LOL - makes it even funnier :D

yep, and she looks chagrined!

I saw another (larger) shot early this morning, and it showed that ol' warmongering neocon Henry Kissinger, seated in the next row up......... birds of a feather.

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I just realized, I haven't given an E - I - E - I - O update in aeons... so, you lucky ducks, here it is:

NaeNae, first off, wanted to tell ya, Cinderella did indeed turn out to be CinderFellah, and he is GORGEOUS!!

his feathers ended up maturing to a beautiful dark milk chocolate color, and he is majestic, healthy, strong, and a clear leader... I predict he will have a LARGE harem of adoring ducks.

you can tell Olivia he is now the most beautiful DRAKE here at Darwin Farm...

his sister Mermaid is quite a lovey too, being black, white, and grayish... together, they lead the pack of teenager duckies around, and come right to me when I make kiss-kiss noises... of course, it isn't ME they like, but the corn and cabbage I carry.

but it's still neat to have them a little trained, and certainly amuses the neighbor children!

my turkeys (Bishop and Hadassah) are still in courtship mode, traveling as a pair, in full feather display... never leaving each other's sides for more than a few minutes, but they haven't actually mated yet.

my goat Lilah is DEFINITELY preggers, her udder is "bagging up" and by looking at her, I believe she's carrying twins.

her mom Leeloo is pregnant too, so we'll be having little goat kids prancing around in a couple of weeks... according to my goat pregnancy calculator, the earliest possible date is in two weeks, so mi esposo and Amelio are racing to complete the new Goat House, with milking stand, hay rack, pellet bins, and nice private spacious kidding shed...

and our animal hurricane shelter is complete except for shelves and lights, YAY !!!

it looks like Becky Bacon is NOT pregnant, she came into estrus yesterday (she's noisy about it) so we have to mark our calendars carefully, and get the neighbor's boar over to "service" her.

15 duck moms have hatched their clutches, and we have about 120 ducklings in the nursery and duckhouse and brooder boxes... there are still 6 ducks still on their nests.

today we made $75 dollahs selling eggs and chickens, and all the rest of the eggs went under two broody chickens and into the incubator, to see what hatches.

also, our friend Elito brought over a dozen eggs for us to hatch, and we have some COOL new residents, some Nudie Neck Chickens (3) hatched, and some beautiful mop-tops.

so, picture it, our PORCH is filled with boxes, and warmer lights, and cheep-cheepers, the yard is occupied by dozens and dozens and DOZENS of free-ranging birds, so I feel like I'm living in the middle of a six acre ZOO !!

last count:

ducks and ducklings: 157
chickens and chickies: 63
geese: 7
turkeys: 2
goats: 3 (plus 3 or 4 on the way!)
pigs: 1
rabbits: 7
guinea pigs: 29

:D:eek::D

i have missed the updates thank you Kay

Vonn i hope you are feeling better

Trish how are you holding up?

Anyone heard from Barb is she back ?

hiya Jim and Sandy

howdy Fin

hello renee, amazing what you find in the cheap seats:grin:

everyone else have a nice day


peace

A dear friend of mine who was battling breast cancer not that long ago was prescribed that during her chemo and radiation. She said it really helped her.

Um, so now...I wonder how many families I belong to. :D

http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/k.../butterfly.gif ohhhhhh pretty!....

What was I saying?

Oh yeah...I have a purdy hooka at home that my daughter bought me in Kansas City. Strickily for lookin at it 'cause it's so purdy. :D I will never again, I think, see one like I saw a zillion years ago in Germany...at one of King Ludwig's castles - Linderhof. He had a special 'smoke house' (a Mauritian Kiosk) with one of the hugest hookas I've ever seen. Our tour guide told us it was Ludwig's place go be alone, smoke weed, and 'meditate'. Oh yeah, back then (1969) you COULD walk all the way in. All of the windows were stained glass and the inside is circular, and well...it was just stunning. This guy had jewels and gold (HUGE jewels) in everything including his smokehouse. 5th picture on this page
And this is the inside of the smokehouse. (You can see way in the back the table he sat his hookah on.

Still thinkin bout that beach. http://home.mchsi.com/~njp/emoticons/eatgrapes.gif

wonder how much it costs to call long distance to Belize. http://home.mchsi.com/~njp/emoticons/phone.gif

Kay, thanks for the update on your animals. That is so cool! Still think ya should write a book about it. :)

i have bugged her about a book a few times, Fin have you ever visited Kays home page?

Well, it's official. I am broker than a run down barn in the Tennessee hills. Not so broke I can't feed myself but something strange happened this summer and I lost money. Was it because the boys were home? Was it because I went out and did too many things? Was it that last minute trip to the Dells? Was it the bed we bought? The CC I charged up?

All of the above I am afraid. But, the good and positive note is I can pay my bills without going hungry. I just wont have fun doing it. lol

Somebody pass the hooka.

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...and_Hookah.jpg

sorry sandy but here ya go
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...es/caterp3.jpg

it was the kidz, lol, they'll eat ya out of house & home.

:p

no, wait, it was Clinton did it!!

at that upside down White House...

:D

He was holding a cigar. :rolleyes: