Northeast Gardening: Where is your DG central?, 1 by WNYwillieB

WNYwillieB wrote:
Get this ...... I just got cited yesterday for not repairing the flashing along the edge of the roofline on the side of my house that a windstorm damaged 2 months ago. $500 if not fixed in 7 days ....... geesh! One strip of flashing, 6 inches by 6 foot!! $500.00!!!! People are leaving the area in DROVES and this is what I get in the mail! Hmmmmmm

Hate to see what happens if I dried my laundry outside! :-)

Anyhooooo ...... on a much lighter note!:

Here's a shot of one of my two babies. This is Queen Boudicca, on the kitchen counter, still wet out of the shell! About 10 minutes old, maybe (or should I say "out of shell"). Cacatua Alba, or Great White Umbrella Cockatoo.

I hand-raised both her and her brother, Leukos. They just turned 7 this past May & June. I took the egg that Boudicca was in from the nest and incubated it, and as predicted, mama and papa produced a second clutch (Leukos) which I left in the nest for the parents to hatch and feed for the first couple weeks.

Leuk is definitely the "wild one," while Queen Boudicca totally lives up to her name and title.

btw:

Queen Boudicca - Iceni Tribe - Norfolk, UK area - around 60 AD. She and her daughters were abducted by Nero after her husband, King Prasutagus, died and bequeathed half his land and riches to Rome the other half to his daughters. Apparently, that wasn't enough, so Nero's troops went to take the rest. Roman law allowed inheritance only through the male line.

It seems, Prasutagus had lived well on borrowed Roman money, and on his death his subjects had become liable for the debt.

Needless to say, unmentionable things befell the Queen and her 2 beautiful daughters.

Upon her escape and reunion with her sullied daughters, Boudicca easily rallied her tribe and organized many of the tribes of Great Britain to rebel against Rome, take back Londinium and the rest of Great Britain. Her campaign was noted as a first victory in the downfall of Nero and the Roman Empire as it was known at the time.

Boudicca was adopted as the namesake for Queen Victoria, as Boudicca means victory. Bodacious has been attributed as a derivation, though some say it came from bold and audacious.

OK, I have put one masters degree to enough use at the moment! (actually, I learnt that on the discovery channel, I think, during a Biography episode on Nero!)