Since elder 'Chopper the ( in younger years ) Organic Helicopter has always so loved blue, making a point of stealing only blue baubles and so on, we wanted to treat her to some blue despite her sight now being reduced to only light and shadow by protein accumulating in her lenses. This morning Steve found the perfect thing to shine a flashlight through for her: a New York Times plastic delivery bag wrapped twice. Steve said that she made a very entranced fuss over it -- much more so than when we do the plain flashlight so perhaps she can still detect some color if it is projected strongly enough (?) rather than just liking the bag and the flashlight. Little Pain in the Butt ( an official name she recognizes along with it's variant ) has always had impaired hearing for high pitched sounds, but being among the most color sensitive in the ferret sight continua was a neat thing. ( Most seem to have reds and grays, but there also appear to be some color blind completely, and some with more colors. ) Now it's all smell and blobs, but she's still the boss. We wonder if she sometimes thinks others may be more dependent on smell as well; if she wants to enter a closed room with a person in it she will now try the old approaches a few times then turn around, stick her tail under the door and waft it around. "It's me; it's me!" [Posted in FML issue 1950]