Comments on: Miami marathon

By: Timoty

Timoty — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 06:09:24 +0000

cool blog!

By: D.F.

D.F. — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 05:28:40 +0000

maggie, you’re hilarious. here’s lookin’ at you, kid (now why didn’t my birds ever say that to me?)

um… can any say ‘hotties?!’ damn! not sure who was more honored in this pic, the guests or the lit celeb.

miami, huh?

what *kind* of marathon, AB?

ok, i’m just kidding.

but Fla. is now finally on my list of places to hit up.

the sign she’s throwing – it’s somethin’ all the hip girls in japan were doin’, and then spread from there. i don’t think it’s a peace reference.

i never read harriet the spy.

that i remember, at least.

will check it out.

peace.

By: genevieve

genevieve — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 05:06:31 +0000

Harriet the Spy rules. I read that book a zillion times when I was a kid, several times so far as an adult. When my 1st niece was born, I immediately bought her a copy of HTS for later – because you never know how soon a girl is going to need it.

By: tokoloshgrrl

tokoloshgrrl — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 03:41:36 +0000

Hey, on the topic of vultures, I read recently that there has been a huge decline in their population in Asia due to environmental contamination. Here’s a link to a very interesting article on how they identified the cause. And my favorite part is that some conservationists have been setting up vulture restaurants! I.e places where vultures can get clean and safe carrion. Yum!

http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050202/news_lz1c2vulture.html

http://in.news.yahoo.com/070210/137/6bz6c.html

By: jactitation

jactitation — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 02:37:21 +0000

(please note that last word should have been followed by “?!?!?!”)

By: jactitation

jactitation — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 02:36:21 +0000

You’ve got two adorable girls hanging onto you and everyone’s talking about the vulture

By: ?

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:29:07 +0000

I believe that is a peace sign…slightly tilted…or something…although it resembles scissors after a second look.

By: Doctor E

Doctor E — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:49:51 +0000

We may all be too old for this, but can anyone tell me the meaning of the sign the girl on our left is flashing?

By: little gator

little gator — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:40:12 +0000

Another raptor closeup story-I saw a Coopie(Cooper’s Hawk) flying across my yard less than 10 feet from the ground, with a chipmunk wiggling in its feet. It was near the unmortared stone retaining wall that we call the chipmunk condo.

I feel a loss less friendliness to cute vermin since the chipmunks ate parts of the insides of the car, and the squirrel got stuck in the basement and ate parts of the walls, while pooping everywhere and dislodging insulation.

The mice were at the old house. They lived in the electric stove(very stinky) and would climb out the burner holes at night. Then Rudy Patootie, best cat ever, would lie in wait and send all the cooking pots clanging to the floor as he pounced. One time he woke a sleeping Mr Gator by trying to drop a live mouse on his face. Poor guy did not appreciate the gift.

By: little gator

little gator — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:29:13 +0000

Looks like a turkey vulture to me too, but it would, cause that’s the only kind of vulture I’ve seen in flight.

Did you know vultures won’t eat Lucky Charms cereal? I was at a zoo as a kid and someone had left some of it in the vultures’ cage. Imagine something so bad even vultures refuse it!

Another time I was hiking up Mt Wachuset, the kind of hill that only gets called a mountain in the lowlands. A beautiful April day with the mountain laurel blooming and everything alive and green.

Then I saw the tuerkey vultures overhead. Ruined the mood, though we did get giggly at the vultures’ opinion of our hiking skills.