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Pets, Pets, Whose Got Pets?!

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MLE (Emily Cotton)
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Interest in HF: started in childhood with the classics, which, IMHO are HF even if they were contemporary when written.
Favourite HF book: Prince of Foxes, by Samuel Shellabarger
Preferred HF: Currently prefer 1600 and earlier, but I'll read anything that keeps me turning the page.
Location: California Bay Area

Post by MLE (Emily Cotton) » Fri September 12th, 2008, 3:44 am

Hi Ellie, I see you found us! My, your menagerie outnumbers mine!

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Ellie
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Post by Ellie » Fri September 12th, 2008, 4:16 am

Hi all!

Well we do live on a farm, so that helps...

I was finally able to access the old site just and found the link to this site, thanks to those that sent the link to me!

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amyb
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Post by amyb » Fri September 12th, 2008, 6:55 pm

We have 1 dog, Lita - toy rat terrier, 2 cats: Kille, Hendrix and Stone, 1 rabbit, Vedder (after Eddie), 1 gerbil, Marley (after Bob) and 1 rat, Lecalvier.

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Misfit
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Post by Misfit » Fri September 12th, 2008, 6:58 pm

[quote=""Ellie""]Hi all!

Well we do live on a farm, so that helps...

I was finally able to access the old site just and found the link to this site, thanks to those that sent the link to me![/quote]

Ellie, glad to see you found us.

chuck
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Post by chuck » Fri September 12th, 2008, 7:19 pm

My wife and I have 5 cats... Buck, Clementine, Kip, Katie, and Lady Grey and 4 Australian Shepherds.. Rascallion, Chiclet, Reverence, and Strider....Life is good and very busy.....And yes....the Cats live on the second floor...Currently reading struggling with Barbara Erskine's time slip novel "Kingdom of Shadows"

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Vanessa
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Currently reading: The Farm at the Edge of the World by Sarah Vaughan
Interest in HF: The first historical novel I read was Katherine by Anya Seton and this sparked off my interest in this genre.
Favourite HF book: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell!
Preferred HF: Any
Location: North Yorkshire, UK

Post by Vanessa » Fri September 12th, 2008, 8:37 pm

I'd give the book up as a bad job if you're not enjoying it, Chuck. I really like Barbara Erskine as an author and have read most of her books - I have her last two still to read. But each to their own. If I didn't like a book after 100 pages, I'd abandon it (then again, I'm very good at persevering in the hope that it will get better myself!). Life's too short.
currently reading: My Books on Goodreads

Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind

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Misfit
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Post by Misfit » Fri September 12th, 2008, 8:48 pm

[quote=""Vanessa""]I'd give the book up as a bad job if you're not enjoying it, Chuck. I really like Barbara Erskine as an author and have read most of her books - I have her last two still to read. But each to their own. If I didn't like a book after 100 pages, I'd abandon it (then again, I'm very good at persevering in the hope that it will get better myself!). Life's too short.[/quote]


Vanessa's right Chuck, or at least put it aside and pick up something else. I enjoyed it but it's far from Erskine's best, which doesn't help with you're trying out a new genre.

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Leyland
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New pet in the fold!

Post by Leyland » Sat September 13th, 2008, 12:58 pm

I was still waiting yesterday to hear from the rescue group about the adoption of a black and tan Cocker named Chelsea, and getting impatient with the lack of followup from them since Tuesday.

So I went online and checked out the available dogs from the breeder I bought Lucy (my 1 1/2 yr old Cocker) from last year. Yay! I bought a sweet 4 1/2 month old black and tan male yesterday evening. I've named him Guinness and he's the most laid back pup I've ever had.

He's even Lucy's half-uncle, but he's a year and two weeks younger than she is. Guinness and Lucy's mother were sired by the same dog named Sir Supertramp (different mothers though). Guinness will keep Lucy company during the work week and espcially during tax season when I basically come home just to sleep!
We are the music makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams ~ Arthur O'Shaughnessy, Ode

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Vanessa
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Currently reading: The Farm at the Edge of the World by Sarah Vaughan
Interest in HF: The first historical novel I read was Katherine by Anya Seton and this sparked off my interest in this genre.
Favourite HF book: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell!
Preferred HF: Any
Location: North Yorkshire, UK

Post by Vanessa » Sat September 13th, 2008, 4:42 pm

Oh, how lovely, Leyland. Hope Guinness brings you lots of love. What an appropriate name for his colouring! :)
currently reading: My Books on Goodreads

Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind

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Post by SonjaMarie » Sat September 13th, 2008, 5:05 pm

We want pictures Leyland!

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