News Alert!

A new creature has been spotted trekking across the Tibetan plateau. Is it an animal? a human?? an alien??? No! It is a gnome!!! Normally, we see yaks, sheep, picas, and chiru (Tibetan antelope), as these (other than the sheep) are native to the area. I was just getting ready to post about some of the wildlife here, but then this gnome appeared!!! I guess this gnome has been traveling around the world, and even invaded some bedtime stories! I think that he would bring on night terrors or nightmares instead of helping me to go to sleep! As it is turning cold here on the plateau, I am sure that he won't be staying very long. He just isn't dressed warm enough! Most folks have pulled out their sheepskin lined wool clothing -- the ones with the artificial sheepskin smell better than the ones lined with real sheepskin. I have a wolf-lined vest that I wear, and even after being dry cleaned four times, it still smells wild! If the winter cold (or wild smells) don't drive him away, maybe the gnome will just wander off... It's too late in the season now to cross the Himalayas, but he may want to go someplace just to get warm. If you steal him, or if he just shows up on your doorstep blog, be sure to let Tim know, so that he can try to track him down.

Comments

[giggles]

You bet this guy was a nightmare....Geesh I could have told you he was a rascally rabbit....I see he changed his hat already!! So what did he tell you his name was? Be careful he’s a quick change artist....you just never know what to expect from him! Certainly hope he doesn't give you as hard a time as he did me!!! Just make sure he doesn't abscond with anything too precious!! I'm still checkin my place for lost treasures!!!

[Paris Parfait]

Bonnie, I hope he behaves a bit better while visiting you. In Paris he drank too much champagne, which is one reason his visit was such a quick one! :)

[bonnie]

Well, I am afraid that he got into not only the chang (barley beer), but also the baijiu (also made from barley), which is rot gut a lot like white lightning!

[tinker]

If he doesn't behave, Bonnie, maybe you should send him to Nome, Alaska *_*

You ladies are too funny!

[Deborah]

He had a fun stay in Washington, of course, I'm right down the corridor from Tim, so there wasn't much sightseeing to do ... glad Tara wisked him off to Paris where he subsequently made many new friend!! Cheers, JanePoe