Thanks Doc, said the Fox

 Oh what a poor Winter this has been.
 No work, finicky vehicles, no snow, and then the fox got the mange.

 
At first glance, I thought the fox had been hit by a car, it had lost so much fur off it's back and tail.
 Then I noticed it was rubbing it's face in the snow and that hair was falling out too.
After a two hour wait at the Vets', he gave me some medicine to try. And I'm happy to say it worked.

    Click on the link below to see how well she's progressed.

 

Foxy Mama's comeback

  Oh, and she is definitely is a mom again, little teats showing, and now the fur on her belly has been worn off.
 Maybe she'll bring them by again this year.

 I think things will start to pick up around here as we adapt to the new world order. Life will change.
 Like the motto for Burning Man )( last year,  "Evolve or Die"

 And I did order two tickets for Burning Man )( for 2010. Lots of plans, lol.

Volunteering

Well the Special Olympics didn't need any help.
I also volunteered for helping at the local food bank, to no avail.
But I did get a response from the PIT or "Passport in Time" program.
The project I applied for is a week in the Frank Church Wilderness.
Wilderness = no power tools. They aim to pack our supplies in to rebuild a cabin
in the Warm Springs drainage. Right next to the Shower Bath Hot Springs.
The same one that I struggled to find as the trail is not maintained on the lower stretch since the fire.
That's where I found the cougar that had been killed by the fire and immortalized it with a picture on my website.
Click on the picture to go to the PIT website, click "current projects at the top, and then Idaho to see a current view of the cabin.

Otherwise life drags on here with unemployment reigning.
I've even sent for my college records to see what I need to finish my Forest Fire Science degree.

The snow on the valley floor is about gone, with mud and trail closures next.
The Fox still drops by for a snack in the evenings.
I saw it dig up an egg from a cache under a tree in the snow. ( I don't give it an egg every time it shows up so as not to spoil him)







See ya"ll