<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel> <title> Comments on: Cousin Jim Dudley And The Saga Of The Cat Impersonaters On The Montana Family Farm </title> <atom:link href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/06/26/cousin-jim-dudley-and-the-saga-of-the-cat-impersonaters-on-the-montana-family-farm/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/06/26/cousin-jim-dudley-and-the-saga-of-the-cat-impersonaters-on-the-montana-family-farm/</link> <description></description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2022 05:36:01 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2</generator> <item> <title> By: Shelley Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/06/26/cousin-jim-dudley-and-the-saga-of-the-cat-impersonaters-on-the-montana-family-farm/#comment-204558</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Shelley Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2022 05:36:01 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=113118#comment-204558</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/06/26/cousin-jim-dudley-and-the-saga-of-the-cat-impersonaters-on-the-montana-family-farm/#comment-204418">Brett</a>. Lol @ dress for success! That's funny!!]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/06/26/cousin-jim-dudley-and-the-saga-of-the-cat-impersonaters-on-the-montana-family-farm/#comment-204418">Brett</a>.</p> <p>Lol @ dress for success! That’s funny!!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Shelley Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/06/26/cousin-jim-dudley-and-the-saga-of-the-cat-impersonaters-on-the-montana-family-farm/#comment-204557</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Shelley Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2022 05:33:58 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=113118#comment-204557</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/06/26/cousin-jim-dudley-and-the-saga-of-the-cat-impersonaters-on-the-montana-family-farm/#comment-204452">Ron Dudley</a>. Exactly! <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f601.png" alt="😁" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f923.png" alt="🤣" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/06/26/cousin-jim-dudley-and-the-saga-of-the-cat-impersonaters-on-the-montana-family-farm/#comment-204452">Ron Dudley</a>.</p> <p>Exactly! 😁🤣</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Michael McNamara </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/06/26/cousin-jim-dudley-and-the-saga-of-the-cat-impersonaters-on-the-montana-family-farm/#comment-204465</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael McNamara]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2022 14:48:37 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=113118#comment-204465</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/06/26/cousin-jim-dudley-and-the-saga-of-the-cat-impersonaters-on-the-montana-family-farm/#comment-204436">Ron Dudley</a>. It's a favorite of mine too.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/06/26/cousin-jim-dudley-and-the-saga-of-the-cat-impersonaters-on-the-montana-family-farm/#comment-204436">Ron Dudley</a>.</p> <p>It’s a favorite of mine too.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Nancy </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/06/26/cousin-jim-dudley-and-the-saga-of-the-cat-impersonaters-on-the-montana-family-farm/#comment-204463</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2022 14:14:46 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=113118#comment-204463</guid> <description><![CDATA[Not sure how I missed this post when it came out. The story of your rescue is scary. Many, many children and their parents have been less fortunate. And all your blog-followers are grateful too! Jim is a beyond a good sport. He's a hero. We need more like him because he occasionally risks so much to release a less than happy and potentially dangerous (to the nose and other parts) wild creature rather than kill it. We need more people like that!]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not sure how I missed this post when it came out. The story of your rescue is scary. Many, many children and their parents have been less fortunate. And all your blog-followers are grateful too! </p> <p>Jim is a beyond a good sport. He’s a hero. We need more like him because he occasionally risks so much to release a less than happy and potentially dangerous (to the nose and other parts) wild creature rather than kill it. We need more people like that!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/06/26/cousin-jim-dudley-and-the-saga-of-the-cat-impersonaters-on-the-montana-family-farm/#comment-204452</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2022 10:25:53 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=113118#comment-204452</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/06/26/cousin-jim-dudley-and-the-saga-of-the-cat-impersonaters-on-the-montana-family-farm/#comment-204450">Shelley Dudley</a>. I loved that story, Shelley. I'd never heard it. And knowing Ken's sense of humor, he'd absolutely love the fact that you think of him every time you see a skunk!]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/06/26/cousin-jim-dudley-and-the-saga-of-the-cat-impersonaters-on-the-montana-family-farm/#comment-204450">Shelley Dudley</a>.</p> <p>I loved that story, Shelley. I’d never heard it. </p> <p>And knowing Ken’s sense of humor, he’d absolutely love the fact that you think of him every time you see a skunk!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Granny Pat </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/06/26/cousin-jim-dudley-and-the-saga-of-the-cat-impersonaters-on-the-montana-family-farm/#comment-204451</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Granny Pat]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2022 10:04:02 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=113118#comment-204451</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/06/26/cousin-jim-dudley-and-the-saga-of-the-cat-impersonaters-on-the-montana-family-farm/#comment-204450">Shelley Dudley</a>. Another wonderful, warm and touching skunk tale to start my morning.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/06/26/cousin-jim-dudley-and-the-saga-of-the-cat-impersonaters-on-the-montana-family-farm/#comment-204450">Shelley Dudley</a>.</p> <p>Another wonderful, warm and touching skunk tale to start my morning.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Shelley Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/06/26/cousin-jim-dudley-and-the-saga-of-the-cat-impersonaters-on-the-montana-family-farm/#comment-204450</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Shelley Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2022 04:31:37 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=113118#comment-204450</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/06/26/cousin-jim-dudley-and-the-saga-of-the-cat-impersonaters-on-the-montana-family-farm/#comment-204428">Ron Dudley</a>. When grandpa passed away, I stayed on at the farm with Ken for quite a long time (maybe a month or three?) after everyone went home from the funeral. There was a skunk who came to visit us every day on the hill by the silos. His antics were so adorable that he soon became a running joke between Ken and I, and after I finally went back home to Washington, there was a card in my mailbox with a handpainted skunk on the front of it (local artist, I believe), thanking me for helping to make the transition to life without Grandpa on the farm <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f69c.png" alt="🚜" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> a little bit easier. I always treasure that card and think of Ken every time I see a skunk. <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f923.png" alt="🤣" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f92d.png" alt="🤭" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/06/26/cousin-jim-dudley-and-the-saga-of-the-cat-impersonaters-on-the-montana-family-farm/#comment-204428">Ron Dudley</a>.</p> <p>When grandpa passed away, I stayed on at the farm with Ken for quite a long time (maybe a month or three?) after everyone went home from the funeral. There was a skunk who came to visit us every day on the hill by the silos. His antics were so adorable that he soon became a running joke between Ken and I, and after I finally went back home to Washington, there was a card in my mailbox with a handpainted skunk on the front of it (local artist, I believe), thanking me for helping to make the transition to life without Grandpa on the farm 🚜 a little bit easier. I always treasure that card and think of Ken every time I see a skunk. 🤣🤭</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/06/26/cousin-jim-dudley-and-the-saga-of-the-cat-impersonaters-on-the-montana-family-farm/#comment-204444</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2022 18:26:36 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=113118#comment-204444</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/06/26/cousin-jim-dudley-and-the-saga-of-the-cat-impersonaters-on-the-montana-family-farm/#comment-204437">Larry Alan Krepps</a>. Larry, I have some not so fond memories of farm life too. But many of them involved being stuck working on the farm when I was a teenager when I'd rather have been in town with my friends. In the end the discipline was exactly what I needed but at the time I sure bitched and moaned about it. One of Mona's very favorite things about the farm was what she called, I think for the rest of her life, "Montana clouds". We can see some of them in the 2nd photo in today's post.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/06/26/cousin-jim-dudley-and-the-saga-of-the-cat-impersonaters-on-the-montana-family-farm/#comment-204437">Larry Alan Krepps</a>.</p> <p>Larry, I have some not so fond memories of farm life too. But many of them involved being stuck working on the farm when I was a teenager when I’d rather have been in town with my friends. In the end the discipline was exactly what I needed but at the time I sure bitched and moaned about it.</p> <p>One of Mona’s very favorite things about the farm was what she called, I think for the rest of her life, “Montana clouds”. We can see some of them in the 2nd photo in today’s post.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/06/26/cousin-jim-dudley-and-the-saga-of-the-cat-impersonaters-on-the-montana-family-farm/#comment-204443</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2022 18:20:34 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=113118#comment-204443</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/06/26/cousin-jim-dudley-and-the-saga-of-the-cat-impersonaters-on-the-montana-family-farm/#comment-204440">Elephants Child</a>. There's something about water and little kids, isn't there EC. I was always drawn to it. Still am.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/06/26/cousin-jim-dudley-and-the-saga-of-the-cat-impersonaters-on-the-montana-family-farm/#comment-204440">Elephants Child</a>.</p> <p>There’s something about water and little kids, isn’t there EC. I was always drawn to it. Still am.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/06/26/cousin-jim-dudley-and-the-saga-of-the-cat-impersonaters-on-the-montana-family-farm/#comment-204442</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2022 18:18:08 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=113118#comment-204442</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/06/26/cousin-jim-dudley-and-the-saga-of-the-cat-impersonaters-on-the-montana-family-farm/#comment-204438">Kent</a>. Laughed out loud with that one, Kent! I've never been sprayed directly but even getting the mist floating on the breeze on you will stick like glue to you for hours. My very worst experience was having to clean the innards of a combine out after I ran a skunk through it during harvest when I wasn't paying enough attention. My dad warned me of the consequences if I let it happen so when it did he made me clean it out. It never happened again, I can assure you of that.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/06/26/cousin-jim-dudley-and-the-saga-of-the-cat-impersonaters-on-the-montana-family-farm/#comment-204438">Kent</a>.</p> <p>Laughed out loud with that one, Kent!</p> <p>I’ve never been sprayed directly but even getting the mist floating on the breeze on you will stick like glue to you for hours.</p> <p>My very worst experience was having to clean the innards of a combine out after I ran a skunk through it during harvest when I wasn’t paying enough attention. My dad warned me of the consequences if I let it happen so when it did he made me clean it out.</p> <p>It never happened again, I can assure you of that.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>