This week has been unsettled for me. I’m getting new kitchen countertops and sink and cooktop. I planned ahead and have plenty of stuff in the refrigerator that can be eaten on paper plates with plastic utensils. Which is a good thing because, surprise, things are not entirely going as planned. The plan was that …
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Respite Open Thread: Meet Max
A few days ago, Msilaneous told us she was thinking of bringing a new kitten into her home after losing her beloved cat of 17 years in January. As us cat lovers know, you don’t choose the kitten, the kitten chooses you. ================= “There was a surprise waiting for us when we arrived at …
Respite Open Thread: I Was TOLD There Would Be Tea And Honey
Photo by Deborah Roberston at Mount Washington Hotel NH Bear just waiting for his party to arrive for tea and honey on the balcony. Here’s video of what happens at my house when I’m late letting the ducks out in the morning: And this made my afternoon – Manta Ray asking for help I am …
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Respite Open Thread: Chance Encounters
Y’all…pic.twitter.com/Se79jpQNVu — Travis Akers (@travisakers) July 6, 2019 This is definitely squeee worthy and I could find no information on the circumstances behind this. I will use this as a reminder – mamas leave their fawns alone all day. They are not abandoned. Leave them alone. We get more horror stories here of “good folk” …
Respite Open Thread: People Send Me Ducks
https://twitter.com/animalIife/status/1147880958852554753 My husband @ecologistMC out there weighing wood duck ducklings in solo cups and it’s so fluffy I wanna die pic.twitter.com/CEmjL3QAPN — Imogene Cancellare (@biologistimo) July 6, 2019 Dear Disney, I need whatever is happening here to be a movie. K? Thanks!pic.twitter.com/BxEs2EyzlW — Travis Akers (@travisakers) July 7, 2019 Respite open thread
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Sunday Night Open Thread: Sweetest Couple On The Block
I was going to wait until I had video before posting about these two, but who knows when that will be. When I go out into the yard, it disrupts the dynamic. Penelope Pearl has a crush on Bixby (more photos here) and I melt watching her follow him around. I mentioned in a previous …
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Early Evening Open Thread – The Estonian Song Festival
This weekend, Estonia celebrates its songs and dances in a country-wide festival, centered in Tallinn. It’s an every five year event. I first went to Estonia in 1998. When I heard that the next year would feature choruses of 25,000 people, I had to go, and I did. Tonight was the first performance of the …
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