently, right before our move. We had an indoor-outdoor cat, for whom we left a window open as a makeshift cat door. When the weather got so very cold last winter, 2 feral mother cats and their 4 babies started coming in the window, too. The mother cats were too wary of humans to allow us to approach them, but we were able to socialize 3 of the 4 babies and found good adoptive homes for 2 of them. All of them would come in the house to eat and, sometimes, spend the night. We also walked in one night and saw a massive raccoon -- in the house! -- eating the cat food. Upon seeing us, s/he ran up the chimney. Meanwhile, one of the mother cats got pregnant again, and we had borrowed a Hav-A-Hart trap, hoping to catch her in it, so that we could take her to get spayed. The spay-neuter clinics require ferals to be in traps. We never were able to catch the mama cat; she was too smart to take the bait. But, we did catch the raccoon, late one night. We loaded him/her? -- still in the trap -- into the car trunk and drove over to a stretch of Clarendon that runs by the creek and let him/her out; s/he made a beeline down into the creekbed. We were parked next to a house with a yard full of pit bulls, who were raising cain. Lights started coming on in the house, and we were terrified that someone would come running out with a gun, demanding to know what we were doing (and wouldn't be too pleased that we were loosing a marauding raccoon in their hood). We were unable to get the mama cat fixed, but -- at least -- were able to get the coon out of the chimney before we moved! ![[thumb]](/images/boards/smilies/thumb.gif "Thumb - :thumb:")
Comments: Kathleen, it is really spring, judging by the number of adolescent squirrels and mockingbirds around here! Charlotte, congrats on your net-worth windfall, I think!
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Comments: Bill and I like to go to White Rock Lake and watch the cottontails play. Well, they disappeared about eight months ago. We thought they had died. Well, two days ago the whole family came out of the woods (babies and all). You can really tell that it is springtime.
Comments: I think all of these squirrels are offspring from Buddy, our first squirrel. She died in childbirth. It was very sad.
Comments: Kathleen: The squirrel family has gotten out of control. Joan is now feeding 6-8 on a daily basis and several of them will come to the door for her to let them inside. They don't venture far from the door (that's a good thing). Lilly is still having babies as quick as she can and Bob is still the Alpha male. We can identify Bob by the slit in his left ear. The wannabe alpha male is Chunk. He has two large chunks missing from his left ear, probably thanks to Bob. We can identify Lilly because she is always pregnant and looks tired. The rest are younger and have no distinguishing marks YET. Our resident hawk grabbed a dove last weekend and the feathers flew. So far, he seems content to leave the squirrels alone. Every time a squirrel gets run over within a block of our house, I have to go pick it up and do a brief autopsy to check the ears. I feel just a little foolish when doing that! We continually warn "our" squirrels to always stand up and look both ways before crossing the street. So far it seems to be working. We have had a raccoon family coming at night to get the leftover bird seed. I have relocated 2 of them, but the third one is proving to be more elusive. Sooner or later, I will catch him.
Comments: I think there was a sad ending to Barry's squirrel tales....??? Barry, thank you for what you do for our VETS. Such wonderful programs for them these days. I wish there had been help for our Vietnam Vets as soon as they got home. Thankfully, there is help now in what you and others do.
Comments: Good morning Barry, You haven't made any comments lately about the squirrel family that lives in your back yard. Are you still friends and what is the latest saga in their lives?
Comments: Remember, the Port O'Connor Warriors Weekend is next weekend. If you want to see a bunch of Patriots, try to stop by.
Comments: It is just so hard to lose friends. Life shouldn't work like this.
Comments: I received word from Bill Akins that the Patriot Guard Riders (PGR) will be participating in Dewaine Walker's burial at the DFW National Cemetery tomorrow. Bill and B. J. Field give graciously of their time to be a part of the PGR and honor our veterans. Here is a link to the PGR Calendar entry for SGT. Walter Dewaine Walker: http://www.pgrtexas.org/North%20Texas/2014/May/May-08-Walker.htm
Comments: Ronny, you guys were so darlin. LOVE the socks with the shorts (or swimsuits). I'm sorry for your loss of your good friend Dewaine. Sadly, Our loses seem to be too frequent these days.
Comments: I was very proud of my husband Bill because last week he was honored at the Park Cities Club. He is retiring May 31, after 41 years of teaching at SMU. I guess you could call the occasion "bittersweet." I felt sad that he was leaving a career that at times has given him so much satisfaction. I just hope he enjoys his retirement.
Comments: Ronny, I was thinking about the old days and recalled that the year after you bought that boat you and I found ourselves signing up in the same National Guard unit and awaiting Basic Training somewhere with the Army. We spent the next 6 years attending monthly meetings at the armory on California Crossing & Luna Road along with half a dozen players from the Dallas Cowboys. Today Ronny sent me the following pic taken just last year. From left to right are David Jones (SOC '62), Ronny Jarman, Eddie Bruner, and Dewaine Walker (all SOC '63). The occassion was the funeral of Ronny's former spouse Kathy Buster (SOC '65). Dewaine died of a heart attack. ![[jarman_walker]](http://people.consolidated.net/swsw/jarman_walker.jpg)
Comments: [video]http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7uOJHQXOidQ[/video]
Comments: Ronny, You guys looked wonderful in that picture. Wonder what you look like nowadays. Just as good looking____
Comments: John, can you e-mail me your phone# as I have misplaced it, like I'm misplacing everything else
Comments: Thank you john for posting the picture of Dwaine and I , we bought that boat in 1964, and would go to lake Dallas every weekend.it was a party with friends like David jones, jimmy Kidd, terry long, and a host of others.and we have remained friends all these years, it's like losing a brother I never had.. Thanks again for posting that picture, I have been looking for it forever.
Comments: Ronny, that is bad news indeed, to learn of Dewaine's recent death. Last time I saw him was around the Fall of 2000. Your friendship with him goes back a long ways. In 1964 it looked like you guys had the World by the tail (Walker-left; Jarman-right). http://people.consolidated.net/swsw/walker-jarman1964.jpg
Comments: We lost another class mate, DEWAINE WALKER, class of 1963- past away 4/23/14- memorial service will be May 8, 2014 at 10:30 AM- at Aria Funeral Home, 1820 N Belt Line Rd, Irving, Tx, military burial at 11:30 at the VA National Cemetery Irving- OFF 408 and loop 12- I lost a very good friend- Any questions let me know- rhj0224@aol.com
Comments: Time for the 50th Reunion of the Class of 1964 and you are all invited! August 15-16, DoubleTree Hotel, Richardson, TX. http://soc64.com/ReunionInfo.htm
Comments: At this time, Iwould like to invite our knoledgable exquirt on Wisdow & whimsey to bless us about the internet, WWW..... Ken Hass, Where are You???
Comments: Well, it's that time of year again-time for Warrior's Weekend in Port O'Connor, TX. Several of you have made donations in the past and I hope you can do so again. For more info go to: http://www.warriorsweekend.org/index.php
Comments: Thanks, all of you for the kind words and Happy Birthday wishes. You can't find better people than the people I went to high school with at SOC, I love all of you--Mike
Comments: I'm still about 19 inside my head. Sadly, the rest of me is closing in on 70.
Comments: Well, Kathleen, I suppose the silence is your answer. :-) I think we have all gotten busy and it is hard to pin us down now. I guess we will wait for the 70th bday party now. I'm kind of in shock that I can even say that...70???????? Whoa!!!!!
Comments: John, you, Charlotte and Jud, put on such a wonderful party for SOCITES in Houston. Maybe, you guys might want to do it again. I met Donna Franklin and I really enjoyed my conversation with her.
Comments: Ah, John, "any kind" must possess the curiosity and TIME to find that wisdom. Inquiring minds and all that ya know. Some "kind" still work too. Ahem.....
Comments: And here I was thinking that the Internet was the repository for all of Mankind's ignorance, unfounded rumors and crazy conspiracy theories; oh wait, that is what passes for "Mankind's" -- as opposed to "Womenkind's" -- wisdom! ![[rolleyes]](/images/boards/smilies/rolleyes.gif "Roll Eyes - :rolleyes:") Although even I have to admit that there is much value in being able to watch just about any television show or movie or video showing how to do just about anything in the World, and in being able to buy or sell almost everything imaginable.
Comments: Ah, Peaches, as I may have stated in the past ... The Almighty Internet is the holder and keeper of all of Mankind's wisdom. And if womankind ever gets any wisdom, it will someday be on there, too. |
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