General Discussion & Chat: Coffee and...Part 6 :-D, 1 by MaryE

MaryE wrote:
Good morning. Just tea this morning, thanks. Oh good, the seat by the window is available. I love watching the birds at the feeder.

I'm by myself for the weekend, hubby has gone up to Seattle for a couple of days. He might come home Saturday evening, or maybe Sunday. Whenever he has to go somewhere he is always glad to get to come home, even if it means driving half the night. A short night in at home is better than a long night in a motel. No matter how much you spend for the room the beds are never as comfy as the one at home.

Jo, that cheesy-lemon-pineapple dessert sounds good. I'm trying to emagine, cake? pudding? sumpthin' else? Tell us how you make it, please. I emagine you do see some interesting wildlife at a drinking pool in the desert. I haven't seen an Elf Owl, but did see a Pygmy Owl at the High Desert Museum birds of prey exhibit a few years ago. They take in injured birds that cannot be returned to the wild. This bird was blind in one eye and about the size of a parakeet. They also had Great Horned Owls, and Long Eared Owls that would fly right over our heads from one handler to another getting a treat each time. The owls are absolutely silent in flight even when they are about 3 feet from your head. I remember that the animals in their exhibits had interesting names, the Long Eared Owl they called Leo, and the Great Horned Owl was Owliver. In another exhibit they had porcupines with names like Spike, and Quilliam. Handlers in the porcupine exhibit wore protective leather gloves that covered most of the arm. The museum also had a river otter display which was viewed from above and from below through a thick glass. Otters have a lot of fun. Oh, and trading for some of those W Va iris sometime in the future, you betcha.

Julie, what color(s) of iris seed did you plant? Are they some you saved or got elsewhere? I got mine from Ebay and they are supposed to be Caeser's Brother, a dark blue. So far they are little brown things floating in a jar. It really is amazing how much genetic information gets packed into a seed, and how miraculous that they grow up to look just like momma, or sometimes they just grow up. I have another one that is lighter blue that was left out of the ground way too long, replanted last spring and it is alive but small. It must have just had a little bit of live tuber. There were several but this is the only one that came to life last year, they will not be disturbed this year and maybe something else will come up from the half dozen I planted.

Here is a picture of a baby owl from last year or the year before. The breeze blow is blowing his downy feathers which makes him look extra fuzzy. I got as close as I could without alarming him and he was getting nervous but hadn't started clacking his beek at me.

I'd better get something done now, see you later.




This message was edited Feb 11, 2005 8:59 AM