tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77066182636576673822024-02-19T00:08:41.078-08:00Charlie "B" Butterfly...AKA~Batmantracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12078607000223426565noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706618263657667382.post-5825635635447848132013-01-30T18:57:00.002-08:002013-01-30T18:57:30.839-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Charlie Butterfly's story begins in the fall of 2012. </div>
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In a small town near our village, we were enjoying the last of the warm fall days....</div>
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At our favorite buger joint.</div>
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We ordered 2 of the best hamburgers and fries this end of the Provence.</div>
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While I sat waiting for Mr.B to bring me my burger, I took a few shots of myself with my new iPhone... </div>
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When I heard a small "mew"... </div>
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I looked away from the camera to see a skinny kitten pounce on and wolf down a black butterfly<br />
that landed on a near by tree!</div>
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I practically screamed at my husband to "hurry come save the butterfly"...<br />
The cat ate it so fast there was no saving the little winged creature.<br />
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My husband picked up the cat and brought it to our table...</div>
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OMG! This poor kitty was so thin and weak..</div>
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When I ran my fingers over his back all you could feel was his bones bumping along my finger tips....</div>
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No wonder he gobbled up that bug!</div>
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That's the first picture (above) I got of Charlie on the drive back to our home.</div>
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He went under the car seat, he's so weak and tired.</div>
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We shared our burgers with him, asked the owner of the establishment were the kitty came from?</div>
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He didn't know...just showed up one day.</div>
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This little guy was too small to leave behind, how could we?<br />
So, we informed the owner of the burger joint that we were going to take this </div>
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little fella home and care for him!<br />
(In case anyone should come round and ask)<br />
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We called him Charlie because he looks so much like my first love~</div>
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Charlee Barlee..</div>
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But this Chalie's "B" stands for "Butterfly"!<br />
lol...poor butterfly!<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">My grandson Lu, would tell you his name is "Batman" !!!</span></div>
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A very "odd" thing about Charlie is that he <i>always</i> smells like flowers, or something sweet..</div>
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I've never smelt that on a cat before!</div>
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He smells as good as Eli. after a bath!!!</div>
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He's so gentle. My daughter, and baby grandson T. love him too.</div>
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(below)Even when in play he is gentle.</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"> He was small enough to fit in my house robe pocket </span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"> Slowly Charlie put on weight, in time I could no longer feel the ridges of his once bony back. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">He got stronger and healthy, and a beautiful personality blossomed.</span></div>
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This fur babe loves his mommy so much, he puts his paws around me (above) and </div>
<span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;">reaches up for me.</span><span style="text-align: center;">....as if to say thank-you mommy.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">He's made a best pal in Missy. </span><br />
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he plays well,</div>
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Hes eating well,</div>
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sleeps in peace when he needs<br />
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He's had his shots, when he was well enough, we got him a wonderful lady vet who<br />
neutered and tattooed his ear so he wont get lost. </div>
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He's a happy boy, he plays all day and get hugs at night.</div>
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<b>Saving Charlie Butterfly</b></div>
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Just days after we brought him home, a freak snow storm took the whole Provence.<br />
Not unusual for Canada, things got frozen very quickly.<br />
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(above you can see the grass is still very green under the snow...)<br />
My granddaughter Bylla and grandson Eli. are playing in that first snow fall.<br />
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My outside flower boxes are withering in the cold snow.<br />
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One day we were enjoying burgers and the sun, and the next day its snowing!!!</div>
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I shudder to think what would have happened if we didn't go for burgers that day.<br />
Charlie being so small, out doors and hungry.<br />
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I'm glad we brought him him home for he would have surely froze that night.</div>
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That's Charlie B wrestling with the vacuum...January 2013</div>
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He thinks hes protecting me from the anaconda that shows up in our home every day...</div>
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Ha, I don't tell him...</div>
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I just say thanks...thanks for saving us Charlie, what a blessing you have been!</div>
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