Thursday Joy

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Ducklings for a Wednesday

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I never really thought about it until I saw this photo, but I LOVE duckling feet. :0)

To Start Your Monday Nicely

Bo’s Corner via Jacqueline Lyons

So Cute – But Not Here

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I’m definitely of two minds about raccoons. On the one hand, I melt into a puddle when I see pictures like this. Awwww.

The other half of me has to deal with the problems they cause us when a whole family decides that our deck is a wonderful place to eat us out of house and home. Not only do they eat every single seed of any type in our feeders, they trash the feeders!  If we had raccoons who understood the concept of sharing, or eating without leaving the feeders needing to be replaced, we would welcome them.

We saw one of our long time friends at the store recently. He had a possum on his shoulder! It was really cute, and super affectionate. He had had the possum since he/she was a baby. He also told us he had a raccoon and a squirrel who both traveled with him and his wife, and were trained to walk on leashes! He also mentioned he had 7 deer…. Such a rich, full life!

We have a humane trap that we use on a regular basis after we have clear evidence of more raccoons. We bait it with apples or crackers and peanut butter. We have to be careful where we put the trap because they do everything they can to get out of the trap – of course – and have trashed our barbecue grill cover, plants in pots, etc.

When we catch one, we put the cage into the back of our truck and drive about 5 miles away, relocating the raccoon into a nice creek that flows under the road. Hopefully, this gives him/her another chance at a happy life, reunion with other relocated raccoons – far enough away that they don’t find their way back to us….

 

Happy Saturday

Aww Station via Marianna Bellantoni

Sly as a Fox

 

 

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“A fox is a wolf who sends flowers.” ~ Ruth Brown

 

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“The fox changes his fur but not his habits.” ~ Anonymous

Did You Know?

Bob Bennett – LinkedIn

• Many owl species have asymmetrical ears. When located at different heights on the owl’s head, their ears are able to pinpoint the location of sounds in multiple dimensions. Ready, aim, strike.
• The eyes of an owl are not true “eyeballs.” Their tube-shaped eyes are completely immobile, providing binocular vision which fully focuses on their prey and boosts depth perception.
• Owls can rotate their necks 270 degrees. A blood-pooling system collects blood to power their brains and eyes when neck movement cuts off circulation.
• A group of owls is called a parliament. This originates from C.S. Lewis’ description of a meeting of owls in The Chronicles of Narnia.
• Not all owls hoot! Barn Owls make hissing sounds, the Eastern Screech-Owl whinnies like a horse, and Saw-whet Owls sound like, well, an old whetstone sharpening a saw. Hence the name.

 

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*Fun Facts about Owls” ~ Audubon.org

Beautiful

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Chat Desh Photography via Mara Spirig – LinkedIn

Happy Sunday

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Friday “Awwwww!”

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Happy Fish?

Because of life getting in the way lately, I’ve gotten behind on my responsibilities around the house.   Yesterday I finally vacuumed our first floor – first the tiled areas and then the carpeted ones. I have a very nice vacuum. The only thing it could do better would be for it to run itself. (We actually HAD one of the round turn-it-on-and-it-runs-around type thingies at one time. It would regularly get stuck under something or wedge itself into a corner, or choke itself to death on the dog and cat hair, so we gave it up.)

Another thing I had neglected was the aquarium. I finally cleaned that out yesterday, putting in different decorations, clean water, new filters, etc. The fish didn’t say anything, but breathed sighs of relief when I put them back in their now clean home.

 

Here you can see all four of the fish. We have one that has gotten huge – they were all about the same size when I bought them – about an inch long. The largest one is now at least three inches long in the body, and then has a long tail. All seem to be doing fine.

 

Somehow, the girl-in-the-bathtub’s feet broke off quite a while back. I glued them back on and the fish don’t seem to mind it that she isn’t perfect.

I’m not sure if the weather will cooperate and I can finish getting the garden back in control or if I’ll have to tackle more projects in the house today.

The best thing is that we have Lunch Bunch – our every Friday meal with long time good friends in about an hour. Our son will go with us today, and it’s been years since our friends have seen him. I look forward to the reunion.

Have a happy day!

Thursday’s Happy Wake Up Call

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Nice Way to Start Your Day

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A Dog and Her Ball

We are having a bit of a confrontation at our house. WE want Amber to FETCH the ball. SHE wants US to play TUG OF WAR….

Amber truly loves a ball. She will tolerate the really hard ones, but prefers the soft, squishy ones. She doesn’t seem to have a color preference, but it’s obvious that her true love is one that squeaks loudly.

 

She squeaks the ball as she brings it to us, hopeful that THIS TIME we’ll grab the slimy ball and give it a vicious tug. She has a strong grip, so we can never take it from her. Finally, after we have failed to play her game correctly over and over, she drops the ball at our feet. We throw it, she leaps to get it, and brings it back – not to GIVE it to us – but to offer it again for a great game of Tug of War….

Sunday’s Cute

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Sweet Cubs

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Beautiful Birds

“At Swimming Pool” – Paul Militaru Photography

 

“Fight” – Paul Militaru Photography

 

“Swan Kids” – Paul Militaru Photography

“Awww” for Thursday

thanks to Bill Lites for his email

Happy Wednesday

Inna Kashkovar – LinkedIn

Wonderful Squirrels

I have to tell you, I love squirrels. Jeff Jett on LinkedIn finds the most wonderful photos and posts them. I want to share them with you.

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Your ‘Awwww’ for the Day

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Nice Way to Start the Day

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Reprieve from the Heat?

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Jeff Jett just posted this beautiful photo on LinkedIn. Since we’re under heat advisories here in Arkansas, it was so REFRESHING to see this! I hope it gives you some relief, as well as an ‘awwwww’, too.

Family

Beautiful World via Marianna Bellantoni

Wonderful Pet Portraits

BethanyKerrFineArt on Etsy

 

Niki Firmin Pet Portraits – “Bowie”

 

Niki Firmin Pet Portraits – “Saffi”

Your “Ahhh” for the Day

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Happy Saturday

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Fresh Fish

My fish didn’t complain, but I have neglected them since Mother Nature fried so many of our things. I finally took the time today to vacuum their aquarium, put in fresh scenery, and nice fresh water.

 

The largest goldfish is almost too large to swim through the barrels, but the other three do it regularly.

 

Things will settle a bit more, but the fish definitely have a new lease on life today.

I Love Owls

Adilya Rangga-CRMY Pictures 2014 via RJ Bennett – LinkedIn

 

ZietsPhotography via RJ Bennett – LinkedIn

To Start Your Day Off Nicely…

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Foxy

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*These photos are taken by talented photographers in an effort to preserve wildlife and their habitats.