I was walking in our back hallway earlier and spotted a lady northern flicker woodpecker sitting on the ice in our pond having a drink, so I ran and got my camera and tripod to share it with you.
After she had her fill, she shuggled up to the rocks for a nap.
Seriously. Pelicans are just weird.
Oh, just a great blue heron hanging out on a boat at the dock in front of our cabin. No big deal.
Among the many many birds we got to watch rather closely was this great white egret who landed on our roof:
He turned towards us for a while and became rather one-dimensional:
I’m the designated deviled egg maker for our family and since it’s nearly Christmas that means I have to get moving on this. One of the worst parts is generally peeling the shells off the eggs, so when I saw one of those “life-hack” links about peeling an egg I watched. Basically the instructions were to boil the eggs as normal, then with the egg in a small amount of water in a pot, put the lid on and shake hard. I watched the video (sorry I don’t have a link) and it looked magical. So I tried it. Here’s the egg in the water:
And here’s the egg post-shaking, with the shell next to it. It worked wonderfully.
Until the 7th egg. When I opened the top on that I found an explosion of egg parts, It was disgusting and I didn’t take a picture. Since I only had one spare egg (or I did before that disaster) I did the rest the normal way (for me that’s tap all around on all sides and slide the shell off, which worked pretty well this time frankly.)
Had to share this.
I really hate to beat a dead horse, but the United States of America is a secular nation; meaning we have no official state religion. In case you’re confused, that’s a good thing. It means that you can’t be harassed if your religion doesn’t jibe with the state’s. You’re free to follow whatever beliefs you hold (or don’t hold, as the case may be), and nobody can tell you otherwise.
You absolutely can say “Merry Christmas”. Go ahead, say it right now. I’ll wait.
Did anybody break down your door to arrest you? Probably not (and if they did, it certainly wasn’t because of your choice of holiday greeting). You’re free to run down the streets shouting “Merry Christmas” as loud as you please, subject to your town’s noise ordinances. You can say it to your postman; you can say it to a cashier; you can say it to…
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Getting back to sharing my Sanibel Island photos from our early November stay there… Right by our cottage were several large palms. We had the windows open almost all the time, and the sound they make in even the slightest breeze is fantastic!
I don’t quite know what happened with “Auto Draft” being published weirdly and I am not even sure what it looks like for other people…
Anyway… during our stay in Sanibel we were on a bay and had a lot of birds to watch. After a couple of days, we decided pelicans are decidedly odd creatures.
Last month my husband and I went to Sanibel Island, Florida. We were there to meet up with his family and celebrate his mother’s birthday. Aside from one rainy day the weather was lovely and I took a lot of walks. On each one I saw lush vegetation like this.
I took advantage of the unseasonably warm weather here to take a nice walk before heading to the family gathering. Along my route I saw a little girl in her front yard. She yelled to me:
“Have a great Thanksgiving Day today!”
Which was really nice, so I said back “Thank you – you too!”
After a moment she yelled: “I’m just peeling the tomato!”
I didn’t quite know what to say to that. After a beat I said “Good job!”
I walked away wondering why she was peeling a tomato. Or maybe she meant potato? Either way, just one? And why in the front yard alone?
It will remain a mystery.
@KellyOSullivan 