Ferretstock, hosted by Ferretwise shelter in New Hampshire, was fantastic!
As always, Alicia and Dino and all the wonderful Ferretwise volunteers
worked very hard to put together a really wonderful day.
 
I especially enjoyed the blessing of the animals, and the beautiful hearts
made by Mary Cohen which every ferret who attended the blessing received.
(All the at-home ferrets who couldn't come got blessed too :-)
 
Ela's soapmaking demo was great.  Who knew soapmaking could be so much
fun!  (somehow I think it's gotten easier since colonial days :-)  The
Reiki presentation was really interesting, and fuzzies in the know had
their cards read too!
 
The ferret contests were lots of fun (Jan of Gimme Shelter has an Olympic
caliber floppy duck champion), there were loads of terrific raffle and
silent auction prizes (including some Skip Martin cages) and the food was
great!  Lots of fun photos in the photo contest and some pretty wild
looking 60s-70s outfits (Cindy and Randy and their very patiently outfitted
Vermont ferrets, those Ferret Sock ferrets, Jerry Garcia ferret and his
flower child ferret, and the girl whose name I didn't catch with the
wonderful 60s style outfit and matching ferret; hope I didn't leave anyone
out!!)  Some very impressive ferret tattoos too!!!!  Even a vintage VW
Beetle.
 
Besides raising money for Ferretwise and other shelters, Ferretstock
brought lots of people and ferrets together for a very enjoyable day in the
beautiful NH countryside (foliage already starting to change colors...)
 
LOTS OF HARD WORK goes into making a day like this fun for the participants
(who came from far and wide--including Pennsylvania and even New
Brunswick!!) I know Roxanne and Merlin are still sleeping it off--I
assume all the Ferretwise folks are too!!!!!
 
P.S. Great music too--kudos to the DJ!
[Posted in FML issue 3171]