Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[RustyHen]

Flying toward me and cawing loudly. I'd have crow-clouds sometimes. It was cool.

I love crows too, in the late summer they gather, close to 70 or 80 of them in our trees close to the house and start to caw, there will be adults and several generations of the yrs young altogether, it's like they are introducing each other so they decide where to winter. I set the sprinkler out on the lawn and they have a great time playing in it. Sometimes they stay for 30 min.or so. It can be much longer, if it gets to much for me I just go to town for a while.

 

[hallerlake]

Quote: We raise our children to be independent and put ourselves right out of a job!

 

[TerrorBird]

Quote: I do hate that they steal baby birds from their nests, but I can ignore that. That being said, I certainly wouldn't trust them around chicks either.

 

[hallerlake]

Quote: I do hate that they steal baby birds from their nests, but I can ignore that. That being said, I certainly wouldn't trust them around chicks either.
I don't let chicks run free until they're a couple of months old.

 

[ChickAudie]

Well. The chickens went outside on Sunday, but I didn't take any pictures. So here's a fish.

 

[SadieSue]

Quote:
Gosh Darn - I not only missed meeting you but I missed out on picking up some of your feed too! I was hoping to bring some home. I'm afraid you're a little too far from me to make it practical to pick up any.

 

[ChaeBird]

I'm so sorry for everyone that is dealing with difficult family situations.

My family is mostly awesome. My mother and I have a much better relationship now than we had until a few years ago. I stopped talking to my father years ago, he walked out on me when I was a kid, and I gave him another chance after my grandfather died and my father said he wanted to turn over a new leaf. Turns out it was just more empty words, so I ended contact and haven't looked back. He wasn't invited to my wedding, and he will not be a part of my childrens' lives.
I'm very lucky in that my grandparents and my aunts and uncles are pretty much fantastic and really stepped in to fill the void my absentee parents left. None of my mother's sisters came to my wedding last year, which broke my heart. I'm pretty sore about that, except for the one aunt who wrote me an apology letter. She was the only one who had a valid reason not to go(she was in the Pentagon on 9/11 and has a severe fear of flying and lives on the opposite side of the country).

Mr. Bear and I have definitely built ourselves a family from our friends, and we're a very tight-knit group who really take care of each other, especially in emergencies. I'll miss them a lot when we eventually get stationed elsewhere.

 

[VelvettFog]

Quote:
The proper term is ... murder ... you had a Murder of Crows flying after you ...

 

[CarolynF]

CR: I want a farm not a boat.

I'm just going to throw out all the hugs I need to everyone else.. FREE HUGS!!!

Thank You!! I always accept free hugs!

And please take one in return.

LOL

back to ya.
And speaking of boats. Why didn't Noah swat them 2 fly's when he had the chance ???

Because he was too busy swatting at the mosquitoes which had already multiplied!!!

seriously, my new silkies are probably in need of extensive psychotherapy. I put a catalope rind and a spoonful of quinoa in their cage this morning- and they are huddled in the corner- obviously, afraid of the scarey food!

I chopped up some cantalope into tiny pieces and put in my palm, my little ones go absolutely nuts for it. But they didn't "get it" when I put a rind in there.

I have a 22 yr old daughter who will not speak with me.
I wish, more than anything, to be told why I am being punished.

My heart seiously goes out to you on that one Dave. I had some challenges with my daughter at that age too. It still hurts when I think about it, but she is a very dear and close daughter now at 32. Be patient and keep listening. Never miss an opportunity to let her know how much you love her and want to LISTEN. One of my big downfalls is that I start problem solving for her when she'd rather I just simply listen. There were a lot of factors at play including depression which I didn't know how to help her with enough, but neither of us gave up.

My friend's daughter suddenly stopped talking to her, too. It took about 2 years to find out what was going on. Friend continued to send cards, leave messages, etc. Finally when the silence was broken it turned out that daughter's roommate had sort of brainwashed her and isolated her from friends and family. I don't know all the details, but when the daughter came to her senses she separated herself from the roommate (a girl not a guy) and resumed a very warm and natural relationship with her parents.

 

[CarolynF]

Well. The chickens went outside on Sunday, but I didn't take any pictures. So here's a fish.