From Conan Chee

Beautiful Northern Saw Whet Owl!! SW British Columbia

  • Maeve@kbin.earth
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    6 months ago

    Cats and dogs. Human partners and friends, too, if they speak up about sudden changes in breath or body odors, such as sweet, fruity, moldy, decomposition, etc. I would imagine it takes a rather close and trusting relationship, eg I trust you aren’t saying things to be hurtful/I trust you to receive my comments in good faith.

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      6 months ago

      I definitely noticed when my first cat got kidney failure, though I didn’t know what it was at the time. Also when my girlfriend was going through some mental issues it was one of the ways I could tell. We’ve got all our senses for a reason, we should use them!

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        6 months ago

        I absolutely agree. Our society and even cultural habits can pull us away from ourselves, giving us a sense of distraction, separation, going in too many directions. When we get quiet and still, coming fully back into ourselves, we start to notice things again.

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          6 months ago

          😁

          I’m glad you commented today. This was a fun chat and I had been thinking about you this week since I hadn’t seen your name in the comments for a while.

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            6 months ago

            Thank you. I’ve missed our chats. I’m spending time on a few other projects, one of which may be surgery to correct some mechanical issues. I hope you are happy and well.

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              6 months ago

              I am doing pretty well overall. There’s a few things stressing me out, but they’re under control, just annoying, and I’ve been 90% done being sick for like 2 weeks now but can’t shake that last 10%. My overall feelings though have been better than at the very start of the year.

              Good luck with what you have going on, I hope things go the way you want, and I’ll be here whenever you’re ready for more owls and tangential conversation!

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                6 months ago

                I’m glad to hear you’re doing better.

                Thank you for your good wishes and for putting up with me to go off topic.

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                  6 months ago

                  Always feel free to go off topic, at least on anything I post. I’m good talking about the actual owls of course, but I enjoy getting to know about all of you and whatever interesting things you’re thinking about. No need for us to be all stuffy up in here.