Yowza!! In that first crow photo, it looks like the crow has a double hold on one of the hawk's legs....aie!!! Yes, I love crows...they are funny and smart birds, but boy, ya better not mess with them (especially if you are a bird of prey)!!
Fresh cheese...that is too cool!! You make it sound like you are making a batch of cookies!! I wouldn't know how to make cheese if my life depended on it!! What a happy chicken Eggly must be!!
I'm doing the happy dance for you that your dear, sweet Eggy is on the mend!!
I find that when one of my beloved animals is sick it helps to have the encouragement and support of friends (be they virtual or other)...I believe that the power of positive thinking (and prayer) DOES help...
Coded rings...I remember that...2 short ones for us...2 long ones for the neighbour or something like that...do you suppose that coded rings were the reason decoder rings (@Woodsdweller) were later invented?
Actually, when you think about it, the coded rings were pretty sophisticated!! The...
What about party lines...did you look that up? When were they started? Geez, I think they still existed well into the 80's didn't they...or do they still exist in some places??
Party lines? Remember phone numbers that started with a name of an area? I barely remember this so I can't give an example, but I do, nevertheless, remember!! And aluminium foil on the tv antenna to watch the b/w tv airing of the moon landing.
Ah yes, I do know pen and ink on Mylar!! I just HATED it when I moved my hand the wrong direction and made a smudge!! Grr! Yes, I remember all those sounds...vomiting, burping, farting, etc....almost got in trouble at work when I was testing them out and had the sound on too loud when I did the...
OK, I'm going way off the current theme here, but I just remembered a joke my brother recently told me (maybe most of you know it already for which I am sorry!) ...and I'm also sorry if it sounds a bit off color...but we are talking about chickens and roosters.
Here goes:
The rooster...
Thank you TheBantyCoop for sharing those beautiful pictures, birds and links with us.
That Eagle is GORGEOUS!! Of course it is endangered...it is too beautiful and too dangerous and man just can't leave things be. I hope that it's numbers will increase and that it will soon be off the...
Hahaha!! Too funny!
Actually, it makes me think of a joke I heard:
Two workers are diggng on the side of the road...
One appears to have the job of digging holes and the other's job is to fill them back up.
Someone driving by sees them digging and filling the holes and stops
to ask WHY...
My sentiments exactly HeritageGoose13. Elephants will soon be extinct. Rhinos, too. And many, many other animals...gone..forever...F O R E V E R. Only to be seen in books.
As for protecting private property and those that we love (and/or own), the pursuit of happiness has nothing to do with...