The next morning after dealing with the skunks at Dad's cousin's place, I went down to have breakfast in the main house. Getting there, I walked in on an interesting conversation. Dad’s cousin was beginning to lecture her husband’s granddaughter. Apparently she was here for the summer in part to work for her Grandpa and Dad’s cousin. {pause} You ( Read more... )

Dad’s Aunt, Wilmar Shiras, wrote a book called “Children of the Atom” that’s a bit of a science fiction classic. Dad claims that it was inspired in part by watching her children struggle to fit in at school. The eldest of her children was very close to Dad’s age. That’s the one Dad is close to, so that’s the one I know ( Read more... )

Dad’s Aunt, Wilmar Shiras, wrote a book called “Children of the Atom” that’s a bit of a science fiction classic. Dad claims that it was inspired in part by watching her children struggle to fit in at school. The eldest of her children was very close to Dad’s age. That’s the one Dad is close to, so that’s the one I know ( Read more... )

I wrote this up to swap with a friend for a frog story of hers. I thought I'd share it here, too. {Smile ( Read more... )

Remind me that I don't want a chimpanzee. {wry smile ( Read more... )

On Sunday, we had a surprise. {Smile ( Read more... )

Dad and I just got to listen to an unusually long "concert" by a Chinese thrush in our Surinam cherry tree. He went on particularly long, maybe because he was competing with another bird further away. {Smile ( Read more... )

We have a problem in our woodpile. ( Read more... )

I'm okay with insects and other land invertebrates as long as I don't have to touch them. That is good, since I see a surprising number and variety when I'm outside doing my exercises in the patio. {Smile} The latest, tho, was almost a surprise. {Smile}

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I saw a bird fly up to the wire just before Dad and I came home from picking up dinner today. It was a little too large for our large pigeons. It's head was a little too large, too. I thought it was shaped more like a raptor... maybe a small owl or hawk ( Read more... )