Why all the hate for squirrels? My dad is the same way, and his frustration knows no bounds when he is bird watching and a squirrel leaps/hops/scurries onto one of his bird feeders. I always have both bird and squirrel feeders set up so everyone is happy. I love squirrels, and even though they are a rodent, well, bunnies are rodents too, and how cute are they? (Very!) We lived on Pillar Mountain for a few years, and I had squirrels bold enough to come in the house, hop on my lap and take peanuts from my hand. Fox, too, except for the lap part! Well, and the peanut part too, the fox preferred meat! Here I have three eagle pairs very close to the house, and I have not seen a single squirrel. We moved last September and I had skiffman put up the two bird feeders, but evidently they are not well placed. We had a few birds visit them earlier this Spring, but with all the rain this summer I now have sprouted seeds which need to be mown. I miss hummingbirds, even though we do have Rufous hummingbirds in Alaska I have never seen one. Skiffman reported one summer that he saw one while he was in the skiff making a set. Tiny little hummingbird, out over the open water, buzzed in to check him out! Freaked out the skiffman, I’ll tell you!
“Slept like a baby” snort! Four kids later and I know what a ridiculous saying that is! #2 daughter didn’t sleep through the night until she was four years old, it was more like twenty minute naps and then she had to have mama.
Every once in a while I try to get skiffman to let me at least thin out the mono brow, but he says not just no, but hell no!
I had an interesting encounter with a head once. I was working on the f/v Gladys R baiting up for a halibut opener. It was a sunny, warm day, and the boat was anchored in a pretty spot to the side of the channel. I needed to go so I climbed around the stern and pulled the door toward me. I miscalculated the space and the door knocked my glasses off my face and into the water. I was seriously tempted to dive in after them, because I am as blind as a bat without them, but that water is always cold, and I thought better of it. I stumbled around for a couple of months until I made it into Kodiak and got a new pair. It was on that boat that I learned where the expression “the shitty end of the stick” comes from…yeesh!!!
Hey Drae Xanax gets me through my flights too! I hope that you have a wonderful vacation!
The Manamanah song is one of my mom’s favorites. She’s always been a little silly!
gotti it sounds as though your husband has his hands full with his new job. Whew, the best of wishes to him.
Good on you fcm I hope that every piece comes out exactly the way you want, and that you sell out quickly at your craft show, maybe become a world famous potter…maybe I get carried away sometimes, but I really do hope that all of your pieces come out nicely!
I sing too rosie and wish you the best with your quartet. I love working on harmonies, it’s so much fun, 'specially when you get it right!
Yay for mika’s mad sewing skillz! I have a very nice sewing machine my mom gave me, but it’s mostly a dust catcher.
That was some impressive tree damage gt do you like the new openness of the area now that it’s cleaned up, or are you gonna miss the tree hanging over the fence? I am doing the happy dance for the restoration of your services, I hate it when we have outages.
So far the drizzle has held off, although the sky is sunny for a bit, then overcast. My bones are achy, which means the rain is coming. The stew will be simmering away here in a few minutes, and then I’ll be cleaning house so I will only have to do the minimum over the weekend. Yeah, right. :rolleyes:
