Hi All, Got a few subjects here. For the person with Oblina (tried to e-mail it, but it came back to me so thought I'd post it) : I just wanted to say that I think it's cute that your albino ferret is named Oblina, since it's an anagram. All the letters are the same in albino and Oblina, just rearranged! hehe! And for Millie, I love the names Dizzy and Joy. Good choices! I have a question about the Portland Ferret Fun Match on the 12th. I don't know if I can go, but if I can, how will I know who anyone is? I have heard of people on this list being there, but I have no idea what anyone looks like. Was just curious.. Also.. From Lynn McIntosh: >It's too late in the season, but next year I'll try and remind people to >go smell a blooming "Pieris japonica" bush, which smells EXACTLY like a >ferret, that musky wafting smell on a hot day after they wake up. And >there are some daisies that smell EXACTLY like ferrets' ears! AHA! Maybe I should ask my neighbours what they have in their front gardens. :) There was a period where every single time I'd come outside, I said, "Hmm, it smells like ferrets." And there are so many plants out there, it just has to be coming from one of them. So I thought that post was really interesting. =) I'd also like to add that I'm really so very sorry to hear about those of you who have lost your ferrets and those of you with sick ones. Even if I don't get to write to everyone, I think about all of you and am always hoping for the best for everyone. On a lighter note: I had a pseudo ferret sighting today. Anyone catch the M*A*S*H marathon? They were running episodes all day here. So I was watching a few of them, and one episode especially caught my attention at one point. Hawkeye, Honeycut, Radar, and General Potter were standing around a table talking and drinking, and had heard that Frank would no longer be coming back because he was transferred. They said, "Let's make a toast." And someone said, "Something tender." Another said, "Something sentimental." And Hawkeye raised his glass, the others followed, and he said, "Good-bye, Ferret Face." Haha!! All right, off I go. Everyone take care of themselves and their fuzzy friends. :) --Meghan [Posted in FML issue 2425]