Saturday 31 March 2007

A foxy tale

This is what happens on a night shift ,this little fox has become quite tame and often comes around when Maurice is on night duty ,Maurice is very patient and has an affinety with all animals ,birds and um yes fish ,a regular Docter Doolittle !although the other members of staff leave food for the foxes ,it has to be said ,whilst Maurice was on holiday no one saw them .I was so pleased when he came home  the other night with these pictures .

I watched the British book awards last night and was delighted to see that Victoria Hislop won the prize  in her category for her book 'The Island'.I made a note of many more books I would like to read.

I actually did an entry on Thursday night prompty lost it as I was looking for the siggy ....then yesterday Icouldnt get onto the internet at all ,untill my computer guru Glen  came round after work and sorted me out what would I do with out him ? he must think Im such a pain especially as he has bought him self some personal number plates for his beloved car ,that he wanted to sort out .Thankyou Glen your a goodun !

Well just a short entry Im off now with my trolley to the shops,Have a lovely Saturday everyone ,The sun is shining here today, even though its cold ,so I will be wearing my warm coat 

With lots of love  

 

 

 

44 comments:

Anonymous said...

I would probably be too frightened to even try to feed the fox, your Maurice certainly must have a way with animals.  How nice to view the pictures from a distance.  'On Ya' - ma

Anonymous said...

Lovely pics, the fox obviously missed Maurice when he was off lol.
Debbie xxx

Anonymous said...

Hi Jan, the fox is lovely! I bet he was pleased to see Maurice back from his holidays! We have a fox at the hospital who comes round every evening. When I worked nights he'd sit on the wall with me, just looking while I talked to him! He was so tame. I'm off with my trolley now too, we're a couple of trolley dollies!! Lol! Jeannette xx  http://journals.aol.co.uk/jlocorriere05/Welcometomytravels/  

Anonymous said...

I miss foxes..I know they are sly little devils but I always loved them.. love to think of you off to the shops with your trolley..never see them over here either...
hugs
lyn

Anonymous said...

Those pictures are great. Hope you find what you need at the shops today. Thanks for sharing those foxy pictures. Helen

Anonymous said...

Oh yum - I'd be tempted too with a piece of Battenburgh!
Have you taken a pic of Lavender's  Easter window display yet Jan?  That window dresser fellow is so artistic!

ttfn
Freda
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Anonymous said...

Yeah the air is a bit nippy still isnt it! brrrrrr - Im indoors and they keep leaving the back door open and its really cold! Laine xxx

Anonymous said...

Oh how adorable! :o) Have fun shopping! :o)
Lisa

Anonymous said...

great pictures... I'd be scared to get that close... but it was nice to see...
love ya
d

Anonymous said...

Love the picture.

It was sunny here and windy but as the day progressed became oddly warm, which probably explains why the sky turned black in just a couple of minutes and we had a storm. It's stopped again as quickly as it started, so am hoping to get back in the garden again soon.

Linda. x

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Anonymous said...

Wonderful pictures Jan. Thanks for sharing. Have a lovely weekend.
Love Sylvia xx

Anonymous said...

Great pictures!  Have a lovely weekend
~~Kath~~

Anonymous said...

Hi Jan ,how lovely to see the fox so tame to eat from Maurice like that and some nice battenburg cake too .I watched the book awards too .How madderning to do an entry then lose it .Good ole Glen,hope he's got his number plates on now. We are off to Andys wedding reception tonight at the Haycock .Have a good weekend ......Love Jeanxx

Anonymous said...

These pics are great Jan.one house we had a fox used to come over the garden wall every evening looking for tit bits.I was frightened of it though LOL.I did used to leave it things before I retired to bed and then watch in the moonlight from the bedroom window.How he used to sense I had gone to bed.he used to creep then over the wall.I have a pic somewhere of him.How lovely they seem to have taken to Maurice as there friend LOL.This is just great.Hope you enjoyed your shop.I have just come home about half an hour ago from one of the Freeports .It has been a lovely day.The grounds were a mass of spring colour.Didn't have my didgy on me though as usual when I find nice things to snap it's usualy the case LOL.Loved the posting Thanx for sharing,they are bonny creatures I think foxes.Take Care God Bless Have a lovely week/end.
Astoriasand http://journals.aol.co.uk/astoriasand/MYSIMPLERHYMES

Anonymous said...

the pics are so cute Jan...............well done to Maurice.  Eve   Ps.. Its a lovely sunny day here too but very cold wind!

Anonymous said...

How wonderful to see how trusting the fox became with Maurice. These are wonderful pictures.  We haven't had TV on for two weeks now.  Tell a lie...I tried the news last night but Bryan hasn't got his listening power back yet so I turned it off.  Shame I missed the British Book Awards. Never mind...Have a lovely weekend.  We are off to visit with our daughter, who lives in the Borders, for the day on Sunday.   Jeanie

Anonymous said...

I am sooo impressed with those pictures...can we call Maurice the "Fox Whisperer" now??  Battenburg cakes no less...that's one very discerning fox with very ecclectic taste!
Can't wait to show these to Todd!
Marie
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Anonymous said...

That little foxy woxy is soooo cute!!  He's tame enough to take the cake, but he's watching every move Maurice makes LOL!  
Hope you have a nice Saturday shopping trip.
Pam

Anonymous said...

It's so good to see people taking care of the little guys out in the woods :)))))))
I would feed the squirrels in my yard almost every day and now I have them in my attic hahahaha!  AND can't get them out!  So we have to put netting over evrything and hope they are out before it goes up. I remember the days I would get up at 2 in the morning and find possums and racoons at my back door waiting for a dish of dogfood :)))))) Now they are afraid of me doggies. Have a pleasant day Jan           Doreen :)

Anonymous said...

What an adorable fox, Jan!  I've had tons of PC problems.  I finally sorted most out myself but have no idea how I did it.  It seems like computers like to reconfigure themselves after a good bit of use.  I need a PC whiz to help me out.  Have a good weekend!  Love xx Chris

Anonymous said...

Hi Jan, lovely photo's of the wee fox...my friend Mary said when I showed her them...OH they are eating batenburg cake !!  it is her favourite..doubt if the fox would have had a look in if she had been there!!!!!!!!  Hope you had a good shop. Still cold wind here but I have the door open and the sun is streaming in and it's quite warm.  Love Sybilx

Anonymous said...

Awww it's so cute! And obviously very tamed, yes. Either that or Maurice really is wonderful with animals! That's cool... I've never seen a real fox before around here.

I hope you're doing well, I apologize for not being around, please don't hate me. I'm trying to catch up with everyone while I've got the chance. Take care!

Morgan
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Anonymous said...

WHAT A LOVELY LITTLE FOX CUB JAN. I HAD A FAMILY OF YOUNG THAT USED TO VISIT ME LAST YEAR - THEY ARE VERY ENDEARING AREN'T THEY. IT WAS ESPECIALLY NICE SINCE IT IS VERY BUILT UP WHERE I LIVE WITH NOT MUCH GREEN SPACE FOR THEM. THE BOOK PROGRAMME WAS INTERSTING WASN'T IT - I TOO MADE A LIST OF LOTS OF BOOKS TO BUY AND READ. HAVE YOU READ THE ISLAND YET...........? BEST WISHES PATTI.

Anonymous said...

He's so lovely isn't he? We have been busy today with dog training etc - Maddie got a certificate! Course is finished now which i am a bit sorry about. Martin has gone out on a scooter day. Sam and I have been to PetSmart of all places, he wanted a fish! So yes - we now have a goldfish - Tell Pops not to come round with his rod LOL. HAve a lovely rest of your day and weekend. Love you both to bits. X X X X

Anonymous said...

How lucky we are to be able to share, if only for a short time, our lives with nature.

John.

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Anonymous said...

Oh Jan, thank you so much for sharing the pics of the fox. That was absolutely fabulous! I have always said kindness breaks the barrier between humans and our animal brethen. (Hugs) Indigo

Anonymous said...

Lovely photos Jan, he looks so tame and fancy him likeing cake, of all things, I used to know a family that had a fox as a pet when I were younger many many moons ago now,  it used to live in the in the house with their dogs,   they lived next to fields so it could come and go as it pleased if he wanted to, but he never did leave , he stayed with them untill he died of old age,
thanks for sharing the photos with us,
Love Lynne xx

Anonymous said...

oh man i love the fox pictures they are such pretty animals:) have a good weekend

Deb

Anonymous said...

Nice pics. Watch out cor the Cambridgeshire hunt though, they're probably hot on its heels. B. x

Anonymous said...

I read The Island and thought it was a great book too. I have been reading all Richard and Judy's books. That was the best one I thought and deserved to win. Lovely pic of fox...fascinating aren't they and so tame now. We had one in the garden in London the urban fox is common these days. Love Conniexx

Anonymous said...

Jan
I enjoyed seeing the pictures of the fox.  Maurice really does have a way with animals!  Sorry you had some computer problems, but I guess it goes with the territory, we all have them.  Thank goodness for people like Glen to help us get back on track again.
Sam

Anonymous said...

Jan those pictures of Maurice feeding the fox are really lovely  ~ I watched the book awards and really enjoyed it and so pleased Victoria Hislop won a prize ~ Glen is a star to come to your aid when you need help with your computer ~ hope you are having a good weekend ~ Ally x

Anonymous said...

A fox with good taste Battenburgh no less. mmmmmmm. Love Joan.

Anonymous said...

Ahhhh what lovely photos and it's good Maurice is there to look after them :-)  The book awards were quite interesting I managed to catch a bit of it.

Jenny

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Anonymous said...

A fox with good taste Battenburgh no less. mmmmmmm. Love Joan.

Anonymous said...

Great photos Jan,  We don`t get foxes that close to the house here, at least I don`t think so. I often hear them at night from the fields behind us so maybe they sneak in when we`re not looking...lol! I couldn`t get online at all Thursday either and after trying for about an hour I gave up. Friday morning it was alright again so I don`t know what was going on with AOL again.

Love Sandra xxxx

Anonymous said...

Close encounters of the vulpine kind :-)

Anonymous said...

Oh how lovely!  I haven't any chickens yet, and so I have a soft spot for foxes.  Bless!

Susie
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Anonymous said...

Awwww. . the sly fox. . i know a few of them.Hes quite cute isnt he. . looks like hes getting tame too.

Anonymous said...

Awww, cute little fox guy :o)
Great photo's Jan.
Sara   x

Anonymous said...

Oh I just love the little fox!  Reminds me of when I was younger and we had woods at the back of my house.  My Mom would throw the scrapes out at the back edge of our property and right at sunset the little fox would come out and nibble.  I used to wait by the window just to see the fox.  Hope you enjoyed your day!  De; )http://journals.aol.com/erarein63/DesThoughts/

Anonymous said...

Hi Jan,  I'm just going through my backlog of journals.  Loved the pictures of the fox, we have one too but ours usually comes during the day!  He, or rather we think it's a 'she', sits and looks at us through the French doors in the kitchen and watches us take a tin of dog food from the cupboard in the dresser, she hardly moves when we put the food in her bowl on the patio, just four feet away from the French doors, we love to watch her.

Happy Easter to you and your family!  ~~~ Pat   http://journals.aol.co.uk/pm71blackfen/ramblings-from-pat/

Anonymous said...

What a cute little fox!  I saw a little red fox when I was at my parent's house.  He ran between their house and the house next door.  Little flash of red fur.  
Hugs,  Kathy

Anonymous said...

I love foxes, I am still feeding mine but they don't get battenberg cake! lol Linda xx