tnspursfan09 miss you, haven't seen you around - hope everyone is OK

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Tara, seems to have been a slight miscommunication on my part. Since our national bird is "laulujoutsen" in Finnish, and "sångsvan" in Swedish, I assumed the direct translation would be "song swan", but after looking it up it seems it's name in English is whooper swan. That's what I meant to ask about, not imply anything else. It's a beautiful bird, sadly it only lives in the northern parts of our country during it's visits here. In the south we only get mute swans, they can be pretty to look at too, but they're a tad aggressive with their babies around. Here are a few pics of some mute swans I snapped at our cottage.
This pair has been spending summers there for as long as I can remember. This summer they lost all their young, but the summer before that I think they managed to raise 4 through the summer. Don't know what happened to them after their migration, but hopefully they're alive and kicking.
Always late to the party. Tara, thanks for the invite. My computer has been out for almost two days. Talk about crazy!!!! Can we talk addiction here?![]()
I live far enough out that we can NOT get cable. They just laff when I answer one of their Ads and give my address. So I'm used to DSL and spotty outages, and yes we have a generator, kinda need the well waterpumb to work for the critters.
Scott
Holiday? You get a holiday weekend? I'm too long removed from the area so would you please remind me... what holiday?
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One of CFCN's locally produced shows, The Buck Shot Show, began in 1967. For the next thirty years, host Ron Barge was a comforting and familiar figure to Calgary children. Every noon hour, he appeared on television wearing a battered cowboy hat and shirt alongside his sidekicks, Benny the Bear and Clyde the Owl. Three generations of kids grew up with Buckshot, Benny the Bear and Clyde the Owl. Local police officers, firefighters and paramedics visited the show and taught kids how to be safe. A humorous song that was popular on the show was "16 Chickens and Tambourine" by Roy Acuff. His birthday wishes to local children with their name on the screen was the highlight of many children in the 1970s and 1980s.
Thanks for your post!I was starting to get a bit worried after a few days had passed and NO Tara Post showed up!![]()
You guys have been busy for sure!
Take care.
Scott
Wow! What a post! I was missing you today and wondering if everything was alright up thar in the north country. Glad you mentioned the holiday. I forgot.
Busy, busy, busy... my goodness! You guys sure do keep that place nice. Your list of birds about took my breath. I almost showed my husband and said "See, I hardly have ANY!"![]()
Thanks for posting all that Tara, I enjoy your posts immensely.
Hey Tara, glad to see you are on going. Looking at your metal tank I wondered what you did with the cannon.Great pictures. Your life is so different from my hot flat Louisiana piece of land. But that's ok. I don't have snow. Just HEAT.![]()
Wonderful post Tara! Thoroughly enjoyed it.
I have been to KFC before and also been told they had no chicken! Lol![]()
I am in total awe of your ‘action plan’ and organisational skills .. kudos to you! I believe I mentioned I was a tad on the jealous side but after reading about the floods, lack of water, lack of internet etc .. not so much now lol![]()
Good to see poor ole Chuck is OK!
Loved the Fixins peas story and all the beautiful images.
Looking forward to the next one![]()