I promised this for a long time, so finally, have the story of our baby falcons! Click on the images for full size.

To explain, we have an old house with a small attic that has a window. The outside of the house has brickwork, with a small hole where the window is. My Dad installed a box behind it, as a potential home for kestrels. He didn't have ( Read more... )

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I decided to move posting to Dreamwidth, crosspost to LJ but downgrade LJ to a free account. I don't want to give them any more money. The whole Russia thing creeps me out, and being told that the TOS translation to a language I can frigging read is not a valid document... well. No ( Read more... )

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Bad news first... that frigging hole on my tailbone area, that had at first healed up so nicely, just refused to do the last centimetres. And the doc had no other way than to give me some aenesthetics again and have a good close look. And lo and behold, an infection. One that couldn't be seen from the outside and didn't cause any pain, but made the ( Read more... )

One year ago the phone rang and the hospice lady told us that Mum was on her way ( Read more... )

Yesterday would have been Mom's 81st birthday ( Read more... )

Note to self: the doctor says six to eight weeks for a reason. It's only been three weeks now, don't get impatient ( Read more... )

So, the owl is home again. Surgery went okay, they removed infection and fistula in four places. Two on my tailbone area, and two more "oh, while we're at it" on my left groin, apparently they saw those while operating and just took them out too. Which is good because hey, gone, but makes changing bandages a little complicated ( Read more... )

*sigh*

Just when you think everything's okay...
( Gorey details under the cut )