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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
For a while I have tried to find a thread I had started when I joined the forum that could be a "home" thread for me.
Being busy about the forum has been a coping style, where I can acknowledge all my different life experiences that had been silenced. Possibly do some good and prevent things from getting worse. Like the little boy with the finger in the dyke.
Feeling fragile
Needing Nurture
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
Hugs Bella
@tyme
look after yourself, don’t push yourself too hard
make the most of time off… but keep up R&R
love apple
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AbnerSenior Contributor
Mine are quite opposite to each other. Bartok's full of beans and Olaf is a very chilled out little cat @Appleblossom .
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
@Abner I love a call called Bartok. Played him a bit on piano and recorder. We have a cat named after Ravel but my son wanted to feminise the spelling to… Ravelle.
Our cats have differences but like to hang out together.
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AbnerSenior Contributor
Ravel is also a lovely name. Bartok is black, what colour is Ravel? I was thinking of calling Bartok Bartok-Prokofiev, but thought that might complicate things
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
@Abner Black sounds right for Bartok. I played the Romanian dances back in the early 1980s….
Ravelle is a white and tortoise shell tabby. More chilled than her sister.
We had a ex lab rat called Voltaire in 1970s. My uncle brought it home from Monash…. Then I did a little philosophy…. Lol
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AbnerSenior Contributor
I have yet to play the Romanian Dances @Appleblossom . And Ravelle sound beautiful
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AbnerSenior Contributor
And rats are very beautiful animals @Appleblossom .
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
Yep. My uncle pointed out it was cleaner than rats in drains. Much maligned species. Lol @Abner
My cats are gorgeous Ravelle just plopped on my lap. I have been playing Sad Birds by the other Ravel. Lol. Maybe that influenced my son's choice of name.
Btw I like birds too... And volunteered in a zoo for 5 years, so am aware of speciesism. Lol. I also tend to anthropomorphise, a bit. Lol
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AbnerSenior Contributor
I watch documentaries about animals. Did you know flies are more prolific pollenators than bees? We really only appreciate bees because they pollenate our food. Flies pollenate everything.
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AbnerSenior Contributor
Did you know @Appleblossom that fliea are more prolific pollenators than bees? We really only appreciate bees because they pollenate our food, but flies pollenate everything...and if it weren't for flies, the world would be constantly covered in carcasses. Also, they protect us from far more illnesses than they give us, because for example they constantly feed on ground parasites.
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