Queen of the docks
Jul. 17th, 2005 01:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
otterfamilyComing here during the summer and finding the docks deserted is an eerie feeling for me. By all rights, Little Mama should be here right this minute, and she would still be here if I hadn't called Fish & Game to come "help" her this past January. Instead of helping, they wrongfully took her into captivity where she died soonafter.
For 14 summers, Mama reigned here as Queen of the docks. Her gentle presence is sorely missed, not just by me, but by countless others who met her over the years. This photo shows Mama gazing out over her domain during her last summer here...
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Some of the happiest moments of my life have taken place on these docks, watching the otters, and Mama was the most visible and friendliest of them all. Now, most of the time, there are no otters here, and it saddens me more than words can express.
Sometimes, I can almost see a ghostlike image of Mama still trotting softly here and there across the docks, eating a fish, or playing with a rope. But that's all it is–a ghost–and I am the one who is haunted...
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Little Mama's Tribute Page.
For 14 summers, Mama reigned here as Queen of the docks. Her gentle presence is sorely missed, not just by me, but by countless others who met her over the years. This photo shows Mama gazing out over her domain during her last summer here...
click image to enlarge
Some of the happiest moments of my life have taken place on these docks, watching the otters, and Mama was the most visible and friendliest of them all. Now, most of the time, there are no otters here, and it saddens me more than words can express.
Sometimes, I can almost see a ghostlike image of Mama still trotting softly here and there across the docks, eating a fish, or playing with a rope. But that's all it is–a ghost–and I am the one who is haunted...
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Little Mama's Tribute Page.
