Welcome to my pond - Swim, wade, or sit on the bank

[sourland]

Yeah... just think of our poor bats... having to eat in the daylight all summer!

And manage to build enough body mass/fat to survive the winter. Do they overwinter there, or do they migrate South ?

 

[Alaskan]

And manage to build enough body mass/fat to survive the winter. Do they overwinter there, or do they migrate South ?

They overwinter here... which is why it is so hard on them.

If they get the slightest disturbance while hibernating they die... not enough fat stores for such a stupid long winter.

 

[Alaskan]

I wondered, as I didn’t remember seeing them when I was there. I know there are some songbirds, but not like I see them at home. Probably because it’s not a good idea to put out bits feeders there. Don’t want to attract other critters.

There are crazy numbers of birds here in the summer, but most leave early if they have a long trek.

Swallows are here for only 6 weeks max, same with the hummers...

Maybe you come up when some birds have already left?

And yeah feeders in bear season are stupid.

 

[Alaskan]

I'm stressing hard about taking the trash out tomorrow night. I spent all week studying county maps, codes & ordinances on waste management, easement rights & roosters till my eyes are ready to bleed. This is all stuff I already knew, but needed it fresh in my mind.

The crazy guy down the street has been out of town all week. Maybe the county told him they do not mediate easement disputes & that we are legally allowed a 24hr window to put our trash cans out. Maybe he went out of town because he needed to cool off, but maybe he went out of town to buy a gun in another state. I just don't know. Hopefully he's back on his meds again & feeling more stable, but I have a bad feeling about this.

This should not even be an issue. Its not his road. He had a problem with one house leaving their cans out where he could see them. He never said a word to them, he just went fully manic on the whole neighborhood. I personally talked to the renters of the house leaving their cans out. They were very nice people. They had no idea they weren't supposed to do that. They apologized profusely & promised it would never happen again.
Its such a crazy, stupid non-issue, but I guess people have been shot for a lot less. Hopefully it wont come to that.

Nightmare.

 

[perchie.girl]

Got one word for you.... Trebuchet

 

[chickisoup]

I'm stressing hard about taking the trash out tomorrow night. I spent all week studying county maps, codes & ordinances on waste management, easement rights & roosters till my eyes are ready to bleed. This is all stuff I already knew, but needed it fresh in my mind.

The crazy guy down the street has been out of town all week. Maybe the county told him they do not mediate easement disputes & that we are legally allowed a 24hr window to put our trash cans out. Maybe he went out of town because he needed to cool off, but maybe he went out of town to buy a gun in another state. I just don't know. Hopefully he's back on his meds again & feeling more stable, but I have a bad feeling about this.

This should not even be an issue. Its not his road. He had a problem with one house leaving their cans out where he could see them. He never said a word to them, he just went fully manic on the whole neighborhood. I personally talked to the renters of the house leaving their cans out. They were very nice people. They had no idea they weren't supposed to do that. They apologized profusely & promised it would never happen again.
Its such a crazy, stupid non-issue, but I guess people have been shot for a lot less. Hopefully it wont come to that.

 

[room onthebroom]

Thanks you guys!

 

[Alaskan]

Got one word for you.... Trebuchet

Brilliant!

 

[BYC910]

thanks

It is hard though... I get little to no support out here.

It makes you pond people pretty important.

Or you could just talk to yourself like me

Yeah - well I'm not about to go to Chicago to take pictures. Not even in the daytime.

Had to go to the Museum of Science & Industry with my brother near end of May. It's in Chicago so I sat in the backseat and hunkered down hoping not to attract gunfire.

Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death. I shall fear no evil. Simple really believe and load hollow points You can see Chicago Graffiti at any railroad crossing when the trains pass

Cool pics.... I've been watching. (An at the moment) a series documentary about our civil war.... What a bloody mess.
Wonder what could have been?
All those lives on both sides.
But I actually got a good line if thought from the"Game of Thrones" series.
And it works for everything.
We all have regretted something we did in sure.....
But we all did exactly what we needed to to be where we are today.
I guess that means things are just meant to be......

We can only look back and wonder why really . We learn from our mistakes . I just wish people would realize that we were not the ones that made the mistakes. Our fathers and mothers were not the ones that made the mistakes . History is just that history . You can tear down every marker, burn every book and yet the history remains . One has to study history to keep from making the mistakes of the past .I just wonder what happened to,I want to be an American . Now it's I want America to be like me Lincoln was a great man . The one thing he couldn't change was the brutality of some people . I don't care what religion you are . I don't care that someone is Gay . But damn it all I'm sick of hearing about it every time I turn on the TV. I have to ask what are our rights ? do we have any ? Is this meant to be ? In the future will someone like me look back and say man we screwed up big time Somebody message me in the future . If I get it you'll know it didn't burn up in route

I'm stressing hard about taking the trash out tomorrow night. I spent all week studying county maps, codes & ordinances on waste management, easement rights & roosters till my eyes are ready to bleed. This is all stuff I already knew, but needed it fresh in my mind.

The crazy guy down the street has been out of town all week. Maybe the county told him they do not mediate easement disputes & that we are legally allowed a 24hr window to put our trash cans out. Maybe he went out of town because he needed to cool off, but maybe he went out of town to buy a gun in another state. I just don't know. Hopefully he's back on his meds again & feeling more stable, but I have a bad feeling about this.

This should not even be an issue. Its not his road. He had a problem with one house leaving their cans out where he could see them. He never said a word to them, he just went fully manic on the whole neighborhood. I personally talked to the renters of the house leaving their cans out. They were very nice people. They had no idea they weren't supposed to do that. They apologized profusely & promised it would never happen again.
Its such a crazy, stupid non-issue, but I guess people have been shot for a lot less. Hopefully it wont come to that.

Barking dogs most times don't bite . In the off chance they do go for the throat . And be sure to get a good grip @Shadrach Wife and I enjoyed the photos . All very good shots

 

[perchie.girl]

Brilliant!