GEE…IT’S GREAT TO BE GORGEOUS…
MY NAME IS GEORGE…
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Today class, we will study the word G…we will use “G” words to describe my friend George…ahem…
George is Giant…
George is Gorgeous…
George is Gleeful…
George is Grand…
George is Great…
George is Gregarious…
George’s friend has run out of “G’s”
NAPTIME…
No, I’m not tired…I’m not sleepy…I DON’T NEED A NAP! Well o.k., maybe just a little one…
I’M DREAMING ABOUT A BIG STEAK…
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I’M DREAMING THAT THE KITTY IN THE FIRST IMAGE IS A BIG STEAK…
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ANOTHER MOMENT WITH JOE…
A few weeks back, I posted a picture of “Joe” looking beautiful and dignified. It was a wonderful moment. He also gave me THIS sort of wonderful moment…
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Actually I think this was a really awesome moment!
ETIQUETTE AT THE AIRPORT…
When flying as a pilot, one must always respect the landing and take-off style of others. Let’s face it, some pilots are just better than others. Sometimes you experience that wonderful, gentle landing…other times your glasses fall off and your dentures fall out from the impact of the landing. Some pilots make graceful turns, others have you laying on your side and getting to know the person in the next seat much more personally than you’d like to.
PUT YOUR LANDING GEAR DOWN NOW!!!!!!!
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I’M COMING!, I’M COMING!..GET OUT OF THE WAY!
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A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH LEANING TO THE LEFT…THOSE POOR PASSENGERS!
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PATCH…
A new visitor!
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OOOH…WHAT IS THIS?
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LOOKL! I CAN HOLD THIS WITH NO HANDS!
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I CAN’T GET THIS THING OFF OF MY TONGUE!
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HE FELL ASLEEP WAITING FOR THE PEANUT TO LET GO OF HIS TONGUE!
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BIG SKY…
Just another image from an afternoon that I spent with the horses…Can you feel the warm air and the breeze?
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I DON’T USUALLY DO THIS…
I’m going to confess right up front…I used photoshop on these images…I used the procedure called “smearing”…I made that procedure up…I just smeared things around…no rhyme or reason to it….I didn’t smear up the animals…just the background…no animals were harmed in the making of these images.
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AND NOW WE KNOW WHY…
Why my fascination with the behavior of Blue Jays? Well actually, I think ALL birds are fascinating, but I really do have the most fun photographing the Jays….and now I know why. My Mother was cleaning out her attic a while back…she collected up a few things that she thought I’d like to have since they were mine as a child or teenager. She put everything in an old suitcase that I had told her I wanted long long ago. The suitcase had been hers at one time. So we went through the treasures…sometime I’ll show you the dolls that I had…very interesting and disturbing. But back to the birds…guess what used to hang over my crib when I was a baby? It now hangs in a place of honor in my studio. Obviously, this was imprinted in my brain…I’m starting to wonder what else was hanging over my crib…chocolate bars?…a pink tutu?…
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IT’S ELEMENTAL…
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I visited Bob a week or two ago…well I actually visited with all of the horses…we walked the fields and I decided to use Bob as a picture frame again. Just a lazy hour with the horses…the best medicine ever.
NATIONAL CUTE DAY…
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HELLO MY NAME IS PIPSQUEAK. I live under Zannyro’s bed and read her Agatha Christie books when she’s not looking. I apologize for not wearing shoes today, but zannyro says wearing high heels all of the time will give me ugly toes when I’m older. I spend most of my day waiting for Max the dog to come by so that I can jump out and pinch him and then I get to listen to him scream. Everybody has always wondered why he randomly shrieks and runs, so don’t tell them…they’ll make me stop.
(This squirrel does not really live under my bed…I’m positive, because after reading this I went and checked. Apparently it’s living under my bathtub.)
RETURN OF THE NINJA BLUE JAY…
There is definitely a new Blue Jay in town. First it attacks the hawk…now it’s brave enough to actually sneak up and steal a peanut with a squirrel RIGHT NEXT TO HIM/HER !! I never see this, usually they give the squirrels PLENTY of room…..So may I introduce to you once again…
“THE NINJA BLUE JAY”…..
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WHEN I FLY I MAKE NO SOUND….SO I CAN SNEAK UP ON THEM..
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THEN I GRAB THE PERFECT PEANUT…..ACTUALLY WHICHEVER ONE IS CLOSEST TO ME…
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THE ONLY WAY I COULD BE MORE PERFECT AS A NINJA, IS IF I WAS INVISIBLE…
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LOOK HOW AMAZING I AM…I’M NOT EVEN USING MY NINJA WINGS TO FLY..
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THE NINJA BLUE JAY SHALL RETURN !
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DID YOU EVER HAVE ONE OF THOSE DAYS?
Some days things just aren’t easy…there’s somebody standing in our way…keeping us from achieving our goal. This is the sad case of a squirrel who was trying to get a peanut…JUST ONE LOUSY PEANUT…would his co-worker share with him? I THINK NOT!! The cruelty of the animal kingdom is just too much to bear sometimes.
O.K…ALL I HAVE TO DO IS JUMP UP THERE AND GRAB A PEANUT.
WA-HOO!
OR NOT…
O.K…..I ONLY HAVE 15 MINUTES LEFT ON MY BREAK….I’VE GOTTA HAVE A PEANUT..
COME ON, COME ON ALREADY….GIVE ME A CHANCE!
THIS IS GETTING RIDICULOUS…
NEVER GIVE UP! NEVER GIVE UP!
I GIVE UP! I GIVE UP!
MIGHTY JOE…
I had fun this afternoon. After too many hours of working on the computer, I needed a break, so I went over to visit Melvin and “The Boys”. Melvin is doing very well and tomorrow he’s going on an adventure with a friend of his. They’re going to go somewhere over in Amish Country to pick up some chickens for his friend and some “chicken nests”. I guess these are some kind of metal contraptions that hold the nest for the chicken and after they lay an egg, the egg rolls out into a little box type thingy…hopefully keeping the egg somewhat clean. ANYWAY…Joe gave me a moment of interest today..he came running at me and then stopped right in front of me to get a pat on the head…UNUSUAL!!
He also gave me this wonderful moment.
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WOWZA!…
I was working away here on the computer, when movement captured my attention outside of the window. Gliding in for a landing, came the Boss. He looks bigger than ever and he made himself right at home with a view of the bird feeding area. He wasn’t there long. I missed the best shot, but I was amazed at what I saw. I watched a Blue Jay, totally intimidated by a red-breasted grosbeak yesterday…but today…not so intimidated.
I JUST FLEW IN TO HAVE A LOOK AROUND…MAYBE A SNACK.
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SHAKING OFF MY FEATHERS SURE FEELS GOOD.
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I WISH I HAD A COMB…I FEEL TOO FLUFFY…
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WHAT THE HECK!! WHO JUST HIT ME ON THE HEAD??? ( Darn, I missed the actual contact by a second.)
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DRAT!…THAT WAS THE DREADED NINJA BLUE JAY!!…
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I AM SO OUT OF HERE!!
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AND THAT MY FRIENDS, IS WHAT I CALL….A “CHICKEN” HAWK.
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THE BOSS OF THE WOODS…
Not a really sharp image…he was quite a distance from me, but I like this anyway.
RED TAILED HAWK
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CAN YOU SAY…DON’T BITE ME, DON’T BITE ME!…
Don’t worry, there’s glass between myself and this little toothy devil..
SHOULD WE TELL HIM, OR HER, THAT THEY HAVE SOME PEANUT ON THEIR NOSE?
OOOHHH….SHARP, SHARP, SHARP, SHARP TEETH!!
OUT OF THE WOODS…
I’ve been in the woods every day now for the past four days. Why is it that you think, “oh, I’ll just go out and cut back those branches that are crowding in on the little barn”, and the next thing you know you’ve hauled 20 loads of branches and twigs to the burn pile? My poor little fingers are swollen and are not happy with me.
But this afternoon I decided it was “bird time”…enough is enough…when your husband finds you laying in the grass with your face as red as a beet, it’s time to take a little break. (I really was just trying to cool down and watching a hawk fly by..I forgot how much fun it is to lay in the grass.)
THE RETURN OF THE BLUE JAYS.
OH I’M OUT OF PRACTICE, I CUT OFF HIS HEAD!
PICK ON SOMEBODY YOUR OWN SIZE…
First I heard the crow, then I heard the hawk…I didn’t see anything, just heard them….then I saw the hawk, then I saw the crow….amazing when the littler birds go after the big birds.
THE HAWK…
THE CROW SMACKS THE HAWK…
ROOM FOR ONE MORE?…
Before we get too far away from winter I wanted to share my image of the “twitter family”…..they are the ORIGINAL twitter family and they do not use computers to communicate…they are in the process of filing a lawsuit for intellectual property theft. Everyone using “twitter”…don’t panic…I’m sure the damages that they’re asking for only amounts to “peanuts”….and maybe some birdseed.
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QUADRUPLETS!!!!!!!
I have NEVER seen this before!! This doe has been bringing her offspring by each evening. I had assumed that she was the doe with the triplet bucks, but when I took the time to REALLY look at who was in the backyard, I noticed that there were FOUR and they are all “little girls”!!! They are looking for birdseed that I scatter in the grass for the birds..they love it!
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STEP AWAY..
We’ve had an interesting group of visitors lately..We have a doe with her twins that comes and a doe with her triplets…It’s pretty interesting when they all meet up. I’m still trying to get a nice shot of the triplets with their Mother, but for now this will have to do.
I’m not sure who’s who in this image…I think this is one of the triplets meeting up with the Mother of the twins. Little baby isn’t very shy, and Mama isn’t very friendly. This was taken about three weeks ago..when we had much less green in the woods.
RAZZMATAZZ…
We’ve had plenty to feel bad about today here in the U.S.
My thoughts and prayers are with all those who are suffering through these terrible hours and I pray for us all…for safety, for family and friends and strangers….for the good.
I mean no disrespect for this most serious time…but I choose to deal with it by focusing on joy. These visitors came this evening and brought with them some needed joy and even a little laughter and for that I am grateful…Blessings to you all….
It was getting darker, so my camera wasn’t as quick as I would have liked it…for some reason this little one decided to go a little crazy and wiggle and dance and just be generally silly…
Don’t look at me…I have NO idea what that was all about!
