#virginia fur

[spilladabalia]

Dog Faced Hermans - Virginia Fur

[elizabethkiem]

As they Rode Along the Edge

[gracie-bird]

Princess Grace at Mr and Mrs Amb. Peter K. Murphy's living room in Arlington Virginia in March 1978. "Unbeknownst to us, our 7 years old son, Marc, asked Her to pose and he snapped this photo with his little Brownie camera just before we left for the Catholic University of America where the Princess and Richard Pasco performed a poetry and prose reading entitled Birds, Beasts and Flowers. The same program was a smashing success - later that same month at Princetown University and Harvard University during that unique tour of the USA" - Amb. Peter K. Murphy.

[silverscreenfurs]

[citizenscreen]

Henry Fonda, Virginia Bruce, George Murphy, Betty Furness, and James Stewart at the new West Side Tennis Club in 1930. #DailyStewart

[chicinsilk]

US Vogue October 15, 1967

Alixandre for Samuel Schulman Furs.

Photo Virginia Thoren-Rice vogue archive

[nugothrhythms]

"Diaspora" by Charleston, West Virginia-based dark post-punk and indie goth band Static Fur off of their 2020 release Sorry Future

[dimepicture]

[spent-brass]

Fleshed out and stretched some fur. These are all roadkill, and you can certainly tell.

[doctorbeth]

A White Kitty for Christmas

White Kitty had an unfortunate run in with the family dog. His 10 year old person, who had had him since he was born, devastated by his wounds. He even asked Santa to heal her for Christmas. That was the number one thing on his Christmas list!

Here are the diagnosis photos of White Kitty, as well as a photo of him with the family's warm blooded cat in happier times:

While you can see his head injury, and part of one foot, he was also missing a leg and a lot of stuffing. The plan was to repair her without cleaning or restuffing, to keep him as close to his well loved touch, look, and smell as possible. So, for instance, while his name is White Kitty he is no longer white, so his transplant fur was not white, the better to blend with him now (and in the future).

Here he is all better!

"He is perfect!" his family wrote, and so he flew home to West Virginia.

[sasspossrilla]

Now THIS is an extra soft possum

todays possum is Extra Soft. you may approach.

[reasonsforhope]

"Black-footed ferrets are North America’s only native ferret species and were thought to be extinct in 1979.

When the species was miraculously rediscovered in 1981 in Wyoming, these long, quirky mammals quickly rose to become the center of dedicated conservation efforts.

At that time, the Wyoming Game Department and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services brought 18 ferrets into human care to begin cooperative breeding programs, like the one at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia.

Between captive breeding, wildlife reintroductions, habitat restoration, and even genetic cloning, one of the continent's most endangered mammals is now seeing a comeback.

Perhaps the cutest manifestation of this conservation work is a new litter, born at the NZCBI on May 11. 

Since 1989, 1,218 black-footed ferret kits have been born at NZCBI, with 750 reintroduced to the wild. Currently, 48 ferrets live at NZCBI, including one-year-old female Aristides, who gave birth to the new litter of six kits last week. 

Last breeding season, NZCBI raised 51 ferret kits. Now with 2024’s season underway, animal care staff are closely monitoring the ferrets’ behavior through the institute’s Black-Footed Ferret Cam (a temporary live webcam the public can also view on the NZCBI website)...

Right now, the kits are still tiny, weighing less than 10 grams, with a thin layer of white fur covering their bodies. Their well-known mask-like markings and namesake dark feet will appear in the next few weeks. Then, they’ll start venturing out of their den and exploring the burrows of their habitat, akin to the tunnels they’d find in the wild."

-via GoodGoodGood, May 21, 2024

[silverscreenfurs]

[hotchfiles]

Lari I got the cutest idea for a Hotch fic and wanted to share, you don't have to make this a thing you're just the first person I think of when it comes to anything Hotch related!! <3

So what if Hotch had a daughter and she's applying for colleges and she doesn't tell her dad that she applied for the college he went to and then she gets accepted and surprises him by getting a hoodie w the schools name on it, goes up to him and is all "surprise!" and then Hotch is the proudest and smiliest dad ever, the end x

love, family & law

You don't enjoy hiding things from Aaron, and he is annoyingly good at figuring you out, you also don't like supporting Abbey lying to her father, but she has been excited to surprise him with her pre-law George Washington acceptance since before she had actually been accepted and the tenderness of it pulled you by your heart strings.

Jack had recently finished his EMT- Intermediate training and chosen your alma mater Virginia Commonwealth University for his Bachelor's in Emergency Medical Science, a proud to be paramedic. You were excited to see Aaron as happy as you are about sharing schools.

He was starting to get worried too, the family's youngest going radio silent about acceptances from colleges, to him, was beginning to seem like Abbey hadn't got any.

That possibility doesn't bother him, really, he just doesn't want his baby girl suffering alone.

He gets home late and tired, as usual. The two cats he was coerced into adopting years ago are the only ones to welcome him in, two balls of black and orange fur rubbing against his legs lightly and purring as he put his keys, phone and wallet on the table by the door.

"Honey? Abbey?" He scrunches down for a minute, giving Monday and Friday his full attention, and back rubs, "Do you know where mom and your sister are, huh, sneaky babies?" They meow in response. "Gonna need a translator for this interrogation." Aaron smiles to himself and stands up, his knees embarrassingly cracking at the action.

"We're cleaning your office!" His brows rose immediately in suspicion, your voice didn't sound like it was coming from the office, and cleaning it was definitely not your responsibility on the chores chart you both built over the years.

Still, he follows the direction, balls of fur by his side, and is met with the room empty, his old almost falling apart too big GW Law sweater that you usually wore to sleep neatly unfolded over his desk. "Whatー"

"SURPRISE!" He doesn't flinch, turning around in a second, a happy smile, showing a bit of teeth even, graces his face when he notices Abbey wearing a GWU sweater. "Pre-law, officially."

Aaron doesn't say anything, walking over to her and engulfing her in a bear-like hug. You watch from the sidelines, seeing tears watering his eyes lightly as you try to hold back your own.

"Baby, please, don't turn into a defense lawyer." He says half-jokingly after letting go of the hug, pride and joy written all over his face.

"Aaron!"

"What? I'm proud but we gotta be careful, don't want her taking people I put in jail out of there."

Abbey rolls her eyes (yours, completely) at him. "I will if they're innocent. Old people make mistakes." The tone and bite to her tongue are completely his. Strong, matter-of-factly, confident.

Smiling at you is his only reaction, love for what you two created together is clear in his eyes.

Love for the family you helped him build, for the fact you raised Jack and Abbey with values that made both want to help people.

Love for you, always love for you.

[chicinsilk]

US Vogue November 1, 1963

Alixandre for Samuel Schulman Furs

Model : Margo McKendry

Photo Virginia Thoren-Rice vogue archive

[nugothrhythms]

“Insomnia” by Charleston, West Virginia-based dark post-punk and indie goth band Static Fur off of their 2021 EP also called Insomnia