Mercury must still be in retrograde...

[tenaya]

...cause life is still throwing curve balls.




According to Mom, Regis Philben said that Mercury being in retrograde is what's responsible for all the, uh, havoc lately. So, to bottomline, this is Hal, the new refridgerator. It sits in the kitchen all enigmatic and imposing. When we shut the fridge, we say, "Close the pod bay doors, Hal."






Just when we thought (for about the third time) that *maybe* we could relax, I walked out of the house today and found the tree at the top of the back yard has shed a limb--a limb that's about a quarter of the tree. The Arborist will be coming out in the morning to price the job and let me know if the tree is terminal or not. The first shot is of what fell in the neighbor's yard, the second is what's in my yard.








And when all else fails, I go find Big Reg and give him a hug. He's very squeezy and he makes me buck up and smile.





The good news is that Reg's repeat ultrasound says he's fine. We also had his teeth checked so there'd be no dental emergencies while we're away. He does have acne though....

Brindle is back on three meds for his tummy and allergy trouble as he is back living in the sink since Sunday. His ears started to go moldy again so I pulled him off all but the Flagil. Back in April when he was on the anti-histamine for four days, his ears filled with bloody fungus. Now, after four days using the same drug again, it started again. The vet said he can't be reacting to the anti-histamine and to bring him in. Right.... Instead, we're being non-compliant and pulling him off the stuff he can't be allergic to because, you know, sometimes things don't make sense but only a fool ignores what's in front of their face.

Varmit wise, over the last two weeks, we've seen Cutiepie three times with no babies. She's listless when she eats and after grooming, just takes a nap. I've no idea what happened but it's just so sad.

Lastly, there's been a flock of about 100 large green parrots buzzing the neighborhood. They're bigger than doves and quite noisy. They were up in the euc grove behind the house, chatting away with each other when I went out to watch them. The sudden silence lasted for about 10 seconds, then they all started squacking at the same time. "Whaaat, whaaat, whaaaat!" they all said, bobbing in synch. I got a Alfred Hitchcock flashback and headed back into the house at a slightly faster than dignified speed. With my luck of late, I don't want to tempt fate.

Comments

[obelix]

Nice fridge :-) I've got a similar one and love it but yes it is a behemoth ;-)

Did I tell you about the raccoons that we have living in our backyard? They live under our neighbour's garage. We have mommy and 6 young ones. Even tough we live in the middle of the city. Mommy is huge and the young ones are getting pretty big themselves. That we know of there's been a family of raccoon living under that garage for the last 25 years or so. I keep trying to get pictures but with the trees it's really hard to get a good shot.

I know the feeling about being in the Hitchcock film, we have tons of crows here and they congregate at night in a nearby park and the river. I'm talking thousands of them all congregate in the same small area and literally cover the trees of the park and the river. It looks like black waves and they all leave at dawn and reappear at dusk. They fly in from whereve they spend the day in the hundreds from all compass points, it's pretty impressive and scary. One particular murder has established itself in one of the numerous large trees in the back and it's pretty impressive when you go out on your deck and are observed by all these massive crows!

Hope everything settles down soon so that you can relax *hugs*

[tenaya.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I keep hoping it will, but about every 4 or 5 days, something breaks or gets sick. Everyone gets a run of bad luck but this is very unsettling. I'm going to be a nervous wreck when we go on that cruise worrying about what's happening at home.

Oh! Baby Coons! That's lovely! If you have any stories, I'd love to hear them.

Isn't it strange that a group of crows is called a murder? We used to have a large number of them perch in the grove behind the house, but nothing like what you described! I once listened to a forest ranger talk about crows and they really are remarkable creatures. But that would be unnerving, nonetheless. These parrots make as much noise as crows do. I wonder what they eat?

[obelix]

I don't have a lot of stories since they tend to come out at dusk and trundle their way to the river and come back early in the morning. But they are cute and it is lovely to watch them climbing trees and playing :-)

I know what crows eat, the state of the garbage bags in the neighbourhood is a good clue ;-) But I have no clue what parrots would eat.

Yesterday we had 4 crows destroying a nest in one of the large trees. I don't know who's nest it was but it was recent and the crows obviously didn't want whomever to move in to what they consider their tree.

*hugs*

[tenaya.livejournal.com]

That is the one bad thing about crows is that they decimate the song bird population. I've also seen them mob owls and hawks, so I imagine if it was a big nest, they could be preemptive striking.

[obelix]

I'm pretty sure that the chikadees have left the area since I don't see a lot of them at this point and I'm sure it's due to the crows. Unfortunately there are no longer any predators to stop the growing population of crows and since they can't be hunted it's becoming a problem.

[tenaya.livejournal.com]

The West Nile virus really thinned out the flock here. There's been a resurgence of the song bird population.

[catalenamara.livejournal.com]

I hate Mercury Retrograde; it's always one thing after another. And this one has been worse than usual. Be warned - the next Merc Retrograde is most of the month of November.

Cute pic of Reg!

>>>Lastly, there's been a flock of about 100 large green parrots buzzing the neighborhood. They're bigger than doves and quite noisy.

Oh *that's* where they've been! They are usually over my house, more like 1000 of them, flying back and forth and making all kinds of noise.

[tenaya.livejournal.com]

November? Damn! So, when does this one stop?

Reg is lovely. I just bought a carpeted kitty stairway for him on ebay, so he can move those still little legs of his up on my bed.

A THOUSAND?!! Holy crap! Maybe the flock is dividing, eh?

[moonchildetoo.livejournal.com]

Your fridge looks brilliant - congratulations! Tree - ouchie! More $$ to spend. Damn, I'm sorry. That sucks.

Reg is a luv. He has wonderful manly kitty paws, like Wheelz. Poor Brindle!

Sad news indeed about Cutiepie. Damndamndamndamn :-(

[tenaya.livejournal.com]

The fridge knows it's brilliant. It's kinda smug, really. *g*

The tree guy came today and all they left was a few leaves. They did a great job, so the $375 had good results. I hate spending money and having half-assed results.

Reg does has manly paws, and the most manly of broad shoulders. And he's so incredibly sweet. Brindle is out of the sink, but he's hiding in the house as he doesn't want any more medicine. So, now we're not giving him any meds and just letting him know we love him and he doesn't have to hid. :::sigh:::

I'm heartbroken about Cutiepie. That's Nature, but it sucks.

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

Oh, I am so jealous (in a good way). That's the exact refrigerator I want to get someday! Currently mine is a side-by-side with the freezer on the left, which makes the fridge part too narrow. It's also against a wall, so the fridge door doesn't open all the way. I think one like this would solve that problem.

When we shut the fridge, we say, "Close the pod bay doors, Hal."

Bwah! *g*

[tenaya.livejournal.com]

I, too, had the side by side before and I like this one a lot. I wasn't planning on the french doors or the stainless steel, but that's what they had in stock for next day delivery. The french doors are great. Two things about the stainless steel: fridge magnets won't stick to it and it shows smuges very easily. This one, the GE Profile, has a number of excellent features. It's got the Energy Star rating and uses very little energy. Plus, it has a cooling unit for each of the fridge and the freezer, which means the air doesn't go back and forth between the two, and the freezer doesn't have to do so many of the defrost cycles since the more humid air of the fridge doesn't go into the freezer, nor does the dry freezer air dehydrate the stuff in the fridge. I'm glad we got it, but I wish it wasn't an emergency type of the situation at the time.

Geeze...I'm such a wealth of info about fridges and toilets, aren't I? *g*

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

hehe Knowledge of toilets should never be underestimated.

The fridge sounds great. I never even though about whether magnets would stick to a stainless steel fridge. I could live with that. I hate everyone putting all their stuff all over the fridge. Currently we have all black appliances and they also show the smudges and *dust* very easily. If I wash off and dry my stovetop and all the buttons, within minutes it looks so dusty as though I'd never wiped it in a month. *g*

Plus, it has a cooling unit for each of the fridge and the freezer, which means the air doesn't go back and forth between the two, and the freezer doesn't have to do so many of the defrost cycles since the more humid air of the fridge doesn't go into the freezer, nor does the dry freezer air dehydrate the stuff in the fridge.

I like that idea. Thanks for the info. :-)