On a Regular Basis: The Winx Trio

Well, I knew it would happen eventually - I’d get so busy that the regularly scheduled time for a post would come and go, and I wouldn’t have a post written. I like to be 3-4 posts ahead of schedule, but that hasn’t happened for at least the last month. I’m writing them the day before, the morning of, or right up to the posting deadline.

It happens to the best of us, I suppose.

And I have a good excuse. I've been quite occupied with our newest addition.

 

We named him Oliver. Chris wanted a name that reflected his origin story, and a friend of his suggested Oliver Twist - a little guy with a rough start who maintained his goodness and decency in spite of the injustice and corruption around him. Our little man continues to be a total sweetheart - last night, he put his paws on my chest and rubbed his face on my nose - so the name fits. 

 

I’ll probably still call him “Little Man” forever. It’s already morphed into “Mannarino” as a nickname, so I’m off and running with my usual shenanigans. By this time next year, he’ll have at least half a dozen nicknames that have nothing to do with his actual name. 

 

He went to the vet today and got a clean bill of health - no FIV and no FeLV! He's got to be the luckiest cat in the world, to have been outside for a year, scrapping with other cats, and not have picked up a single infectious disease. He's also flea-free and his skin has healed enough that we don't have to give him the 10 days of Clavamox, which will make everyone happy. We're going to leave the sunroom door open so he can come into the house on his own schedule.

Since I’m (a) already a day late on this post and (b) still horrifically short on time, I’m going to give you a brief but telling glimpse into just how obsessed I am with bay things.

 

Behold, my *cough cough* three *cough cough* regular run #1828 Winx models.

 

 

The first one is explainable - I bought her as part of the 2021 Collector Club Appreciation sale. I wanted a glossy Winx, so I ordered a matte one in the hope they’d get the hint - and, happily, they did!

 

 

Then in January of 2022, not two months after I had just bought my first regular run Winx, Heather B and I went to Sir Troy’s Toy Kingdom in search of a Harley for her. (We are all slightly obsessed with Harley, the famous Sugarbush Draft who escorts horses to the track, and the Friesian is one of Heather’s favorite molds, so of course she had to have a Harley.) I’d already heard about chalky Winxes in the mix, so I wanted to look at the ones at Sir Troy’s to see if I could find one.

 

I'm pretty sure this gal is one. Her paint is much thicker than my original.

 

 

And then this other one with red shading jumped out at me, and I was doomed.

 

I keep telling myself I should sell one, but I just can't do it.