Other Barnyard Animals

I think it is sad that the bunny feels unwelcome.

I still love horses.

Sometimes You've Just Got To Show A Little Ass

There's just so much to say here. I think this is a nice change from birds, although I still like birds.

Back of an ass

Jawbone of an ass

An ass and a half-ass

Three asses. One of these is actually an ass's foal. Another one is the mom.

This is the small ass of a small ass

Happy Ass

I think I've said enough.

Tomorrow will be the cow and the goats. Or maybe the tractors.

Curling is a Fad

Curling is also an obsession for some. About 101 people here in our area. The 100 who are in the local curling club, and the one who has the application filled out and is dropping it in the mail after work.

I have learned today, because the local newspaper is so informative, that hockey ice is slightly less than an inch thick and is maintained at 18-21 degrees. Curling ice in our area is the same thing as hockey ice because we have so few curlers (just saying that makes me chuckle) that we don't have dedicated ice. The people that dream of dedicated ice say crazy things. "I don't want to sound weird, but curling on dedicated ice, it's magical. The rock leaves your hand very quietly; it's something."

I have also learned that

"its gracefulness and its goofiness combine to make [curling] somehow mezmerizing."

That's it, we're all being mezmerized. It's part of an olympic conspiracy.

I have added "Men With Brooms" to my netflix queue, just because I can.

Venom used to sing, as she helped mommy, "This is the way we broom the floor, broom the floor, broom the floor..."

I bet they sing something like that for the newbies at the curling club at the hockey rink too. After the hockey players leave.

Matthew 21

This is a fig.

A creepy(ing) fig.

Don't eat it.

These vines are cursed.

They are fruitful,

but the fruit is of the inedible variety,

and edible fruit will not appear later.

As iron sharpens iron,

so one man sharpens another.

He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,

and he who looks after his master will be honored.

As water reflects a face,

so a man’s heart reflects the man.

Proverbs 27:17-19

This came to mind yesterday afternoon--that "iron sharpens iron" thing. I should have looked it up sooner. Then I would have seen the next verse about figs. You tend the fig tree, you want to be able to appreciate the fruit, especially when you're hungry.

We planted a pomegranate tree a couple of years ago. I love this tree. It can barely be called a tree, because it's not even as tall (or short) as I am yet. Some new leaves have just appeared on it in the last few days and we had a little party in the backyard yesterday when we noticed them. Last year we had one fruit that didn't really make it to maturity. Waiting to see what we get this year.

A couple of things about ducks

1. Some ducks whistle instead of quack. Parents of small children take note.

2. All the ducks around here are, or seem to be, dabbling ducks. They tip headfirst into shallow water to feed on plants, snails, stuff.

3. The northern pintail is very pretty.

4. The American Wigeon does not look like a pigeon.

Ducks are underappreciated, I think.

He loves me, He loves my dog. :-)

You're either with him, or against him.

I just stay out of these games.

Note To Danjo

Your blog is located at http://idontknowhatdoyouthink.blogspot.com/

Sidewalk Driver is (halfheartedly) reading Numbers, not Genesis. In Numbers, there is lots of counting. It is somewhat different from Genesis, in that there is less emphasis on pretending one's wife is actually one's sister.

I am not even kidding...

Is it snowing where you are?

Believe it, Urban Ranger...

Summer is coming!

This place is very cool

I would go find someplace else to play with this camera, but this place is close, and awesome. And birds are challenging. They don't stay still. Seriously. It must be exhausting to be a bird. There are also many different kinds of birds. Manual focus may be the best thing that has ever happened to me.

"They dare not linger..."

Exciting!!

This may possibly be the first cardinal I have ever seen.

This guy comes to eat naughty children in the night.

Just look at those claws.

They are either vain, or hungry.