{"id":38,"date":"2005-04-19T10:10:37","date_gmt":"2005-04-19T16:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atomon.org\/?p=38"},"modified":"2005-04-19T10:10:37","modified_gmt":"2005-04-19T16:10:37","slug":"sparky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/home.patrickrhett.com\/?p=38","title":{"rendered":"Sparky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sparky is a baby possum.  I wasn&#8217;t going to name him, but I took Laura to see him and she said, &#8220;Whatever you do, don&#8217;t name him, or you&#8217;ll be sad if he dies.&#8221;  My brain immediately created the name Sparky because it hates me.  I&#8217;m not certain that this wasn&#8217;t Laura&#8217;s plan all along.<\/p>\n<p>Ilse and I first saw him Monday morning, around 8:30.  He was walking around by an outdoor table at work.  He was shaking, and looked pretty bad.  We visited again that afternoon and gave him a fruit bar of some kind.  He seemed to be in much better spirits.  He was not shaking, hissed at Ilse and was running around in the bushes.<\/p>\n<p>We saw him again today, and gave him some more food.  We&#8217;ll see if he&#8217;s there tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atomon.org\/go.php?http:\/\/www.atomon.org\/pubphoto\/sparky\/DSCN7045.JPG\" target=\"blank\" title=\"(2 hits)\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atomon.org\/pubphoto\/sparky\/tb\/DSCN7045.JPG?w=640\" alt=\"Sparky\" \/><\/a>     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atomon.org\/go.php?http:\/\/www.atomon.org\/pubphoto\/sparky\/DSCN7046.JPG\" target=\"blank\" title=\"(2 hits)\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atomon.org\/pubphoto\/sparky\/tb\/DSCN7046.JPG?w=640\" alt=\"Sparky\" \/><\/a>     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atomon.org\/go.php?http:\/\/www.atomon.org\/pubphoto\/sparky\/DSCN7047.JPG\" target=\"blank\" title=\"(5 hits)\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atomon.org\/pubphoto\/sparky\/tb\/DSCN7047.JPG?w=640\" alt=\"Sparky\" \/><\/a>     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atomon.org\/go.php?http:\/\/www.atomon.org\/pubphoto\/sparky\/DSCN7048.JPG\" target=\"blank\" title=\"(3 hits)\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atomon.org\/pubphoto\/sparky\/tb\/DSCN7048.JPG?w=640\" alt=\"Sparky\" \/><\/a>     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atomon.org\/go.php?http:\/\/www.atomon.org\/pubphoto\/sparky\/DSCN7051.JPG\" target=\"blank\" title=\"(2 hits)\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atomon.org\/pubphoto\/sparky\/tb\/DSCN7051.JPG?w=640\" alt=\"Sparky\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sparky is a baby possum. 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