Here’s Ollie and Olivia “kissing”. I presume they were grooming and courting. I presume they were courting each other and grooming.
Posted on 03/01/2025 7:23:36 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
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Let me know how shallots work for you. I had some starter bulbs a few years ago, but I never had any luck with them. I would seriously LOVE to grow my own shallots. I cook with them frequently. Scrambled eggs with shallots, fresh tarragon, mushrooms, and shredded gruyere are amazing. One of my favorite combos.
Remind me in the fall.
I bought both shallot sets and seeds and am going to try both ways to see which works best.
Get well soon! The Fire Cider will fix any and all ailments.
:-)
Thanks, yes, but, I don't think that's the problem. The images I posted in (459) above, for example, were about the "right size for posting" to begin with. Yet, my post looks "messed up" on my end, once actually posted. The image sizes display fine, but the text that is supposed to go with them is misplaced, viewed in Brave, Google, or Edge*:
The 1st line of text looks ok, but the 1st pic appears immediately below it. "( p )" (parenthesis instead of < > for purposes of discussion) doesn't work.
Then my text that is supposed to "head" the 2nd pic instead appears immediately to it's bottom right, trailing off to to the right edge of the window. Again. it appears the HTML gets turned off, by posting the pic.
My 2 sentences following the 2nd pic do the same, i.e., that text string also begin immediately to the bottom right of the (2nd) pic. Again. it appears the HTML (including FR's default HTML) for everything but the insertion of the pics themselves gets turned off, by posting the command for the pic(s).
Edge is actually worse - I'll not bother trying to describe it, here, but, again, it seems the HTML for everything but the insertion of the pics themselves gets turned off, by posting the command for the pic(s).
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Hot / clean link to my post 459:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4301321/posts?page=459#459
Maybe this pics posting question is worthy of a thread on the main forum?
Oh, I forgot to add:
For comparison, if I try to post something even simpler, like post 455, the comment would not show up below the image, it would run off to the right of the image, beginning at the lower right hand corner of the image... :-(
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4301321/posts?page=455#455
I hope you don’t get any nasty weather this weekend! NWS has upped us to a “Level 3” risk tomorrow & is hinting at an “upgrade”.* That level 4 we had several days ago was NOT a good thing...
* https://www.weather.gov//images/pah/wxstory/Tab2FileL.png
We now have at least 3 and maybe 4 barred owls frequenting our property! Hopefully they won’t try going after any chickens. (I’ve had a hawk half the size kill a large hen!)
(NOT my pic.)
I'll try that again tonight -- I may have typo'd it when I tried B4. :-)
Here’s Ollie and Olivia “kissing”. I presume they were grooming and courting. I presume they were courting each other and grooming.
Will do! I’m very curious.
We have some barred owls on our property. Don’t know where they’re nesting but we see them regularly, but not frequently.
I can see Ollie, Jr. in a certain tree from my family room with the binoculars occasionally, typically when the sun hits it just right. I’m sure there are other spots, but I haven’t figured out where those are yet.
Ollie, Sr. was so cool when he would get close like in that first photo. When we bought the house 11+ years ago, the previous sellers told us about him, and they had lived here for 8 years. We were pleasantly surprised when he showed up on that one huge branch, just as they said. When we stopped seeing him, we presumed he passed. That’s been several years now.
He used to hang out in the same tree as Ollie, Jr sometimes, which is how I found Junior one day in the Fall. I saw him fly near there so grabbed the binoculars until I found him. Made a note of which tree it was. When we walk in the park near where we live, we’ve seen him hang out over there too. Always a thrill.
I enjoyed it, too!
Shallots are WONDERFUL and very easy to grow. They like sun, mulch, adequate moisture and do not compete well with weeds, so stay on top of that.
Pretty much like garlic, really.
I hope you feel better soon. A lot of people I know have “something” - like a bad bad cold but lasts a long time.
I took a shot of Fire Cider this morning, and it really warmed me up, LOL!
I’ll have another before bedtime. :) I’m down to a half-pint. Next winter I’ll make a double batch, for sure.
Those owls are so cute! :)
I’ve had great success with growing garlic.
Thanks for the encouragement.
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