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https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/02/reason-to-hope.html?showComment=1265802461727 Enchanted Oak: Reason to Hope I like the word hope . I like the way it sounds when you exhale it. It breathes. I like what the word stands for. With hope, there is a poss... enchanted oakreasonhope https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/11/enough-is-enough.html?showComment=1290683744728 Enchanted Oak: Enough Is Enough Enough : as much as is needed. I poked fun at Walt Whitman the other day for being, um, excessively excessive. But then I ran across this bi... enchanted oakenough https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/02/poor-pleasures.html?showComment=1266072555187 Enchanted Oak: Poor Pleasures A few weeks ago I took part in a state poetry contest. The topic was to create a poem from the words rust , muslin , peony , coal , and fore... enchanted oakpoorpleasures https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/08/watch-out.html?showComment=1281903399282 Enchanted Oak: Watch Out The world's greatest Poetry Bus, invented by the world's greatest blogger, Mr. Totalfeckineejit of the Lost Land of Eejit, has embarked. See... enchanted oakwatch https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2009/11/ Enchanted Oak: November 2009 enchanted oaknovember https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2012/ Enchanted Oak: 2012 enchanted oak https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/08/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-unkers.html?showComment=1280693314797 Enchanted Oak: So Long, and Thanks for All the Unkers (Curlews and avocets on the Pacific shore) My eldest daughter leaves today. I've seen her only a handful of times during her life, once bri... enchanted oakso longfor allthanks https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2009/09/ Enchanted Oak: September 2009 enchanted oakseptember https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/08/watch-out.html?showComment=1281988383526 Enchanted Oak: Watch Out The world's greatest Poetry Bus, invented by the world's greatest blogger, Mr. Totalfeckineejit of the Lost Land of Eejit, has embarked. See... enchanted oakwatch https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/02/let-challenge-begin.html?showComment=1265564246294 Enchanted Oak: Let the Challenge Continue! We're hovering just below the $200 donation mark in the final hours of the Simple Things Challenge... an easy way to keep your blessings flo... enchanted oakthe challengeletcontinue https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/08/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-unkers.html?showComment=1280882951862 Enchanted Oak: So Long, and Thanks for All the Unkers (Curlews and avocets on the Pacific shore) My eldest daughter leaves today. I've seen her only a handful of times during her life, once bri... enchanted oakso longfor allthanks https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/02/let-challenge-begin.html?showComment=1265501900317 Enchanted Oak: Let the Challenge Continue! We're hovering just below the $200 donation mark in the final hours of the Simple Things Challenge... an easy way to keep your blessings flo... enchanted oakthe challengeletcontinue https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/02/my-head-is-not-my-friend.html Enchanted Oak: My Head Is Not My Friend The garden was horrible. The whole area wrapping around the back of the house was a big ugly mess. Just the sight of it was overwhelming. Th... enchanted oakmy headfriend https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/02/my-cat-writes-haiku.html?showComment=1265114532881 Enchanted Oak: My Cat Writes Haiku Katie the cat has taught me many universal truths. I spy strange new worlds That might enlighten my own Just beyond my reach. Plastic sack ... enchanted oakmy catwriteshaiku https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/08/thats-heavy-man.html?showComment=1282675743720 Enchanted Oak: That's Heavy, Man Summer of 2010 will go down in infamy as the heaviest summer of my life. Back in 1971, when I was 16, we used the word "heavy" to describe s... enchanted oakthat sheavyman https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/08/55-words-say-it-all.html?showComment=1282965063337 Enchanted Oak: 55 Words Say It All Ice Cream Grief I dig my spoon into the face of a glacier in the Alps, pry loose a chunk and slide it between my lips The sweet vanilla snow... enchanted oaksay itwords https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/08/accidental-blogger-gets-prize.html?showComment=1283255389681 Enchanted Oak: The Accidental Blogger Gets a Prize A year ago today I accidentally created this blog while nosing around in search of someone I don't remember anymore. It was accidental becau... enchanted oakaccidentalbloggergetsprize https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/02/let-challenge-begin.html?showComment=1265573964552 Enchanted Oak: Let the Challenge Continue! We're hovering just below the $200 donation mark in the final hours of the Simple Things Challenge... an easy way to keep your blessings flo... enchanted oakthe challengeletcontinue https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/08/accidental-blogger-gets-prize.html?showComment=1283276857130 Enchanted Oak: The Accidental Blogger Gets a Prize A year ago today I accidentally created this blog while nosing around in search of someone I don't remember anymore. It was accidental becau... enchanted oakaccidentalbloggergetsprize https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/08/accidental-blogger-gets-prize.html?showComment=1283434631318 Enchanted Oak: The Accidental Blogger Gets a Prize A year ago today I accidentally created this blog while nosing around in search of someone I don't remember anymore. It was accidental becau... enchanted oakaccidentalbloggergetsprize https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/02/i-want-to-steal-daffodils.html?showComment=1265953468077 Enchanted Oak: I Want to Steal Daffodils Down the street from my house is a house where yellow daffodils grow in clusters around the front yard. I pick a couple daffodils when no on... i want toenchanted oakstealdaffodils https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/08/watch-out.html?showComment=1281903561537 Enchanted Oak: Watch Out The world's greatest Poetry Bus, invented by the world's greatest blogger, Mr. Totalfeckineejit of the Lost Land of Eejit, has embarked. See... enchanted oakwatch https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/08/accidental-blogger-gets-prize.html?showComment=1283281229578 Enchanted Oak: The Accidental Blogger Gets a Prize A year ago today I accidentally created this blog while nosing around in search of someone I don't remember anymore. It was accidental becau... enchanted oakaccidentalbloggergetsprize https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/08/55-words-say-it-all.html?showComment=1282953417074 Enchanted Oak: 55 Words Say It All Ice Cream Grief I dig my spoon into the face of a glacier in the Alps, pry loose a chunk and slide it between my lips The sweet vanilla snow... enchanted oaksay itwords https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/08/accidental-blogger-gets-prize.html?showComment=1283265428904 Enchanted Oak: The Accidental Blogger Gets a Prize A year ago today I accidentally created this blog while nosing around in search of someone I don't remember anymore. It was accidental becau... enchanted oakaccidentalbloggergetsprize https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/08/watch-out.html?showComment=1282091697518 Enchanted Oak: Watch Out The world's greatest Poetry Bus, invented by the world's greatest blogger, Mr. Totalfeckineejit of the Lost Land of Eejit, has embarked. See... enchanted oakwatch https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/08/watch-out.html?showComment=1281868970397 Enchanted Oak: Watch Out The world's greatest Poetry Bus, invented by the world's greatest blogger, Mr. Totalfeckineejit of the Lost Land of Eejit, has embarked. See... enchanted oakwatch https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/08/kick-in-rear.html Enchanted Oak: A Kick in the Rear I got up this morning and scared myself. My head throbbed. My hair stood up in a mohawk. Random bursts of pain shot through my thighs. I wob... enchanted oakin thekickrear https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/08/watch-out.html?showComment=1281954789280 Enchanted Oak: Watch Out The world's greatest Poetry Bus, invented by the world's greatest blogger, Mr. Totalfeckineejit of the Lost Land of Eejit, has embarked. See... enchanted oakwatch https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2011/12/heavy-petting-oh-kate-kate-hefty-weight.html?showComment=1325044016782 Enchanted Oak: Furrst Love Heavy Petting Oh Kate, Kate, hefty weight of softest fur, the pat on lap brings her leaping up to crouch contented there prickle paw... enchanted oaklove https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/08/thats-heavy-man.html?showComment=1282729257378 Enchanted Oak: That's Heavy, Man Summer of 2010 will go down in infamy as the heaviest summer of my life. Back in 1971, when I was 16, we used the word "heavy" to describe s... enchanted oakthat sheavyman https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2011/11/ Enchanted Oak: November 2011 enchanted oaknovember https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/08/my-mothers-swan-song.html?showComment=1280790129094 Enchanted Oak: My Mother's Swan Song My mother is dancing her last dance. I'm off line, holding her hand. Please keep her in your prayers. Her name is Frances. enchanted oakmy motherswansong https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/02/poor-pleasures.html?showComment=1266076051455 Enchanted Oak: Poor Pleasures A few weeks ago I took part in a state poetry contest. The topic was to create a poem from the words rust , muslin , peony , coal , and fore... enchanted oakpoorpleasures https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/02/hard-hearted-55.html?showComment=1266602246658 Enchanted Oak: Hard Hearted (a 55) The big oak tree in the garden has stood for more than 400 years. It has a secret life. When people appear not to be looking at its ever-cha... enchanted oakhard hearted https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2011/06/ Enchanted Oak: June 2011 enchanted oakjune https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2011/07/ Enchanted Oak: July 2011 enchanted oakjuly https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/02/wonderful-day-3.html?showComment=1266849093445 Enchanted Oak: Wonderful! Day 3 "Anything looked at closely becomes wonderful." A.R. Ammons To follow yesterday's talk about suffering, I want to think about something wond... enchanted oakwonderful day https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/08/55-words-say-it-all.html?showComment=1282926567187 Enchanted Oak: 55 Words Say It All Ice Cream Grief I dig my spoon into the face of a glacier in the Alps, pry loose a chunk and slide it between my lips The sweet vanilla snow... enchanted oaksay itwords https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/02/can-you-make-me-pay-200.html?showComment=1265282509447 Enchanted Oak: Can You Make Me Pay $200? Some big names in the music business got together under Simon Cowell's organization and cut a single to raise money for the Haiti earthquake... enchanted oakcan youmake mepay https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2011/03/reborn.html Enchanted Oak: Reborn! I discovered something useful yesterday during hand surgery. 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The topic was to create a poem from the words rust , muslin , peony , coal , and fore... enchanted oakpoorpleasures https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/02/let-challenge-begin.html?showComment=1265569978584 Enchanted Oak: Let the Challenge Continue! We're hovering just below the $200 donation mark in the final hours of the Simple Things Challenge... an easy way to keep your blessings flo... enchanted oakthe challengeletcontinue https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/08/my-mothers-swan-song.html?showComment=1280886567236 Enchanted Oak: My Mother's Swan Song My mother is dancing her last dance. I'm off line, holding her hand. Please keep her in your prayers. Her name is Frances. enchanted oakmy motherswansong https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/02/hard-hearted-55.html?showComment=1266620179953 Enchanted Oak: Hard Hearted (a 55) The big oak tree in the garden has stood for more than 400 years. It has a secret life. 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Some big names in the music business got together under Simon Cowell's organization and cut a single to raise money for the Haiti earthquake... enchanted oakcan youmake mepay https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/02/hard-hearted-55.html?showComment=1266597611300 Enchanted Oak: Hard Hearted (a 55) The big oak tree in the garden has stood for more than 400 years. It has a secret life. When people appear not to be looking at its ever-cha... enchanted oakhard hearted https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/02/i-want-to-steal-daffodils.html?showComment=1265893410760 Enchanted Oak: I Want to Steal Daffodils Down the street from my house is a house where yellow daffodils grow in clusters around the front yard. I pick a couple daffodils when no on... i want toenchanted oakstealdaffodils https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/02/poor-pleasures.html?showComment=1266061993008 Enchanted Oak: Poor Pleasures A few weeks ago I took part in a state poetry contest. The topic was to create a poem from the words rust , muslin , peony , coal , and fore... enchanted oakpoorpleasures https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/02/reason-to-hope.html?showComment=1265817783986 Enchanted Oak: Reason to Hope I like the word hope . I like the way it sounds when you exhale it. It breathes. I like what the word stands for. With hope, there is a poss... enchanted oakreasonhope https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/ Enchanted Oak: 2010 enchanted oak https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/06/ Enchanted Oak: June 2010 enchanted oakjune https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/11/ Enchanted Oak: November 2010 enchanted oaknovember https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/05/love-gymnast-flash-55.html Enchanted Oak: The Love Gymnast: Flash 55 Flash Fridays are about telling stories in exactly 55 words. 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With hope, there is a poss... enchanted oakreasonhope https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/08/55-words-say-it-all.html?showComment=1283169483559 Enchanted Oak: 55 Words Say It All Ice Cream Grief I dig my spoon into the face of a glacier in the Alps, pry loose a chunk and slide it between my lips The sweet vanilla snow... enchanted oaksay itwords https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/02/gophers-2-me-0.html?showComment=1266294655469 Enchanted Oak: Gophers 2, Me 0 This is what I spent two hours doing on Sunday: digging fruitless holes in the garden, searching for the gopher tunnels that I knew were the... enchanted oakgophers https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2011/09/ Enchanted Oak: September 2011 enchanted oakseptember https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/08/55-words-say-it-all.html?showComment=1282918678711 Enchanted Oak: 55 Words Say It All Ice Cream Grief I dig my spoon into the face of a glacier in the Alps, pry loose a chunk and slide it between my lips The sweet vanilla snow... enchanted oaksay itwords https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/08/55-words-say-it-all.html?showComment=1282925899542 Enchanted Oak: 55 Words Say It All Ice Cream Grief I dig my spoon into the face of a glacier in the Alps, pry loose a chunk and slide it between my lips The sweet vanilla snow... enchanted oaksay itwords https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/02/let-challenge-begin.html?showComment=1265478525229 Enchanted Oak: Let the Challenge Continue! We're hovering just below the $200 donation mark in the final hours of the Simple Things Challenge... an easy way to keep your blessings flo... enchanted oakthe challengeletcontinue https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/07/crazy-potato-needs-name.html Enchanted Oak: Help! Name the Crazy Potato My odd little friend went to church yesterday. He/She/It went to an AA meeting in the basement. It was an open meeting, so potatoes could c... enchanted oakhelpnamecrazypotato https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/02/hard-hearted-55.html Enchanted Oak: Hard Hearted (a 55) The big oak tree in the garden has stood for more than 400 years. It has a secret life. When people appear not to be looking at its ever-cha... enchanted oakhard hearted https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/02/reason-to-hope.html?showComment=1265853745644 Enchanted Oak: Reason to Hope I like the word hope . I like the way it sounds when you exhale it. It breathes. I like what the word stands for. With hope, there is a poss... enchanted oakreasonhope https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/02/reason-to-hope.html?showComment=1265803812839 Enchanted Oak: Reason to Hope I like the word hope . I like the way it sounds when you exhale it. It breathes. I like what the word stands for. With hope, there is a poss... enchanted oakreasonhope https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/08/watch-out.html?showComment=1281816284110 Enchanted Oak: Watch Out The world's greatest Poetry Bus, invented by the world's greatest blogger, Mr. Totalfeckineejit of the Lost Land of Eejit, has embarked. See... enchanted oakwatch https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/11/enough-is-enough.html?showComment=1290699974104 Enchanted Oak: Enough Is Enough Enough : as much as is needed. I poked fun at Walt Whitman the other day for being, um, excessively excessive. But then I ran across this bi... enchanted oakenough https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/08/watch-out.html?showComment=1281831599526 Enchanted Oak: Watch Out The world's greatest Poetry Bus, invented by the world's greatest blogger, Mr. Totalfeckineejit of the Lost Land of Eejit, has embarked. See... enchanted oakwatch https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/08/you-want-whole-thing-rewritten.html Enchanted Oak: You Want the WHOLE THING Rewritten?!! The upshot of this weekend's critique of my novel by an agent, publishing editor, and writing instructor is: It's lovely writing, but change... the whole thingenchanted oakyou wantrewritten https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/08/watch-out.html?showComment=1282311816628 Enchanted Oak: Watch Out The world's greatest Poetry Bus, invented by the world's greatest blogger, Mr. Totalfeckineejit of the Lost Land of Eejit, has embarked. See... enchanted oakwatch https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2011/04/honeymoon-is-over.html Enchanted Oak: The Honeymoon Is Over The bandages came off my right hand last week. Without them, the wrist had full range of motion and my palm was exposed. My hand realized so... enchanted oakthe honeymoon https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/02/hard-hearted-55.html?showComment=1266604274756 Enchanted Oak: Hard Hearted (a 55) The big oak tree in the garden has stood for more than 400 years. It has a secret life. When people appear not to be looking at its ever-cha... enchanted oakhard hearted https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2011/12/christmas-lesson-in-fractal-geometry.html?showComment=1324867263357 Enchanted Oak: A Christmas Lesson in Fractals enchanted oakchristmaslessonfractals https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2011/ Enchanted Oak: 2011 enchanted oak https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2012/08/an-end-and-beginning.html Enchanted Oak: An End and a Beginning Bees dance when they have something to say. They came to my yard one day to show me how they speak. In this photo, a bee dances in ... enchanted oakendbeginning https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2012/02/ Enchanted Oak: February 2012 enchanted oakfebruary https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/08/my-mother-hits-promised-land.html Enchanted Oak: My Mother Hits the Promised Land To the very end, my mom does things her own way. She spent these past three days getting shed of the mortal body. I was there for most of i... enchanted oakmy motherhitspromisedland https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/08/thats-heavy-man.html?showComment=1282784743451 Enchanted Oak: That's Heavy, Man Summer of 2010 will go down in infamy as the heaviest summer of my life. Back in 1971, when I was 16, we used the word "heavy" to describe s... enchanted oakthat sheavyman https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/02/can-you-make-me-pay-200.html?showComment=1265284971375 Enchanted Oak: Can You Make Me Pay $200? Some big names in the music business got together under Simon Cowell's organization and cut a single to raise money for the Haiti earthquake... enchanted oakcan youmake mepay https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/08/watch-out.html?showComment=1281875240108 Enchanted Oak: Watch Out The world's greatest Poetry Bus, invented by the world's greatest blogger, Mr. Totalfeckineejit of the Lost Land of Eejit, has embarked. See... enchanted oakwatch https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2011/05/poetry-jam-theme-for-may-23.html?showComment=1305680278249 Enchanted Oak: Poetry Jam Theme for May 23 I have shook off the rain that soaked us here (who knew the power of a poetry theme could be taken so literally by the Weather Man in the Sk... enchanted oakpoetry jamthememay https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2011/12/christmas-lesson-in-fractal-geometry.html?showComment=1324787065219 Enchanted Oak: A Christmas Lesson in Fractals enchanted oakchristmaslessonfractals https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/05/glorious-big-sur-and-sick-55.html Enchanted Oak: Glorious Big Sur and a Sick 55 The California coastline approaching Big Sur I'm heading up the beautiful, rugged California coastline to camp at Big Sur with my family tod... enchanted oakbig surglorioussick https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/02/wonderful-day-3.html?showComment=1266897855820 Enchanted Oak: Wonderful! Day 3 "Anything looked at closely becomes wonderful." A.R. Ammons To follow yesterday's talk about suffering, I want to think about something wond... enchanted oakwonderful day https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/02/reason-to-hope.html?showComment=1265810963640 Enchanted Oak: Reason to Hope I like the word hope . I like the way it sounds when you exhale it. It breathes. I like what the word stands for. With hope, there is a poss... enchanted oakreasonhope https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2011/03/revolutionary-idea.html Enchanted Oak: A Revolutionary Idea "Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me." How often I think that if only he/she/they/it would stop troubling me, life would ... enchanted oakrevolutionaryidea https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/02/let-challenge-begin.html?showComment=1265571997577 Enchanted Oak: Let the Challenge Continue! We're hovering just below the $200 donation mark in the final hours of the Simple Things Challenge... an easy way to keep your blessings flo... enchanted oakthe challengeletcontinue https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/02/let-challenge-begin.html?showComment=1265574047903 Enchanted Oak: Let the Challenge Continue! We're hovering just below the $200 donation mark in the final hours of the Simple Things Challenge... an easy way to keep your blessings flo... enchanted oakthe challengeletcontinue https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2010/08/accidental-blogger-gets-prize.html?showComment=1283275238620 Enchanted Oak: The Accidental Blogger Gets a Prize A year ago today I accidentally created this blog while nosing around in search of someone I don't remember anymore. It was accidental becau... enchanted oakaccidentalbloggergetsprize https://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/2011/12/heavy-petting-oh-kate-kate-hefty-weight.html?showComment=1324620813347 Enchanted Oak: Furrst Love Heavy Petting Oh Kate, Kate, hefty weight of softest fur, the pat on lap brings her leaping up to crouch contented there prickle paw... enchanted oaklove