i've achieved my final form

Hodu - large riverbed (i.e boat can travel in it)

Jogi - river

Jogiparras - riverbank (lower than jogiäbräs)

Jogiäbräs - steep and high riverbank

Jovenhammaš - cape at the mouth of a river

Jovenšoara - fork in a river

Jovensuu - mouth of a river

Kauruma - small cove in lake or river

Lambi - pond

Lammikko - small pond, place with several small ponds

Lampareh - lake that forms on the side of a river, a river cove

Loama - swampy lake

Luhta - lake that forms and disappears regularly as result of flooding

Marelikko - stone bottomed lake shore

Meččäjärvi - forest lake

Meččälambi - forest pond

Oapa - open lake

Puhta - bend in a river

Suojärvi - lake in a swamp, boggy lake

Töträ - river or stream with muddy or dirty water

Uitto - spot in lake, river or pond where cattle is taken to have a dip

Umbilambi - pond with no outlets

Valdajogi - main river, large river

Vana - small, shallower riverbed (rowboat can't travel in it, it needs river boat or canoe)

I know I owe you a bunch of stories, and I’ve got them all lined up to tell, including Kouku and Girlgirl and Leika. I just finished with the hardest patients I’ve ever had. One was literally shredding, so needed two different stuffed animals of my own to act as models, and the other pair had fabric that was disintegrating in a way that made it sticky, so every time the needle went in and came out, I needed to clean it off! They were stuffing inside, and the top layer of their fabric was coming apart, but the backing of their fabric was sticky. It was new. :-/

But, today I am going to share the story of a turtle named Turtle, and for a rare special treat, you get to see part of the patient’s family. I don’t usually show families for privacy reasons, but, well, this is Turtle’s warm blooded being, Murphy:

They’d been together for six years, since Murphy was a puppy. Here’s their baby picture:

As you can see, Murphy has grown and Turtle has, well been worn a bit. Here are a couple of his diagnosis photos:

We agreed that Turtle needed transplants for his balding, and wounds sewn up. Usually, I don’t clean patients belonging to animals, as scent is so important, but in this case, the humans decided a spa was in order too. So Turtle flew down to the Bay Area and started his treatment with a spa:

You can already see him getting cleaner!

Once dry and restuffed, he got a heart with a bit of original stuffing:

And then the humans chose a fabric for his transplants from two options:

Soon his surgery was done and he was ready to head back north:

Normally I’d stop here, with a quote from the humans “He looks great!” But that’s not the end of the story. You see, once Turtle got home, Murphy sent some photos to make everyone smile:

Happy as a puppy that they’re together once more!

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"oh ryland. only you would cry over a bunch of rocks."