Another image of a slide taken from dad's archives. I remember Wally so well. My older brother Johnnie was always bringing abandoned animals home with him ... in addition to this baby weasel, he once turned up with a rat he had caught in a cornflakes packet! I hasten to add that the rat did not get a home in our menagerie - he was dispatched straight back from whence he came (the local dump ...), and my brother wasn't even allowed to sit at the same table as us that evening! Unclean, my mum said! However, Wally was a baby weasel and we raised him and kept him as a pet for a long time. As you can see, he was a friendly little soul!
Lovely memory photo. Not sure I'd have been comfortable with Wally that close. What a lovely lady and being a Shetlander her gorgeous jumper is perfect. 💕💕
It took me a second to see the weasel! And then as I read it, I was confused. One last look at the shot had me laughing! I'm loving the memory lane you've taken. I have a stack of Memorabilia from several ancestors (now passed) that needs digitizing. That may give me a goal for some 365 work (already feeling the lag and it's day 3!)
A lovely photo of your mum looking happy & at ease with the weasel...a great name for a weasel! Love her jumper, she would look so in style wearing that today. A lovely story!
How precious! I've not heard of a weasel being a pet. My mom's family had a skunk as a pet for a number of years; her father was always finding orphaned animals, much like it sounds your brother did.
