Snow Birds

My expectation that there would be birds of interest at the new house has proven true.  A couple of birds that I'd only seen pictures of until now appear to live in the new back yard, for instance, Red-tailed Hawks and Eastern Bluebirds!

However, there have been no new faces at the bird feeder- until yesterday.

The Juncos must have eaten everything.

So the Wild Turkeys moved on.

Then met up with some friends.

Fluffy and George en garde




                                                      

                                        Well. Knock me over
                                           with a feather.

 

                                            

Florida Wild Cat Selfie Safari



Actually, I have nothing to do with the story.  I am simply cute.

 

 

 

 

A couple weeks ago in Port Royal, Florida a landscaper alerted one of his customers to a trespasser napping in one of the flowerbeds.

 

The owner checked it out.  Tucked between the side of the house and a shrub was what appeared to be a very large cat.  Acting quickly, the owner whipped out his phone to take a selfie of him looking at the cat.  Then he used the phone to call someone to report what he'd found.

 

Some folks from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission came.  The intruder was identified as a Florida Panther.  The panther probably swam over from Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.  Male panthers, you see, need a territory of their own.  There was once only an estimated 30 Florida Panthers, now there are believed to be about 200, thanks to the genetic restoration project.  Since panthers prefer to have about 200 square miles to call their own, some are moving to the suburbs.

 

Soon the Port Royal flowerbed owner was taking a selfie of him watching a biologist shoot the cat with a tranquilizer then lift the animal onto a blanket to examine.  A short time later, the still tranquilized panther was placed in a Wildlife Commission truck.  The flowerbed owner had a picture taken of himself standing near the truck.

 

The panther will be released back into the wild but where is yet to be decided- probably not Rookery Bay.   

 

 

Will the next selfie be of the owner standing in his yard beside a sign that reads:  STAY OUT OF THE FLOWERBEDS? 

 

Stay tuned.

 

 

 

Read Naples Daily News Story here.

Pop Culture Frenzy, Round 31

Welcome once again to Pop Culture Frenzy.  Let's get it on.

Our question concerns a just released movie based on a best selling book entitled, "50 Shades of Grey".  What's it about?

Molly?

 

Gray squirrels?

 

 

 

 

Hostmaster:  incorrect.

Fluffy?

 

 

 

 

The argument for moral relativism that right

and wrong are not black and white but shades of gray?

 

 

 

 

 

Hostmaster:  incorrect.

Bryan?

 

 

 

 

Shades of gray are window treatments?

 

 

 

 

Hostmaster:  incorrect.

Cyndi?

 

 

 

 

It's a triumphant transformation where a

woman finds her authentic sexuality.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Correct. Or something like it.

The "heroine" is an insipid gal

 who after some finagling,

 meets a handsome powerful man. 

Her lack of charm and certitude

are evidently just what he is looking for-

 as a playmate in Bondage and Sadomasochism.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Sounds like the perfect

Valentines Day date flick!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes.  For scary people.

 

 

 

 

 

 

You guys are so uptight and intolerant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

If uptight and intolerant means not wanting

anything to do with being tied up and

whipped, then color me uptight and intolerant.

 

 

 

 

 

You are so selfish and uncaring

Fluffy.  Not everybody is so confident

like you.  This woman was like, lost

and was able to find herself.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well, found herself

bound in leather anyway.

 

 

 

 

 

Cyndi, forgive me for

not buying the notion that

transformation to fulfillment

 comes from getting

beaten up. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let's end this Round.  I feel dirty. 

I'm gonna take a bath.

Alone.

 

 

 

 

Round 31

Fluffy/Molly  14

Bryan/Cyndi   12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pretty Pigeon Poop

When I was a kid, an old man lived two doors down.  His garage was extra tall because the top half was home to a few dozen pigeons.  On Sunday mornings at seven a persistent scraping sound could be heard.  It was Mr. Pigeon Keeper doing poop removal.

My bedroom window was on the side of the house closest to Mr. Pigeon Keeper's coop.  This is why I can state with certainty that Mr. PK kept to his Sunday chore religiously.

Why the sudden reminiscence of my pigeon keeping neighbor?  Mike Tyson.

Yep.  Mike Tyson and the 93rd Grand National Pigeon Show.


Here's a link that talks about Tyson's soft spot for pretty birds. 

Here's a link with some really cool pictures of pigeons.