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.

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[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.