First off, let me handle the question of my screen name... NO, I'm not into weird animal sacrifices or aphrodisiacs. It's just a reference to my normal state of being in everyday life. I usually have so many things going on that I'm "going around and around like a frog in a blender", you know, kinda like "running around like a chicken with it's head cut off". It's a Southern thang I guess.

I'm a conservative Southern Girl who loves all animals, but especially horses and cats. I'm also an enthusiastic member of the Free Republic Saddle Club.

Here's some pictures of my menagerie....................................

Me and Tennessee, my oldest (he's 20)...

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Tennessee strutting his stuff. (in his thinner days)...

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Bluebell and her '06 filly, Whirlwind...

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Bluebell's '04 filly, Hope...

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Bluebell's '03 son, Bob doing his "Spanish Walk" imitation...

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Truly...

Truly and her '06 colt, Goose...

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Truly and her '05 filly, Elektra (Ellie for short)...

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Truly's '03 daughter, Grace...

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I call this one "Shades of Gray"

Hope, Bob and Grace

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Pearl (aka "The Queen of the World")

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Buster sharpening his Troll killing skills............... Pearl and Buster

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Bear showing who REALLY wears the pants in the family!............................Bear the Christmas Cat

Buster likes the wreath too...

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Never appeal to a man's "better nature". He may not have one.
Invoking his self-interest gives you more leverage.

- Robert A. Heinlein, from The Notebooks of Lazarus Long