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I had the following conversation with Debbie this morning:
Me: (smiling) I love the way Foxie moves her bottom jaw up and down when she food grunts.
Debbie: I love everything that Foxie does.
And that about sums up how we all feel about Foxie. We are looking forward to celebrating her birthday in just two days!
Here’s a little video of the Loveable Foxie that I took last night in that quiet time after dinner:
There may be nothing that can truly capture the spirit of the July 30, 2011 Roslyn Olympics and the Troll Games, but here is an attempt…
In addition to ARRF Animal Rescue, thanks also to Matthew Wenz who designed the awesome Roslyn Olympics posters and to sponsors Cascade East Animal Clinic, Abbotts Printing Inc, Roslyn Downtown Association, Jeb’s Pet Supply and 93.7 KXA The Wind!
Here are just a few photos from the Troll Olympics, held in Roslyn, WA today. What a great time! More photos to come.
We have a really cool new t-shirt design from Colin of redskye design and we have the t-shirt blanks picked out. Now we just need to decide on colors. Go to our Facebook page to let us know what you like, or leave a comment here.
Here are the options for the women’s shirts:
I was looking through some photos from June. As you can imagine, all of the caregivers take a lot of photos. Most of the best ones make it to the blog, but once in a while I find some that haven’t been posted. It only took me a few minutes to find these never-before-seen gems:
Burrito:
Foxie:
Foxie making faces to herself in a mirror:
Missy under a blanket. She’s been doing a lot of Negra impersonating this summer:
First, Lynn brought in some more trolls for Foxie’s birthday and the Troll Olympics. I have become quite familiar with the facial features of troll dolls these past three years, and I noticed one troll in Lynn’s batch whose ears were slightly different than those I had seen before. I realized she reminded me of one of the chimps…
Take a look at the photos below and tell me you think.
Troll doll with chimp ears?:
Annie, also with chimp ears:
I believe there’s a definite resemblance. What do you think?
Enough about troll dolls for the moment, here are some great photos that J.B. took yesterday:
Burrito eating cattails from the pond on the property:
Missy being cool:
Negra being Neggie:
In preparation for Foxie’s birthday and the Troll Olympics, several supporters have been gathering troll dolls. Foxie and the town of Roslyn, where the Troll Olympics will be held, have no idea what’s in store…
Just take a look at the dolls that Monica found for Foxie! This photo was taken before she packed them up and shipped them to the sanctuary:
If you’re local, I hope you’ll join us at the Troll Olympics on July 30th. Let me know if you’d like to volunteer.
If you’re not local, well, perhaps you can create your own troll celebration and let us know about it.
Big thanks to our partner ARRF Animal Rescue who is having their 2nd annual Doggie Olympics before the Troll Olympics at the same location – you should definitely come to both!
And thanks to sponsors of the Roslyn games: Abbott’s Printing, Inc., KXA 93.7 The Wind (if you know the area, you know why the local radio station is called The Wind!), Roslyn Downtown Association, Cascade East Animal Clinic and Jeb’s Pet Supply.
