Evening/morning all:
Lindybird; Yes!! What was the Drama next door?? Oh by the way, remember the "Tiger Woods" event down the road where somone drove into a neighbor's garage? Well, heard it was yet another neighbor's young son, totally potted (drunk) who was coming home late and somehow mistook the gas pedal for the brake!! Apparently, the Fire Department was there, etc., and had to cut the (uninjured) perpetrator out of the car because the garage door collapsed onto the car. They've just completed the repairs.
OG. Ooooh. Another lovely butterfly. Thanks!
Alan: Watched the US/Ghana match - felt so bad for the U.S. team (but if they'd won, would've felt bad for the Ghana team!) They started off so lackluster; then picked up in the second half, but then hit (to me at least) a sort of slump toward the end of the second half, but picked up again in the overtime, but to no avail. It doesn't matter which team/player I support, I always feel bad for the loser. These people put so much time and effort into their games.... Soccer is so much more exciting than U.S. football where, as I've noted before, the players are all done up like Michelin men and spend most of their tiime in a pile.....
AQ: We had floor heaters in our church in Watford, and everyone huddled over them (and roasted!) during the winter months. I missed the "red card" reference in your response to Alan....."
Our new back gate got installed today. I worked in the garden (after footie!) and managed to decimate a Potato Vine. Was trying to "re-install" it on the wall, but thought I'd be clever and trim it. Big mistake. Oh well, it'll grow back.
Wey-Hey - it worked!
Here is a Frog picture which I took for OH (he collects Frogs alongside my Owls):
Ospreys Rule OK, but Goldfinches come a close second!
Good evening original goldfinch love the photos of the frog and snakes. I love snakes although I know a lot of people don't.
The link for Hope news is
http://www.zaplive.tv/static/wildearth/channels/we_bear_den.html
Margobird
OHs old school was a posh one ( he got a scholarship) so he is now known as an alumni!!!!
Saw the pictures of the sea eagles arriving in Scotland. They are only 5 weeks old and already huge. Would love to see one and as we are heading to the north and then west coast ( castle of Mey, Durness, Ullapool and Gairloch) in a few days time we may be lucky)
OG like snakes but especially like frogs so thank you for the pics, also to Lindybird for the unidentified flower pics
well done Andy Murray once again, keep it up, also enjoyed the match between Roddick and Lu, well done to the underdog
Margobird – thanks for the link for updates of Hope – I used to use that site, then changed to the Bear Centre Website at http://www.bear.org/website/lily-a-hope/live-den-cam.html - I have now discovered the link from one to the other.
Dibnlib – I think “alumni” (plural – singular is alumnus) used to be used only for male graduates of colleges and universities, but it now seems to be in general use. There was also a female version “alumnae” (singular alumna) for females - very un-PC! I don’t think you’ll see the new Sea Eagles yet, sorry, I believe I read that they are at a “secret” location in Fife until they are ready to fly. My only memory of Gairloch is trying to keep two dogs (ours and daughter’s at the time) away from all the jellyfish on the strandline. Apologies, I sound very negative here! I think that was some sort of freak event and I am sure you’ll have a great time – and we both liked Ullapool.
Here is a picture of Leaf-cutter Ants - difficult for camera to focus on small subjects - I haven't yet bought a macro lens for this one.
Final one from Edinburgh: Chameleon:
Watchers of Trucker Steve: He got a new truck today, a 2010. I'm launching a massive cleaning mission tonight. Back later.
Evening all: Quick hallo before book club (real live chat) group arrives.
Lindybird: Muddled? Me? :-)
George g: Lemon and ginger crumble! Yum? Nice that such good "trade" in eagles is going on. Take care!
Alan: Methinks the media always expects too much.
OG: Hurray for new boiler! Had nice time with d daughter. She was cleaning our her fridge; I decided to dust around a bit; grabbed a bottle of what I thought was glass cleaner and set about doing the bathroom mirrors etc., only to find out it was Safer (organic garden spray!). We had a good laugh about it, but oh dear. At that point, decided I was becoming dangerous and headed home. (Couldn't figure out why the medicine cabinet mirror was so - foggy!) :-) Thanks for reptile pix; albino python - um - interesting. Wonder if green froggie is one of those super-poisonous ones. Those leafcutter ants are at the bottom of the leaves, right? Thanks for Latin lesson!! :-))
Margobird: Thanks for hope link. Diane: Oh good news for Trucker Steve!
Probably won't be back tonight. Take care ALL and thanks for fun posts and pix!
Unknown said: I'm currently watching How the Earth Changed History on PBS. It's wonderful! Right now, the program is focusing on the Sahara Desert. I can't for the life of me figure out how ospreys and other birds manage to migrate over the Sahara. The climate and landscape are so brutally hostile and demanding. How do they survive such conditions? Truly phenomenal! I have so much respect for birds. AQ: They are also showing spectacular footage of Mount Conner in Australia. Breathtaking!!! I would dearly love to see that area. Annette: At least a segment of the series was filmed in Santa Barbara, at a site where a fault releases methane gas bubbles. They are also showing Chaco Canyon and other sites in the Southwest. You can see photos from the series here: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/how-the-earth-changed-history#tab-Photos/0 If you can watch the program, I recommend it . The presenter is Dr. Iain Stewart, Scottish geologist. He has such a lovely voice; I could listen to him all day.
I'm currently watching How the Earth Changed History on PBS. It's wonderful! Right now, the program is focusing on the Sahara Desert. I can't for the life of me figure out how ospreys and other birds manage to migrate over the Sahara. The climate and landscape are so brutally hostile and demanding. How do they survive such conditions? Truly phenomenal! I have so much respect for birds. AQ: They are also showing spectacular footage of Mount Conner in Australia. Breathtaking!!! I would dearly love to see that area. Annette: At least a segment of the series was filmed in Santa Barbara, at a site where a fault releases methane gas bubbles. They are also showing Chaco Canyon and other sites in the Southwest.
You can see photos from the series here: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/how-the-earth-changed-history#tab-Photos/0 If you can watch the program, I recommend it . The presenter is Dr. Iain Stewart, Scottish geologist. He has such a lovely voice; I could listen to him all day.
Thank you Diane very much for the above website. I am learning so much from this bird blog. I had never heard of Mount Conner and had to Google to find out where it is. I'm sorry, I got my 'wires crossed' and thanked Annette. I guess a few extra thank you's in cyberspace won't go astray as everyone here is always so helpful.
Annette - Hm, marker pen on the bears. Perhaps not, because I expect the babes will chew the bears and I don't know how healthy marker pen ink is. Hm, is wool any better? My girls survived. LOL
Lindybird - "lots of pink Thingummies together with white Whatsisnames, and some mauve daisy Whotsits in the background, . ." That's my kind of garden - lots of forgotten-name plants all mixed up together.
It is raining. It is pouring. I had to go out to bank, so did food shopping as well. Water, water everywhere. The supermarket carpark was flowing. I haven't been so wet since Richmond YKS in 2008. We have had over an inch since yesterday. And only 8 C at 11 am.
Last Aussies out of Wimbledon. Now we will get to see who else is playing!!! I hate listening to our commentators - they are so biased in favour of the Aussie even if s/he is playing badly.