Of course, emotions are running pretty high all the way around, some good, some not so good, but I guess that is to be expected. I had an altercation this morning with a dad who, despite ignoring repeated requests to contact us to set up visits, particularly for the holidays, which have to be supervised, got completely irate when I told him this morning (when I had to go track him down) that if he intended to see the girls Christmas week, he'd better get it set up because most of us were going to be out and the two people supervising most of the visits are going to be really busy and also having to deliver a lot of Christmas presents. He had the gaul to go off on me about not being able to have them for Christmas Eve and Christmas. He expects someone to just drop their plans with their own families to be with them, or let them go unsupervised into the same situation that caused them to be removed in the first place. These parents still accept absolutely no responsibility for the situation they're in, and yet they still expect everybody else to bend over backwards to make their problems go away.
The thing is, if my family wasn't coming, I would make an extra effort to allow visits on Christmas and to supervise them, but I haven't been with my daughter and grandson for the past three Christmases and I'm not about to let them interfere with that, especially given their attitude.
It's just disgusting and appalling and thank goodness I don't have to see any of those cheerless, morose, liberal and PC types for a few weeks. Or, hear about how I am supposed to gleefully accept transgenders, etc. I wish you could get a break too!
Those parents should be grateful that they don't have to have supervised visits with their children....in jail, by a warden.
Sweetie, do you know anything about Mourning Doves?
I have 2 on the ground, in my bamboo garden. They don't act sick but are just sitting there. It's COLD here with the North wind blowing. It's just gotten to 38 degrees.
Do mourning doves nest on the ground in cold weather? I have a feeder close by and put seed on the ground for the ground feeders, but none of the birds live with me. They fly away at evening time.
I've not seen these birds do this before.
I went and looked out that window. I now have 6 of them around and in that bamboo. I hope they do stay there. They'll be warmer and closer to their food. They seem okay, just cold and have their feathers fluffed and nestled down in the ivy, pine straw and bamboo leaves.
I guess they are okay, it's just different behavior than I've noticed before.