It's a rooster's job to alert the flock whenever something is out-of-the-ordinary. People wandering around in the middle of the night tend to be unusual for most of them. Of course there are always those individuals who are either super-sensitive or over-diligent in their duties ... and some that are simply royal PITAs. I'm pretty sure I have several of each!
Read all the books myself back in my teenage years late '80s. I didn't mind the movies when they came out.
Ever watch the old animated/cartoon movie 'The Hobbit'? I'm thinking back being a kid reading the books and then watching it but if I remember right it was very good.
I saw the hobbit cartoon.
I discovered the books when I was in the army, right about the time Tolkien died.
I was so enamored that I bought and read 'The Tolkien Reader'.
I don't know how many times I read the books but one time my son and I went to opening day of trout season and we got snowed in for 3 days not being able to leave our campsite. All roads were closed. We took turns reading the Hobbit to each other between him doing his homework. It was quite cold. I had a coffee pot in the van and the cream froze at the foot of our bed. Our respiration caused a pretty thick layer of ice on the inside walls of the van.
I take it you've read the books?
Wonders if it's more the shoot 'em up video game generation that liked the looooong special effects battle scenes....so could be a generational thing.
Aloha gang, just checking in.
I am not a big LOTR or along that line of movie watcher though I did read the books as a older teen and did enjoy and I also watched the movies with my older teen boys. They were very well done, boys loved but I was busy keeping a roof over our heads and they just were not my thing so I never got into.
The other day I watched "Death to 2020" on Netflix and LMAO. Just incase somebody is looking for funny TV entertainment. Lots of F bombs FYI.
NYE I sweetly put my foot down and told DH that I was going to steal his dog and go up to Koke'e without him, he happily hopped off the roof and decided to come along for the ride, quiche and salad . It was a quick one and the winds had died down in the eve, as they normally do with high pressure vs storms. We got there in the dark and left b4 first light. As expected, the silence was deafening. On our way up I was sadly shocked and surprised at all of the people gathering at neighbors homes and out n about walking and talking like all is well in the land of Oz. Well, our numbers are good because tourist have a 14 day quarantine but really folks?! It will be saddening to see what happens in the next few weeks. I am just really sorry we have no discipline and just cant take 1 years worth of holidays off to arrest a deadly virus. Go figure right? In the very least to be in solidarity with those who are healthcare pros, on the frontlines or in severely hit areas. I just thought the human race was a little better than that and my neighbors, for all of our shortcomings were smarter.
Well, I heard it was an exceptionally long and loud night and I am really glad we dug out. My hens will probably quit laying for a month.. , DH found a firework remnant on AJ's new roof as he finished up the ridge cap last eve... but I am sure some people enjoyed themselves and I hope they are enjoying their hangovers too lol.
Baby Elliott is still on happy biscuits as people are randomly setting off their leftover fireworks with the exception of the big booms till someone gets caught or scared enough to stop which is probably never. Fireworks are illegal here but our police are 0, zip, no, nada help... as is our norm. We obviously have been having a Elliott and couch exception @ChocolateMouse.
Caught the kids playing on the lizard fence again and was a little faster with my phone.
Even caught the setting moon or an orb or firework... lol (upper right of lower photo)
Got 1/2 of my back lanai shades installed and am going back out to work on the other half of the railings now.
2021 already feels a little bit bright and I am looking up and forward to good things.
Anybody have any new years resolutions?
Me? More stir fries, longer walks and to be more in the moment with my tasks- instead of speeding from one to the other if I can help it. Enjoy the moment and be more deliberate.
K, folks. Happy 2nd!!! I Hope your day is grand!!!
I'm wondering, a year in, 20 million infected and 350,000 dead in the US, 85 million infected and nearly 2 million dead globally, what hole is someone living in that they still think it is a hoax? In LA county alone, someone dies every 3.5 minutes. and across the country, more than one person dies every minute.
AND CLIMBING!!!
What is their source of news?
I'm wondering, a year in, 20 million infected and 350,000 dead in the US, 85 million infected and nearly 2 million dead globally, what hole is someone living in that they still think it is a hoax? In LA county alone, someone dies every 3.5 minutes. and across the country, more than one person dies every minute.
What is their source of news?
I might be able to see it if one's only choices for news sources were TASS or the Xinhua News Agency. But we are in the US, the cradle of Free Press. I understand that many get their news now from Facebook groups, Qanon and other extreme outlets but don't they have a brain and think for themselves?
Sorry for the rant.
I'm wondering, a year in, 20 million infected and 350,000 dead in the US, 85 million infected and nearly 2 million dead globally, what hole is someone living in that they still think it is a hoax? In LA county alone, someone dies every 3.5 minutes. and across the country, more than one person dies every minute.
AND CLIMBING!!!
What is their source of news?
I get very sad to see people, who I think have a decent grasp on life, repeat strange, bazaar and (basically) wild propaganda. Unfettered news sources... like" I went to a class and the guy said..." so now it is a reliable news source???? I will never go on fb or believe anything that comes from it and would be embarrassed to repeat in public some of the things I have heard.
Even with reliable sources I still research and look for many expert and professional opinions. I don't want to be anyone's fool- it is so important especially now-a-daze to be well informed. I even threw a retired military officer out of my house for spewing weird stuff (pre pandemic).
Like what the heck?!!! I bet he has not changed his tune- insane and paid to protect us.... god help us.
. It was a quick one and the winds had died down in the eve, as they normally do with high pressure vs storms. We got there in the dark and left b4 first light. As expected, the silence was deafening. On our way up I was sadly shocked and surprised at all of the people gathering at neighbors homes and out n about walking and talking like all is well in the land of Oz. Well, our numbers are good because tourist have a 14 day quarantine but really folks?! It will be saddening to see what happens in the next few weeks. I am just really sorry we have no discipline and just cant take 1 years worth of holidays off to arrest a deadly virus. Go figure right? 
In the very least to be in solidarity with those who are healthcare pros, on the frontlines or in severely hit areas. I just thought the human race was a little better than that and my neighbors, for all of our shortcomings were smarter.
, DH found a firework remnant on AJ's new roof as he finished up the ridge cap last eve... but I am sure some people enjoyed themselves and I hope they are enjoying their hangovers too lol.
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