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:redface: . . . just got here, Natty (puff puff) but it's been a thrill to see you come so far so fast.
I'm just finishing a rabbit in a lovely black/grey synthetic, but its backing was knitted, which meant too much stretch. I just lined the synthetic with muslin, which solved the problem. I'll post a pic when I get his dratted whiskers finished.
I do love mohair, but some synthetics are just as awesome!
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for all TTers on the list . . . and anyone still lurking!
I've been away for awhile . . . what a homecoming treat this is--thanks, Shelli!
Beautiful work!
Bobbie, your pages download lightning fast on my broadband too.
And I love the different banners. The bears change, but the design doesn't.
Your webbie's reasoning isn't clear to me, but I think he's saying that a repeat visitor loads the site faster the second time because the graphics are stored on her cache.
But I've got my internet set to load the current version of each webpage I visit, not the stored version, and I clear out my cache often.
I don't see the point of his objection to using the various banners.
I'm so sorry this happened to you, Kim! :hug:
The blobby green thing certainly does look like an attempt to copy, but the colors and proportions and face just scream "eeeeeewwwwww".
As the proud owner of an original, I'd never even be tempted!
I'd wait until she does it again, and then send a neutral note saying that she seems to be unaware that artists' designs are subject to copyright.
Wow, Jared--want to come and live with me??? :pray:
:hug: Thank you, Karen :hug:
When I first brought Bear home, several Border Collie moms and dads told me that they tend to be very active until the very end. Lucy certainly was, although she'd slowed down a lot. Two days before she died she was frisking and frolicking at the word "walk", and showing an alarming interest in an unneutered male Chow.
I've still got a 7 year old Border Collie and a 10 year old Jack Russell for comfort, or I'd be out the door like a shot, looking for another furbaby. As it is, I'll probably last another week or two before calling the Border Collie Rescue people. I can't stand thinking of animals lacking loving homes.
My little sis has devoted all her time and energy to rehabilitating abused Border Collies, and I've seen first-hand how unhappy some of these dogs can be when they come to her--fuzzy bundles of anxiety, misery, and mistrust, some of them dangerously aggressive and frightened by their own aggression.
Be comforted knowing that your love and attention is doggie Heaven-on-Earth.
:hug: Thank you again and again, wonderful Teddy-Talkers. :hug:
We're all still snivelling, but we're able to laugh about Lucy's most lovable and most irritating quirks! I'm glad I was there at the very end, because it was so clear to me that the real Lucy had gone elsewhere--what was left was not her.
I'm rereading The Rainbow Bridge several times a day, and plan to shuffle off this mortal coil with my pockets stuffed with treats and plastic bags!
:hug: Bless all the dear beasts and loving humans who are facing this separation, or have faced it. :hug:
:dance: I just celebrated (in color!) on the other thread, but this is wonderful news . . . and a wedding!
:hug: Better and better! :hug:
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What a relief . . . there's nothing scarier than a child's illness . . . my heart drops into my shoes just thinking about it.
Continued healing for you and especially for darling Kellisa. Give her a gazillion :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:
:hug: Thank you everyone for your kind and comforting words! :hug:
You lovely Teddy-Talkers are the best medicine ever!
I had a good long weep in the park yesterday afternoon, walking through Lucy's old haunts with Dana and Bear, and remembering all her enchanting little doggie quirks.
Bear and Dana certainly knew Lucy was dying, and kept a close watch on her last minutes at home. Every time she whimpered, Bear would start his low howl, and Dana would go into her woofing chorus. It was almost ceremonial. They seemed to be seeing her off.
We set out for the emergency vet clinic right away. By the time we got there she was still moaning, but her pupils were no longer responding to light. Once the vet administered the anaesthetic, her great heart stopped almost immediately.
It was so painful to lose this sweet soul, but I keep reminding myself that it was so much worse to see her suffer.
:hug: :hug: Thank you again for all your wisdom and understanding! :hug: :hug:
I had to have my beloved collie cross Lucy put down last night.
Two days ago she was trotting beside me though the park, but she failed very fast. When she couldn't stand at all, and began to whimper, we knew it was time.
I've lost a great-hearted and loving companion, and I can't yet believe she's gone!
I know I was lucky to have her with me so long, almost 16 years of hairy hugs and sloppy dog kisses.
Sit terra tibi levis, beloved girl.
Since my Hubs is a Scot, New Year's Eve is a rather grim occasion. We divert ourselves from excessive melancholy by drinking single malt and watching comedies until the ball drops in Times Square.
Whoever is still standing at midnight (not I, most years) opens the door to let in the New Year and whatever outraged cats have assembled on the porch, and then stays awake to worry about the partying daughters until they wobble home. Since two are now married and elsewhere, and the youngest doesn't drink, that part of the tradition is pretty much behind us.
My youngest tells us that the most horrible New Year's Eve she's ever experienced was the night she sat alone at midnight watching Planet of the Apes and worrying about her older siblings while her parents slept on the sofa. I think it blighted her youth.
This year it's Glenmorangie and Mystery Science Theatre 3000, with Anderson Cooper and incoming cats at midnight!
I'm with the PenMeister . . . what weight-loss resolution, Sue Ann? :crackup:
Rejoice in my experienced wickedness . . . you reach a certain age, and all of a sudden everybody starts scrambling to protect your virtue. Puh-leeeeeze!
Embrace bears & other critters as my primary occupation--then get my act together and enter a competition.
Simplify the housework by simplifying the house--to wit, Declutter--to wit, toss out all the stuff my daughters left at home when they moved out--but their books and bears are MINE! Toss the crapola I wouldn't want to use even if I lived long enough, such as the heat-sealer for plastic bags and the food dryer and the ice-cream freezer and the exercise videos and the cake-pans in the shape of Easter Bunnies.
Teach fewer students--except that I'm not giving up any of my beautiful young men, only partly because they shower me with Merlot and Belgian choccies at Christmas . . .
Watch more TV! Figure out how to split the cable into my workroom.
Spend more time in the park with my delightful doggies. Since my precious Lucy is failing, love her to bits while I've still got her, and adopt another when she's gone. I'm a 3-dog person, and I'm proud, so there.
Adopt a rat.
Kathy, how frightening . . . I've got 3 precious daughters of my own
All my prayers and best wishes and hugs will be with you and dear Kellisa :hug:
Just have faith in the power of BearPrayers, and hang in there :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:
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time at your parties. You're the hostess with the mostest :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:
. . . And thanks for the waistline!! :crackup:
Hi Lisa--Welcome to TT! 
I'd recommend leather needles or glover's needles. You can buy them just about anywhere, including WalMart.
They come in hand and machine versions, and their tips are chisel-shaped rather than pointed, which means that they penetrate leather much more easily than even sharps do.
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,, PENS! :hug:
And if George doesn't show up under your tree, let's hope he wanders in for a drinkie on New Year's Eve!
I use horse mane hair for mousie whiskers . . . the tail hair is too coarse for teeny tinies!
:crackup: We knew that, Dilu--Cole Porter might have written the lyrics, but you had the brilliant idea of applying them to our Shelli.
I think he'd approve, and I have credentials for saying so. I've actually seen the outside of his onetime house in Williamstown Mass.
Kim,
Kellie Love suggested using www.yousendit.com to send larger, high resolution files. It's free. Otherwise, the quality of a photo can be lost in transit . . . something to do with the way email programs compress files.
:dance: Go for it, Monica! :hug:
All I can add is that many of us were beginners a very short time ago . . .
This is a very informative and much needed (by me) thread :dance:
I had no idea that metatags were out, or that changing content helps draw attention to a site.
My daughter got my site started, but I can easily maintain it through
www.Bravenet. comMy problem lately is finding time to make new critters
Nancy Tilberg's Business of Bears course recommended Bravenet, and it's great for a beginner . . . especially if you don't want to learn too much too soon!
Bobbi, if you're paying this guy, take no excuses!!! What does he know about selling bears, anyway? 
Actually, I just NOW sent my info.
Somehow, I managed to send the earlier version to myself, double :doh:
