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Another gem from the past I recently found. I love the colors in his coat. Plus he's so nice and big and fluffy too!Wolf Park, Battleground, IN
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It is a beautiful blend, isn't it? Have you ever seen a dark wolf? They have those too and they are quite lovely!
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I've never seen a dark wolf and this one is a wonderful example
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This one isn't exactly a "dark" wolf. Here's what I meant by a dark wolf:
This is Dharma, of Wolf Park. Now that she is growing older she is beginning to whiten. But her daughter, Fionia, looks exactly like her.
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she very unique colors, now I see what you mean by dark wolf
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Yes, they are completely dark. The beauty of them is tremendous though! And this girl....oh she's a sweetheart!
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she looks like a sweetheart
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HE'S SOOOOO FLUFFY!!" Beautiful coat! Love the colors, he's a pretty boy!
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Oh they do get so very, very fluffy in the winter! Makes me jealous, frankly! I need all of that since I'm so cold all of the time! In the summer, after they've lost this fluffy coat, sometimes they can look kinda lean and scraggly. But this big fluffy coat is truly beautiful on them. I just love the variety of color that you can see in this shot.
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I love the variety of colors as well and he looks like he'd be so comfy to snuggle with! Even though I'm sure that's NOT advisable!! LOL But he sure is a beauty! Oh and I would SOOOOOOOOOO trade you! I am always hot! Even in the winter I sleep with a fan, use to lug a fan with me to work! My winter coat is a hooded sweatjacket! It's like, as it gets colder, my body temps adjust accordingly!? Now don't get me wrong..... it gets to be 30 or 40 below, I'm sure I'd feel it!!! lol But it's like in the low 20's here right now and I was outside shoveling in my "winter coat", I did have gloves so as not to hurt my hands but no hat, hood or scarf. We use to joke at work.... me with my fan....co-workers would be like, "OMG, how can you have that fan, it's/I'm so cold!!" I'd be like, "Hey, I'll trade ya! You can always put on more layers! I can only take OFF so much!!!" lol
Oh yeah, I've seen some photos like that, where they lost their winter coats. Some almost looked sickly, they looked so skinny! lol It's amazing to see the difference in them.
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You don't know how many people have told me that!!! Only problem is....there are only so many layers of clothing you can put on. Truth is....either extreme isn't pleasant to deal with!
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And here I thought I was being unique!? lol Hmm, never actually gave it much thought but now that you say it that way, well I guess there really are only so many layers you can put on....I'd imagine, if one was to put too many, you may no longer be able to walk!? haha Ok, funny image!
So how the roomies doing? Been so busy with Christmas coming, shopping and all that I haven't gotten to take any photos but as of about a week and 1/2 I've been running a kitty Hotel in my backyard! lol We built one huge shelter and then a smaller one. Puppet, the smaller black and white Tuxedo cat took the larger shelter...it's so funny, I'll walk out there in the morning with fresh food and water and he comes out, sits on his 'front porch', yawning, stretching waiting for me to get the food settled, then he goes to 'the feeding station'. YEP!! It's official.......I have become a crazy cat lady! bahahaha The smaller shelter was taken by the largest of all the cats, 'Big Boy'. But when puppet's away on an adventure for the day, 'Lady' swoops in and gets cozy for a few hours in his house. We were hoping that they would share, they seem to get along, but if one is in there, the other leaves. It's sad and the boys still don't get along, still have to strut their stuff and make all sorts of crazy noise when they are in view of eachother but hey, their neighbors now! So they need to get over that! lol I'm thinking on how I can get another shelter built after the holidays so the females can have their own spaces, but we'll see. lol Well, if I don't talk to you before hand....Wishing you a Merry Christmas!!!
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Hey! You would love it! I found a magnet for my car that says: "Crazy Cat Lady!" So now it's on there alongside my Wolf Park stickers and my Exotic Feline Rescue magnet!
It's really nice that you've built the shelters for the cats! Not many folks would do that! Puppet and Big Boy just sound like typical non-neutered males.
Thanks for your kind wishes! I don't celebrate the holiday but I sure do enjoy the time off of work, believe me! I usually go ahead and work to cover so that everyone else can be off and enjoy their time but some things have changed at work during this past year or two and things like that are no longer appreciated or valued. It's sad really, but that's what change does. So for the first time in over 12 years, I'm actually taking time off like everyone else.
I hope you have a lovely time and your family is well...human and furry!
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That would be a Hoot!! Having that on my car, I'd never live it down!? lol So for now, I'll be a "in the closet" crazy cat lady! 
Just like I was, dedicated to a fault! lol Sad to think how companies do not appreciate the hard workers now-a-days. Especially when it's so hard to find good workers! Well I hope you enjoy your time off and relax. Don't work too hard on Thurs.! And wish you a Healthy & Happy New Year!! (and the fur-babies too, of course!)
P.S. Sure, they say can't teach an old dog, etc. But that's wrong information! lol You're NEVER too old to learn is the real saying! 
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Awww....I appreciate you sharing that part of your life with me. The way you write it, I see it as you doing something to help out your close family! Depression is a horrible thing to deal with and family is important. It tells me a lot about the kind heart of your Dad also....even if he isn't a "cat person" per se, he cares about animals and couldn't bear to see any of them suffer.
Isn't it awful when you've put 15 years in and still lose your job??? But it's happening all over now. I work at a University and it used to be a very secure place to work but not anymore. Our Department has been scaled down to the bare minimum and still I worry that I will eventually be eliminated. And yet you see the younger ones come in and do so much less, care less, but they rise to the top. It's just a different work environment than I was ever raised to be in. My office manager and I have come to accept that we are a dying breed. 
Yes, I will enjoy my time off! Thanks so much!!! I'm being super lazy today and loving it!!!
By the way, can you pet any of the kitties yet?
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I feel that way most of the time and I was here when my family needed me the most. But still, at my age, not something I share too proudly. But for now it's home. lol Yes I was pretty shocked by my father when he said we should do the second shelter. I tease with him and tell him we need a few more. After all there are a couple other cats! But he tells me, "No more houses!" lol Then I tease with him about Puppet wanting/acting like he wants to come in so badly. He tells me I'll be living outside in one of those shelters way before that cat ever comes into his house!
Yes, I was actually kind of shocked when I was let go. After being there that long, it was great, sure I may not have been appreciated any longer by this time. The older managers, from when I started there, appreciated hard work and showed it! Or at least told you and thanked you. But being there as long as I was, so many managers came and went. Well, I had some family issues that managers were working with me. But then this young female came in who I felt wasn't crazy about me. I had other managers that would come to me and ask me questions, etc. about things they really should have know for being a manager! But this one, she would brake rules that we would get fired for if we did it. So I call her out on it one day in front of other workers and the customer. In the end I have a gut feeling I was set up. I have no proof, my word against hers. But I was let go for a $100 shortage on my register. Being there for 15 years with no problems and I delt with cash amounts of $25 to $45 thousand a day. So I think this manager 'had lunch on me", so to speak! lol But like I said, no proof so what are you gonna do!? Anyways, maybe I was just meant to go onto other things? This really sad part is, they get rid of me, they could probably hire three people for what I was making! 
Puppet allows me to get within inches of him as I set food down in front of him, he'll just watch me. I could probably try but to be honest, I'm actually a little nervous yet to do so. But he's really the only one! I don't know, maybe because I just don't know how to read cats, I'm just not ready? lol If that makes sense but with a dog, you can kind of get a feel for, is he going to let me pet him or is he going to rip my arm off!? lol But maybe one day?
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The injustice of it all! I have a friend who worked for a real estate firm who was let go simply because her position was one of the highest paying positions and they knew that they could eliminate her position and distribute her work amongst the others and save money. So after years of hard work and doing a great job, suddenly no job! I guess that is what drives my fear. If you'd asked me even 5 years ago, I would have said no, I was okay. But not now. In the last two years or so, the "higher powers" decided to use our department as a "test" and restructured us so that jobs were eliminated and we all had to re-apply for our jobs. I hadn't had a resume for years! But I had to create one and reapply for the job that I'd been doing for over 10 years. Then, it got really ugly because there were less jobs than people and some, even in front of me, basically said that my job had been written for me. Believe me, it was unpleasant but they were unpleasant people who needed to go. And instead of applying for their jobs, they left. The one girl was always nice to my face but was always insisting that she deserved to make more money than me because she was better than me. The whole situation there just isn't good. Their "re-structure" doesn't work and is unpleasant. But I need the job and I care about those my work involves. And, just like you, the younger set comes in and hold positions that they really don't even have the knowledge that they should possess to do the job and they come to you to maintain their jobs! It's a farce! Like in your case, a $100 shortage after 15 years of faithful service? Come on! They had to know that wasn't you! I'm confident though that those 15 years will prove to someone that you are a dedicated and faithful employee; someone they would desire! If I saw that on an application, it would catch my attention! If I see that someone has flitted from job to job to job, I dismiss them right away. I want someone who is going to stay and work!
Now, on to the cats.....yes, if you are nervous, then don't try. Cats will pick up on your nervousness. When it gets warm outside again, put yourself out there and try using some food in your hand and casually see if anyone will come near you for food. If you can get them to eat out of your hand, you may eventually be able to get them to let you pet them. I tell you someone here on DA who has worked with feral cats with success is . She might be able to tell you in more detail how to do it. You could note her and tell her that I sent you.
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My job wasn't that hard to do, I worked at Sam's Club, which is a members only warehouse and I sold tobacco to other businesses that would then resell the tobacco in their locations. But the numbers I had to deal with, I had one guy that would come in and place a $100 thousand dollar tobacco order, just cigarettes, nothing else! Almost fainted the first time I met him, I'm like, "That's not tobacco, that's a house", for God's sake!? So I was focused, the tobacco order had to be right, numbers had to match up and payment had to be collected right! But thru the years, managers started caring less, and then new ones kept coming in, think this one just had a thing for me!? They did however, after letting me go, told me I could re-apply in one year of being let go! I joke that maybe I'll go back. I had just a sick loyalty to that place, as if it was my own. After seeing I could be dropped without a care, I think I could ignore that loyalty in me a bit more if I did ever go back! lol Who knows, I often run into a lot of my customers, they still all seem to like and miss me! Many of them had my cell number, would contact me if and when they needed things or had questions or problems. Felt like it was my own! And I've always been the type of person that was there long term, think I've only had four real jobs in my life. I might start seriously looking this spring or summer, we'll see. I can't lie, I've enjoyed the time off!
And onto the cats, I think I'll be able to with Puppet, just need a little more time spent with him. And I don't spend much time outside in the winter. lol But this past Fall, there were a few times I held the bowl out to him so he could see what I had and you could just see, he was so close to coming over and eating as I held the bowl! Ifigure by summer I should be able to do that. There's also another neighbor on the other block, that I know for a fact, trapped one cat and her babies. Now the three babies that were hanging around in my yard have all gone missing. And I know all these cats visit her as well to eat. So if there's trapping going on, it's like one step forward and too back! So I'll give them a little more time. But thank you for this information about the person on DA. I talk to these people online, it's and outfit called "Alley Cats". All about the TNR program. They helped me with idea on the shelters. It's people all over that take care of full colonies and a huge group that have lectures, etc. on how to help strays and ferals. It's all aboout educating people to do the right thing and to know what that may be. But I'll keep this in mind, so such thing as having too much information/help! Thank you!
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Yes, we have Sam's Club here also. What you call sick loyalty I call dedication to your job. To even go to the point that you gave your cell number to customers tells me that you really cared about the people and that they were cared for properly. That, missy, is a valuable quality that is rarely found these days! But I agree....this time off thing is wonderful!
Keep me in the loop about how you progress with Puppet....
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Yeah, they are all over the place. Hmm, "Missy'? I feel as though I've just been schooled! lol But I know what you're saying. Oh my goodness!? Wonderful beyond words!!! lol And yes I will definitly keep you up to speed on Puppet! (my little Tuxedo man!)
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If I recall, I am older than you! So I can use the term "Missy"!
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Don't even know what to say about that!? Just laugh....
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Ah, you make me feel so good. 
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It is very nice work.
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