Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[bgmathteach]

Will do.

picture from a week ago (@BY Bob I have improved my wording this time )
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Love them eating the corn. They seem to be doing so very orderly and nice. Surprised they don't rip it out of your hand, mine would in the general scrum to be sure they got their portion(plus a bit!)!

I would love to be tagged, too. I'm not sure I can keep up with it, but would love to view China through voyeurism!

 

[knoturavggrl]

Please send some of your heat here it’s freezing! Not much like mid May.
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And my weather whining tax
Wee Penne is warm
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Awlll that is an awesome picture!!

 

[Ponypoor]

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Apparently it's exhausting View attachment 3508756Naptime...in the bathtub.

Such pretty kiddos - and enjoying themselves to the fullest.

 

[Ponypoor]

These are two of my five littles. Four Bielefelders and 1 Blue Australorp from Mt. Healthy. I ordered 3 and 1, and got an extra Biel. They arrived on Monday. Spent less than 24 hours getting here, so kudos to Mt. Healthy and the PO!

This in in my top 5 favorite books of all time. Can't think of the other 4... The movie was also excellent.

Oh that's right - wow yes that was fast! Oh My Gosh - they sure look great! I can't wait to see them growing up

 

[Ponypoor]

Our little friend from south of the border is back here today. I hope this bird doesn’t give my tribe a “gift that keeps on giving”! It’s eaten their feed, drank their water, and constantly screeches at me and flies away, when I try to catch it. View attachment 3508784

Well it certainly seems to like your place if not you

Rebecca might know better what sort of parrot it is. And your right - it's someones escaped pet. Can you let local media know? or do you have SPCA?

 

[Ponypoor]

I cannot agree more. I guess I am old school in my thinking. Thankfully in 3rd grade Rosie's teacher was one of the "evil old hard ones." She has thrived under those types of teachers. Cursive was not required but she taught her class to write in it anyway. I really think they are trying to dumb down our children these days. If I was just starting out again and had to enter her in kindergarten, she would be put in a catholic school. I'm not even catholic, but those nuns take no crap and teach and push. I was shocked when I filled out the beginning of the year paperwork. A key permission form was missing for the first time. I have always signed and agreed to corporal punishment if needed. I was paddled twice in school and it did me favors. Completely done away with now. I asked Rosie what books are in her library to check out. I remember that library well, senior year worked for the librarian for 2 class periods so I did not have to take extra gym classes. They have Harry Potter, The Hunger Games and lots of Stephen King and Nora Roberts. You know what is missing? Moby Dick, Little Women, Of Mice and Men and every single Mark Twain novel. They had them before, several copies of each in fact. I know, I read them ALL.
Ranting tax.
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Stephen King ??? Oh horrors - Don't tell Alex! I read The Raft once and ever since I will NOT swim at night anymore ever again in a lake


Nora Roberts ??? Romance novels, now I am not saying she isn't a really good author, read many of her books, but not for school!

Dont know if I would let my kids read those books, but then again in Grade 8 I read Thorn Birds.....

 

[Ponypoor]

I cannot agree more. I guess I am old school in my thinking. Thankfully in 3rd grade Rosie's teacher was one of the "evil old hard ones." She has thrived under those types of teachers. Cursive was not required but she taught her class to write in it anyway. I really think they are trying to dumb down our children these days. If I was just starting out again and had to enter her in kindergarten, she would be put in a catholic school. I'm not even catholic, but those nuns take no crap and teach and push. I was shocked when I filled out the beginning of the year paperwork. A key permission form was missing for the first time. I have always signed and agreed to corporal punishment if needed. I was paddled twice in school and it did me favors. Completely done away with now. I asked Rosie what books are in her library to check out. I remember that library well, senior year worked for the librarian for 2 class periods so I did not have to take extra gym classes. They have Harry Potter, The Hunger Games and lots of Stephen King and Nora Roberts. You know what is missing? Moby Dick, Little Women, Of Mice and Men and every single Mark Twain novel. They had them before, several copies of each in fact. I know, I read them ALL.
Ranting tax.
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Oh your babies are sooooooo cute - ok maybe I am not all 'babied out'.

(ya love reading all those books and more - of course I didn't have TV and computers when I grew up)

 

[Ponypoor]

That description of the school library makes me very sad.
That said, I never learned to write cursive really. I think in theory I was expected to, and I did come across some old exercise books in which I was clearly having some kind of lesson, but to this day I cheat by dropping in letters so they look like they flow!
Couldn't fault my school library however. I also came across book lists that were sent home with the kids before each holiday with books - mostly classics - that we were encouraged to read. I was a total bookworm so I had often read them all before they gave us the lists, but looking at them now they were pretty good lists!

In High School we had to read Albert Camus' The Plague - and write a book report on it detailing how society failed the town.

Now it somehow has been banned in schools so I am told - WTH?

I often thought of that book during Covid....

Also had to read Lord of the Flies - a book I detested to this day. Very dark and sad book. That book seems to still be used - go figure.

Yee Gads - I am going to owe some pretty awesome photos later on

 

[featherhead007]

Well it certainly seems to like your place if not you

Rebecca might know better what sort of parrot it is. And your right - it's someones escaped pet. Can you let local media know? or do you have SPCA?

Local media around here would make a front cover news story about the bird. I try to avoid the press.

 

[ValarieF]

Stephen King ??? Oh horrors - Don't tell Alex! I read The Raft once and ever since I will NOT swim at night anymore ever again in a lake


Nora Roberts ??? Romance novels, now I am not saying she isn't a really good author, read many of her books, but not for school!

Dont know if I would let my kids read those books, but then again in Grade 8 I read Thorn Birds.....

I never read the books they ruin the movies for me. well actually I do read the star wars books because its my favorite. Im a star wars geek.