What made me happy today?
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So you think "back to nature" implies a complete rejection of reality and a return to the cave, where naive bliss ninnies and lilies of the field will freeze to death or be eaten by a grizzly bears?
How amusing.
But I like lily of the valley!
Me, too. Alas, I've never managed to get it to grow in my garden.
GrahamLewis
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It would be black bears around here. But folks would sure freeze in the caves.So you think "back to nature" implies a complete rejection of reality and a return to the cave, where naive bliss ninnies and lilies of the field will freeze to death or be eaten by a grizzly bears?
How amusing.
GrahamLewis
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Today, like most mornings, I took my lovebird along as I performed my morning toothbrushing ritual. He sits on top of the bathroom mirror, either watching me carefully with his head cocked to one side, or busily preening himself, each of us with his own perspective on starting the day. Then (and don't tell my wife this because she thinks it's unsanitary) I hold up the water glass and let him take a sip or two. I rinse the glass, put it away, and reach my hand up to him; he hops onto it and I bring him down to eye level. I turn my hand and hold it out flat; he leans in toward my palm, and lowers his head so I can rub it with one of my fingers. "Scritching," my daughter used to call it. Then I say, "time to go back," and he waits while I turn out the light and carefully put my other hand around him, holding him just tight enough that he feels both secure and not free to fly. I turn the light back on and carry him upstairs to his cage.
It's become our morning ritual, and, looking back, I can't tell who trained who. ("whom?" -- I never know which). In any case, it makes me happy.
It's become our morning ritual, and, looking back, I can't tell who trained who. ("whom?" -- I never know which). In any case, it makes me happy.
Don't laugh. I actually met one guy whose attitude, in a nutshell, was: "Nature knows best. I don't trust man-made things. They're against nature!" etc.So you think "back to nature" implies a complete rejection of reality and a return to the cave, where naive bliss ninnies and lilies of the field will freeze to death or be eaten by a grizzly bears?
How amusing.
I guess he eats unwashed vegetables and sleeps on the ground? *shrug*
Marmot is my new favourite foreign animal, along with Baby Elephant, thanks to youtube. Do those things actually approach people and beg for food? I have doubts but this woman was doing just that. Rather than look them up, I shall allow ye all to regale me with marmot facts, seeing most of you live in lands that contain the aforementioned animal.
Heartlet Happer
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Wombats I know backwards. I believe I posted a tale of the Wombat Man in the science thread. (They can fuck you up)
We have yellow-bellied marmots in the moutains here. I wrote a feature article on them once simply because I had taken some great photos on a trip into the Sierra Madres. Marmots are also called rock chucks.
defaux
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Nah, you're good. We all thought it.
What makes me happy is the huge amount of loving people I have in my life, for no apparent reason. I could do a much better job of receiving that love, on the whole, but I really do appreciate that it's there.
Dogberry's Watch
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Messaged a guy about a doing my next tattoo. He's gonna give me dates he's available and in March??? Tattoo #8 will be mine
