Author Topic: Smart/Stupid/Silly Animal Stories, just for fun (Read 72207 times)

Bones · « **Reply #135 on:** December 06, 2006, 08:46:54 AM »

Quote from: gratitude28 on December 05, 2006, 10:19:50 PM

I finished my painting of Henry! I hated it in class last night, but now I realize it is nice... He just came out looking more brindle than he is. My teacher wants me to put it in a show we are having later this month! I told him no, but now that I see it is OK, I will tell him I have changed my mind (the poor man must think I am insane when it comes to these dumb paintings). I get upset if the picture doesn't match some idea in my mind. The funny thing is, a lot of the ones I get upset wiht are actually decent. My Henry looks furry and full of sweet rolls in the picture...

Sounds CUTE!!!!

Bones

gratitude28 · « **Reply #136 on:** December 06, 2006, 09:16:18 PM »

Thanks bones...

I had this crazy daydream last week that I could quit my job and paint people's pets for a living and for fulfillment.I enjoyed painting Henry so much that I thought it would be joyful to have other people bring me their favorite pet photos and have them made into watercolors

Goofy... just a daydream

Love, Beth

Hopalong · « **Reply #137 on:** December 06, 2006, 09:41:37 PM »

NOT SO GOOFY......................................

woof!
(that was Henry, agreeing)

Hops

Bones · « **Reply #138 on:** December 06, 2006, 11:42:49 PM »

Quote from: gratitude28 on December 06, 2006, 09:16:18 PM

Thanks bones...

I had this crazy daydream last week that I could quit my job and paint people's pets for a living and for fulfillment.I enjoyed painting Henry so much that I thought it would be joyful to have other people bring me their favorite pet photos and have them made into watercolors

Goofy... just a daydream

Love, Beth

Joseph Campbell once said to "follow your bliss". You could probably do it part-time to get started and once you start earning enough to comfortably live on without the other job, then you can start painting full time, follow your bliss, and be able to quit the job you don't like.

Bones

moonlight52 · « **Reply #139 on:** December 08, 2006, 12:50:34 AM »

Hi Bones

Hold on to your seat this is really silly ......
Our family went out of state for turkey day with family in the country .
My daughter's boyfriend came...... well my sister in law has a big big sweet golden mutt named Hunter such a big sweet dog

Well my d's bf tells my sis "I am half dawg and Hunter is my brother".

And my d and her bf would just howl to Hunter and Hunter howled back
the big joke is if new sweet bf and my d get together and marry and make me a grandma
will my future grand kids be howling at the moon and be part dawg
He fits right in goofy just like the rest of us......

Moonlight

CB123 · « **Reply #140 on:** December 08, 2006, 07:52:23 AM »

Hopalong · « **Reply #141 on:** December 08, 2006, 08:12:27 AM »

The wonderful woman who is my mother's companion for a few hours every weekday morning has ramped up the dog-talk competition. (I come in a hopeless second.)

Bagel lurks near the front door until nine, then She arrives.

I hear them in the kitchen. She talks to Bagel in a voice that could make waffles. It's babydogtalk...but with no sarcasm whatsoever. No self-consciousness. She just has a goofy silly affectionate tone that sounds as though she's saying: I'm a puppy too and we puppies know exactly what to talk to each other about...

Bagel gets a look on her face just like the look certain middle-aged women wear at Tom Jones concerts, and they've brought extra brand-new bloomers in a package of six.

I love it.

Hops

Bones · « **Reply #142 on:** December 08, 2006, 10:01:29 AM »

CUTE and FUNNY!!!!! To me, all pets are "babies". One day I was visiting a friend who had a border collie. I was sitting on the floor with that big four-legged baby sprawled on his back in my lap while I cradled him in my arms as if he were an infant! I was talking "baby talk" to him and then asking him "Are you a baby? Are you a puppy baby?" Without warning, this silly dog suddenly leaned up and licked me RIGHT ON THE MOUTH!!!!

I'm spluttering and going "YUCK!" and the dog has this silly, laughing grin on his face!!! I commented to him, "You got me GOOD!" and he was wagging his tail like he was going to wag it off!!!! Silly mutt!!!

Bones

Bones · « **Reply #143 on:** December 09, 2006, 12:52:10 PM »

Any more animal stories?????? Please??????

Bones

Hopalong · « **Reply #144 on:** December 09, 2006, 05:35:42 PM »

Hi Bones,

Sorry, I'm fresh out.
Want to check out Jon Katz stories on Slate.com? Maybe you could post your favorite to share.

Hops

Bones · « **Reply #145 on:** December 10, 2006, 10:09:17 AM »

O.K. I was also hoping that other members of the Board had pet stories to share.

If I can share one about a parakeet, which was my grandmother's, I can do that now.

Back when I was a kid, my grandmother had a parakeet named "Petey". He turned out to be smarter than my grandmother anticipated! Oftentimes, whenever my grandmother becamed annoyed about something, she would exclaim: "SHOOT!" Can you guess what that parakeet translated that into?!?!?!? A four-letter word!!!! What made it even more hysterically FUNNY was that the ONLY time this silly bird would start exclaiming that four-letter word was when the Methodist minister visited my grandmother!!!!!! She would turn all shades of red while the minister cracked up laughing!!!!!

Bones

Hopalong · « **Reply #146 on:** December 10, 2006, 02:41:38 PM »

Oooo that bad budgie!
That's very funny, Bones.

I think birds are brilliant.
(BTW, have you seen the movie The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill? I think you'd really love it.)

Hops

gratitude28 · « **Reply #147 on:** December 10, 2006, 08:43:20 PM »

I always feel like I am boring people with my Henry stories... but you asked bones

Well, Friday night, I went downstairs as Henry had barked, which meant he needed to go out. There was a weird light on in the kitchen. Apparently we had not shut the fridge tightly and Heny opened it... nothing must have been of great interest to him as there was nothing dragged out, but there was a bit of slobber on the foremost items (gross). He also spent all day with us at a hockey tournament on Sat. He got soooooooo much love and showed off his trick of rolling over, which is hilarious. It always takes him a bit to right his portly body!!!

Hopalong · « **Reply #148 on:** December 10, 2006, 09:12:21 PM »

I would never get tired of Henry stories, ever! Post a thousand!

One of my favorite phots ever was in TIME a few years ago.
It was a kitchen with the fridge door ajar.
The man who lived there was bent over looking at what was on offer.
His enormous massive full-sized pet pig was standing beside him, same positiion.

Both of them had the same stance, that hmmm, what could I have for a snack, look.

It was beyond charming.

Hops

gratitude28 · « **Reply #149 on:** December 10, 2006, 09:23:10 PM »

That sounds too sweet!!! Ha ha. Hope there wasn't bacon in the fridge... sorry... that was terrible...

Speaking of parakeets... my son came in the other day and told me there was the most beautiful bird perched on our neighbor's car. So I went out and it was a gorgeous green parakeet. It must have escaped. He kept flying back to our cars all day, but we never could catch him. I hope he is OK.

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