Tyler and I would like to thank all who took a few minutes out of their busy schedules to vote for Tyler in the Fuzzy Central Photo Contest. The idea started as a "Why not" sort of thing and I posted Tyler's professional portrait taken by Struminsky Photographers in April. The month of July started out with an email from Jody at Fuzzy Central to remind me that Tyler's picture had been entered into the contest. After that the work began with emailing friends, family, and co-workers and asking them to vote for Tyler. For anyone never having done this, believe me it is a lot of work asking for votes. As some of you might know, I even emailed President Bush and requested a vote, but AutoResponder said that he was too busy at this time. Oh well (sigh). Well, it is 8:00PM on July 31st and Tyler is clearly not going to win the contest. However, Tyler will always be a winner in my book. Since I told him that the prize might be Cheweasels, I have purchased a multi-flavor pack and will place it in his favorite spot tonight so that he can find them and I will tell him they are from the Fuzzy Central Good Fairy. Now, I would like to finish by saying that we really did win. Not the contest, but something greater! Friends from FML, MaFF, Northeast Ferrets and others, who were very supportive and very encouraging. I want to especially thank Wolfy (for the wisdom and encouragement on owning a deaf ferret), Kat (for her encouraging emails that always remind me of what true friendship means), Lynda (sp?) from Canada for her humorous and encouraging email and to everyone else whose name I can't recall at this moment who emailed Tyler and I. There is no prize in the world that could top this. Thanks to all and hope to continue hearing from you. Tyler says "Dook, dook, chuckle" to all. Phyllis Mom to Duchess, Tobey, Tyler, Jenny, Molly B. and Joshua [Posted in FML issue 3496]