Well, she's hoping to be able to visit her 93 y.o. mother on Vancouver Island in a week or so, so if that goes well, she'll try a trip across the line to visit me.
"Before the snow flies"
The way things are going, it might be that long.
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"Before the snow flies"
The way things are going, it might be that long.
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Sorry to hear that the birds in your area are afflicted by similar problems. I hope they find what it is soon. We're still seeing plenty of songbirds here, feeding on natural foods like sunflowers and other garden goodies. I don't see many honeybees but many bumblebees and wasps are enjoying my flowers. I usually have Lantanas for the hummingbirds and the pollinators but nobody's interested in them this year, though they're still flowering. They love butterfly bush and I'm still hoping for flowers from my other deck plants(Mandevilla- that I overwinter every year) The bumbles like the fuchsia, but they will go in the fall, maybe behind the fence in case they can seed the woods with something other than the 7' weeds with orangy yellow flowers that might be honeysuckle. The bees and wasps seem to like it but it keeps seeding my grass and keeps me busy once it tops the 6' fence. I wish I had a machete lol. Thanks for the wonderful article on Anna's hummingbirds! Very interesting[emoji178][emoji16]
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I can't remember if I posted these a couple of years ago, but my gf discovered some baby skunks in her yard a couple of summers ago. It seems the mother had abandoned them (or been killed) and they were living under her deck, ventuing out in the daytime to forage. They were bobbling about like little bumper cars and followed her around! Amazingly, her cats were curious, but not "too" curious. She eventually scooped them up (without getting sprayed) and took then to the local wildlife rehab.
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Did they spray 3 shots, or 4?? What do you think, punk..??
LOL. They were really young, so were "armed" with the equivalent of CB caps. Sandra got one tiny spray but it was pretty much insignificant
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With the Black Hills Motorcycle Classic happening now, it reminded me of the first time we went to it 40 years ago, so I dug up a photo from the trip.
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Granddaughter just took this photo of the mountains at the Tetons National Park, shrouded in smoke from the wildfires.
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@old brown hat . Oh they're so "stinkin'" adorable. Glad your gf could get them to the wildlife rehabber who could make sure they were taken care of. Some people have them de-scented and keep them as pets. They're really very sweet and can be litterbox trained and can make good pets. But I think it's best that they were returned to their natural"wild" lives. Amazing that they didn't spray the heck out of your gf. They must have sensed she was kind and gentle and taking care of them. Thanks for sharing
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Your earlier post of her beside those huge hay bales made me think of the potential for a massive fire if someone was just the tiniest bit careless, or a lightning strikeGranddaughter just took this photo of the mountains at the Tetons National Park, shrouded in smoke from the wildfires.
Scenes like this are frighteningly common all over this summer. And not just here, but Turkey and now Greece, too.
We were figuring out how to block off the area under the deck in case more decided to call it home, but to be honest, she was kind of reluctant... I can't post it here, but she shot a short video of them trundling around "like little bumper cars"@old brown hat . Oh they're so "stinkin'" adorable. ... Thanks for sharing
As it turned out, the pandemic scotched that since i couldn't get down there last summer to do anything, and no others have moved in.
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@oldbrownhat I have a small area under my deck that bears tried to get into last fall . Ripped out my strong steel chicken wire that I buried. Bears didn't get in but I saw tracks of smaller animals in the snow heading under. No specific damage made by them, but my dogs could tell when they were under there and got crazy. And I was afraid if that animal(s) tunneled under the other direction into the backyard they'd harm the dogs- could have been a small fox. I don't know how to fix it and I'm afraid they'll come back this winter. I might gather rocks and pile them up in front of the opening to discourage them. Can't get anyone to fix things here, hard to get small jobs done now.
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For you LEO old-timers, the "new" 1967 Plymouth Belvedere on patrol in SD.
Rapid City Police Department adds 1967 Plymouth Belvedere to patrol fleet | Local | rapidcityjournal.com
It needs a red "bubble gum machine" on top rather than that modern light bar.
Took a bike trip with my better half through upper Michigan. There was an interesting mix of the beautiful and the odd.
Here are a few from a trip through a slot canyon near Paige, Arizona.
It’s worth a drive, if one is so inclined.
It’s worth a drive, if one is so inclined.
Wayne, those last pics make me imagine what Mister Softee heaven looks like.
Dang it- it's heading for 100ºF here today, with haze from the wildfires in the interior, the cat and I are hunkered down on the couch (inside it's currently about 76º but will prob. reach 85º+ by 5pm) and you're making me think of ICE CREAM!
At this very moment I am having a beer slushie.
Aha! But I DO have beerAt this very moment I am having a beer slushie.
Slushie?? I wonder how it would mix with French vanilla froyo.... 
Random photos of stuff:
#1 On the Hennepin Canal in Illinois about a mile from my home. The photo has not been photoshopped.
#2 Breakfast beside the canal the same morning.
#3 These are cakes you can't eat. They total 46 thousand pounds of copper.
#4 This is a cat you can't pet. Catalina flying boat patrol plane used in WWII for sub hunting and reconnaissance.
#5 Beam me up Scotty. This is a Coleman room heater of a type which might have been found in a railroad station in the upper mid-west.
#1 On the Hennepin Canal in Illinois about a mile from my home. The photo has not been photoshopped.
#2 Breakfast beside the canal the same morning.
#3 These are cakes you can't eat. They total 46 thousand pounds of copper.
#4 This is a cat you can't pet. Catalina flying boat patrol plane used in WWII for sub hunting and reconnaissance.
#5 Beam me up Scotty. This is a Coleman room heater of a type which might have been found in a railroad station in the upper mid-west.
