CoTT 2 House of Cards

[Headstall]

2 hours ago, dughlas said:

G'day y'all. A brief bit of autumn arrived today. Woke to a chilly morning, 50/10°. The day is bright though cool, it's only reached 64/18° at mid-afternoon.

I'm home alone. Thistle is having his teeth cleaned today so I dropped him at the vet at 8am. Apparently Yorkies and Yorkie mixes are prone to dental issues requiring regular dental cleanings. It seems inordinately quiet without him here.

I spent a couple hours clearing some saplings from the far lower yard this morning. My dad is renting a chipper for the day Saturday and we're going to work up a large brush pile. I needed to create a space to blow the wood chips where they can cure over the winter. Next spring I will use them as mulch under my pines. I feel good about the progress I'm making cleaning up the outdoor space around my yard. It looks really good.

Gonna relax now. I have a nasty migraine developing.

Blessed be.

 

[Page Scrawler]

33 minutes ago, Headstall said:

 

Hey, Gary. 

[Page Scrawler]

2 hours ago, dughlas said:

G'day y'all. A brief bit of autumn arrived today.

Hey, Dugh and Thistle.   *scratches for Thistle*

[Headstall]

9 minutes ago, Page Scrawler said:

Hey, Gary. 

Hi, Page.  

[Albert1434]

Hundreds of thousands of migratory birds have been found dead in New Mexico😢

Edited September 15, 2020 by Albert1434

[Marty]

4 hours ago, Valkyrie said:

I'm really glad it didn't happen at night!    

Probably not what you'd want, Val...

Spoiler

 

[Marty]

16 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Hundreds of thousands of migratory birds have been found dead in New Mexico😢

Ecologist Martha Desmond, a professor at New Mexico State University's Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Ecology, told the station the trend started in late August when large numbers of birds were found dead at the White Sands Missile Range, a military testing area with a national park and wildlife refuge. 

It was thought to be an isolated incident, but Desmond, who studies birds, now estimates hundreds of thousands of them are showing up dead across New Mexico. 

It is unclear what is causing the mass deaths, but an early cold snap may have played a role. 

"We honestly do not know. It could be that the weather moved it and pushed birds out early in Colorado where it just snowed like crazy," Desmond said. "Some of them might not have been ready to migrate and so they died in place."

Desmond also said the wildfires in the western United States could have forced some of the birds to change their migratory routes, and some could have suffered harm from the smoke.

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/migratory-birds-die-new-mexico-wildlife-experts-why/

[Marty]

5 hours ago, Valkyrie said:

Then I saw a bird fly away, so I think a bird was divebombing either the gutters or the part above the door.  Now that I think about it, maybe the bird got caught in the gutter and was trying to free itself and finally did.

For birds, glass windows are worse than invisible. By reflecting foliage or sky, they look like inviting places to fly into. And because the sheer number of windows is so great, their toll on birds is huge. Up to about 1 billion birds die from window strikes in the U.S. each year, according to a 2014 study.
Source: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/why-birds-hit-windows-and-how-you-can-help-prevent-it

[clochette]

Why isn't cat fart on he list of most dangerous weapons?!!  I'm dying here

[Valkyrie]

40 minutes ago, Marty said:

Probably not what you'd want, Val...

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If I have nightmares tonight, I know who to blame    

[Marty]

Just now, Valkyrie said:

If I have nightmares tonight, I know who to blame    

 

[Valkyrie]

13 minutes ago, Marty said:

 

 

The bird didn't fly into a window.  I had a clear view of the door and couldn't see it until it flew away.  I'm pretty sure it got caught up in the gutter right above the doorway and was flapping around, causing the noise I heard.  

[Valkyrie]

4 minutes ago, clochette said:

Why isn't cat fart on he list of most dangerous weapons?!!  I'm dying here

[Valkyrie]

2 minutes ago, Marty said:

 

  You're as much of an angel as Clo and Drew are.   

[clochette]

10 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

  You're as much of an angel as Clo and Drew are.   

Welcome to the angelic club, do you have your flying license McFly?

[Marty]

7 minutes ago, clochette said:

Welcome to the angelic club, do you have your flying license McFly?

 

Edited September 15, 2020 by Marty

[Marty]

[clochette]

3 minutes ago, Marty said:

 

That's... that's definitely not the kind of cute angel my lil bro and I are that looks more like... like one of those green flies

[Page Scrawler]

55 minutes ago, clochette said:

That's... that's definitely not the kind of cute angel my lil bro and I are that looks more like... like one of those green flies

When you said you and your brother are little angels, I kept picturing Lucifer Morningstar. 

[Bucket1]

10 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

I decided to make Sous Vide Raspberry Creme Brulee Cheesecake with home grown Raspberry's

 

Yes please

[Bucket1]

6 hours ago, clochette said:

Why isn't cat fart on he list of most dangerous weapons?!!  I'm dying here

Followed closely by dog farts. When I went to visit my sister, her dog left the room because he let one out. It was toxic

[Bucket1]

4 hours ago, Page Scrawler said:

When you said you and your brother are little angels, I kept picturing Lucifer Morningstar. 

He is worth picturing

[Page Scrawler]

3 hours ago, Bucket1 said:

He is worth picturing

I loved the ending of Season Five. It came out of left field. 

[Marty]

10 hours ago, clochette said:

That's... that's definitely not the kind of cute angel my lil bro and I are that looks more like... like one of those green flies

Tut, tut, clo! 

You, of all people, should know that @Drew Espinosa doesn't like to have his vertically challenged status mentioned in public...

 

[Marty]

9 hours ago, Page Scrawler said:

When you said you and your brother are little angels, I kept picturing Lucifer Morningstar.