Ghetto pathologies, personal responsibility, and wishful thinking.
Monthly Archives: August 2013
Thot you’d like to know
First, bugs in our yogurt; now propaganda about the “Santo” movie. I encourage you to read the article and follow the links. Monsanto is trying to take down and censor the movie.
FYI: I’ve followed a holistic lifestyle for over thirty years. I’m conscientious about the food I eat. I don’t use prescription drugs. I’m going to support the movie-making project.
Non-GMO Shopping Guide and Six Easy Steps to Avoid….
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Now, here’s a thought: We’ve heard how the government monitors our phone calls and our e-mail so we have no privacy. “Big Brother” may be trolling the Internet and e-mail messages for names of individuals that are anti-GMO. Perhaps I’m paranoid(?) but I believe Christians are documented “in the system.” I’m standing up for my beliefs even if it costs me my life!!
Visitors welcome !!
I have “a one track mind.” Please scroll down and see the progression of baby Bluebirds from eggs to adolescence. I love my Bluebirds!!
Occasionally I find a web site with information from a kindred spirit.
Baby News
These same messages can be found further down in the blog. I’ve consolidated them here so the reader can move from day-to-day. Depending upon your computer, I believe you can read one message, close it (x), return to this message, click the next, read it, close it, etc.
Five Little Bluebird Eggs in the Nest
Life in the very slow lane !!
In the remote chance I might see one of the Bluebird babies fledge, I sat on the patio for a couple of hours. The following pictures have little value but provided an opportunity to experiment with the Canon. I love the zoom!! In the past, with the Samsung, I seldom used zoom and relied on the “crop” feature in Picasa software. I’ll spare you pictures of bees, chameleons and crows. (The Canon has “image stabilizer” so zoom pictures are better than those with the Samsung.)
Being creative !!
I love to be creative!! There is a sense of satisfaction compiling one item from unlikely objects. For ninety-nine cents, from Goodwill, I bought the plastic “drink” dispenser. I’ve owned the snack tray for decades!! The metal bracket was an eighty cent Thrift Shop purchase just waiting for its eventual usage.
From my growing library of books and pamphlets regarding Bluebirds, I read about building a “platform feeder” (for the Bluebirds). The description called for wood platform/bottom and wood roof/ceiling with clear plastic sides. In my mind’s-eye, buying small pieces of lumber (at Lowe’s or Home Depot) and paying to have it cut to size, was an expense I didn’t want. (Not that I couldn’t afford it; I just didn’t want to go that route.) Today (after the chiropractic appointment) I saw the “drink” container at Goodwill and identified how it could play a role in the creation of a platform feeder. I hadn’t been home an hour before I started drilling holes to attach the bracket, and holes for drainage and ventilation. I have my own small store of hardware items but no bolts the proper length. I need to visit Ace Hardware for four bolts, washers and nuts. (Ace Hardware because I can buy one, two, three or four specific items and not have to buy a package with more than I need!!)
I’m ahead of schedule because the “platform feeder” was suggested for feeding Bluebirds during the winter. But I was challenged by the idea and it is under construction. I’ll post additional pictures after it is assembled. ~~ Maybe the Bluebirds won’t even adopt the feeder but it is fun to create and expense was nominal.
Postscript, Sat. Aug. 17, 2013, 3:00 PM: I’ve discarded the several items; I’ll never complete the project. I’m moving to Texas and will not have Bluebirds. Here is a link to a professional built “see through” feeder.
Note: Please see Baby News–Day Thirteen.
Three Quarters & Counting 