Haven’t been Chiff-and-Fippling in a long time! This morning I was listening to some CDs I hadn’t heard in awhile and it got me thinking about fun old days on C&F and wondering about folks like Dale, Jack, Az, Moon, Alan, Weeks, all the old (and not so old) gang in the chat room (btw, Alan, I lost my copy of that little post-it marriage certificate and Bloo is insisting it never happened or, if it did, that he was drunk–do you keep copies of things like that in your files?? He simply can’t keep up with my conjugal demands and wants out, I think.). How is everybody?!?
Haven’t picked up a whistle in forever (I have a cat who strongly and loudly objects–even if I sound great!), but still listening to ITM and loving it. I keep in touch with a few of the people I met on C&F.
Busy with artwork over the last few years (I’m vice president of the Intermountain Society of Artists–salute when you say that!) and my little garden. Have a couple of blogs going mostly for family members but also for anybody else who is interested at all: http://susnfx.blogspot.com (art) and http://susnfxgarden.blogspot.com (garden, duh). I’ve put quite a bit on the garden site so you have to zip through the older posts to get to the beginning and see what I started with.
Hi Susan!
I took a quick peek at your garden blog–the finch with conjunctivitis is heartbreaking. For the first time ever, I’ve established a bird-feeding zone just out the window behind my kitchen, and house finches seem the most apt to come as a family group, with parents helping the young ones. (have observed a good bit of this nurturing behavior with the cardinals as well.)
It’s been a great delight.
Hey Emm - I could spend hours on my patio, camera on my lap and glass of wine in hand, watching the birds at the feeders. The little blind finch was always in the company of her dad who continued to feed her (even though the other babies were long gone). She could get thistle seed out of the feeder and find her way to the birdbath for water, but he was always near and fed her himself from time to time. It was really sweet.
Hi Davy! You still chatting?
Alan, my friend! How’s the “landlady?”
Nice to see you folks…(Nano, I went to get my hair cut one day and took a seat in the waiting area by a very little boy who was waiting for his mom. I said something brilliant to him like “Are you waiting for your mom?” He just looked at me. Finally I said, “You’re probably not supposed to talk to strangers, huh?” He looked at me with HUGE eyes and said, “Are you a stranger?!?” Parents, teach your kids what a stranger is.)
I’ll try to get around more often and make sure everything’s going smoothly --although I’ve always found that not so smoothly is a lot more interesting!
Good heavens, Alan–sorry to hear that! Now what’ll I tease you about?? Well, that tutu thing is always good for a laugh. Which reminds me of Captain Lark!
Moon, I long ago forgot how to get in to the chatroom–I lost the icon that used to take me right there, so if anybody can remind me, I’ll try again!
Susan, I don’t recall what IRC client you were using. Moon and I have been using one called Icechat for a while now. Many use mIRC and there is BersIRC also.
I truly have been wondering about you, so it’s timely and great that you posted. I hope you are well and have fond memories of meeting you when you came to visit. I think Tony is planning a whistle party for August so…
When someone “goes away” I always ponder that something bad has happened, or they washed their hands of us. Paranoid but… Glad you’re back to visit.
Hi Weeks! No party for me in August–I’ve got a high school reunion (we won’t go into which one) in southern Utah towards the end of the summer and that’s my trip for the year.
Alan, I can’t manage to get into the chat room using that mIRC–I recall having to go through all this nonsense the first time. I’ve tried several times just using the “live chat” at the top of the screen, but nobody’s live in there but me (you guys must be bats or owls at least and hang out in the middle of the night). I’ll keep trying!
