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Posted on 04/24/2006 8:55:04 PM PDT by Soaring Feather
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You are tireless! I shall respond tomorrow, but I am off to bed. My wake up call comes early. Scrawwwwk. Later dear.
Rest well. ;)
"Their nest is just a few yards from my garden, gack! what a mess.!"
A Birder friend of mine told me that he got rid of a pair by using a 'super-soaker' squirtgun and hosing them down over the course of two days. They left and did not return. He also suggested a fine stream nozzle on your garden hose works too. The thing is to catch the birds in the nest and than hose them down until they leave. Doesn't hurt anything envo in the garden area, and the hosing breaks up nest droppings and reduces the mess quickly.
Pinnacle Perching
Evasion internal, sets up one for a fall
as the central pillar of our self erodes
and we begin that long, dark drop into madness.
Yet a single other us, who’s call
deflects even sadness heavy loads
upon our sad mind, and we fill up with gladness.
We are not oft strong in the long haul
and we worry what everything bodes
everyday, until we lose to simple overrunning sadness.
_________________
Start every day with a smile and get it over with.
-- W.C. Fields
Morning, Ms Feather!
In fact, Stevie is so cool, I think I'll post the lyrics to Gold Dust Woman now, just for a stimulating read. Consider it a poetic submission by Stevie herself!!!!
WOO HOO Dragon Day! Fantastic! Here's a link to some dragons and some stories. NicknamedBob has two stories there.
I love dragons.YES!!
Such fun! A Dragon festival!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1639658/posts?page=
26#26
Oh, Stevie Nicks, I like her!
Great song Gold Dust Woman.
Morning Handsome! Flirting with me today??
Today is Wednesday, May 31, the 151st day of 2006 with 214 to
follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Neptune,
Uranus and Pluto. The evening stars are Mars, Mercury, Jupiter
and Saturn.
Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini include:
poet Walt Whitman and surgeon William Mayo, founder of the Mayo
Clinic, both in 1819;
radio humorist Fred Allen in 1894;
clergyman-author Norman Vincent Peale in 1898;
actor Don Ameche in 1908;
Sen. Henry Jackson, D-Wash., in 1912;
Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1923;
actor Clint Eastwood in 1930 (age 76);
Peter, Paul and Mary's Peter Yarrow in 1938 (age 68);
country singer Johnny Paycheck in 1941;
NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Namath and actress Sharon
Gless ("Cagney and Lacey"), both in 1943 (age 63);
actors Tom Berenger and Gregory Harrison, both in 1950 (56),
and Kyle Secor ("Homicide: Life on the Street") in 1958 (48);
actor/writer Chris Elliot in 1960 (age 46);
actress Lea Thompson ("Caroline in the City") in 1961 (45);
and actress/model Brooke Shields in 1965 (age 41).
On this date in history:
In 1431, Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in Rouen, France,
at age 19. She had been convicted of sorcery.
In 1783, the "Pennsylvania Evening Post" became the first
daily newspaper published in the United States.
In 1806, future U.S. President Andrew Jackson took part in
a duel, killing Charles Dickinson, a Kentucky lawyer who had
called Jackson's wife Rachel a bigamist.
In 1868, the first major Memorial Day observance was held
to honor those killed during the Civil War. It was
originally known to some as "Decoration Day."
In 1922, the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in Washington.
In 1937, a battle between police and strikers at the Republic
Steel Corp. plant in Chicago killed 10 people and wounded 90.
In 1943, the Aleutian Islands of Kiska and Attu off the
Alaskan coast were retaken by U.S. forces after being
occupied by Japanese troops during World War II.
In 1972, the unmanned U.S. space probe Mariner 9 was launched
on a mission to gather scientific data on Mars, ultimately
sending back valuable information and becoming the first
spacecraft to orbit a planet other than the Earth.
In 1972, three Japanese terrorists killed 22 people with
automatic weapons at the airport in Tel Aviv, Israel.
In 1982, Spain became the 16th member nation of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization.
In 1993, Ross Perot ran a 30-minute commercial on television
denouncing the North American Free Trade Agreement, which U.S.
President Bill Clinton supported.
In 1995, the United States announced it had moved seven ships
and 12,000 Marines and sailors to the Adriatic Sea in response
to the Serbian hostage-taking of U.N. peacekeepers.
In 1997, the National Transportation Safety Administration
announced it was setting up a privately funded airline
disaster response center in New York City to coordinate the
release of information to the victims' relatives and the
public following an air crash.
In 1998, Pakistan conducted another underground nuclear test,
despite condemnation from many leading countries and the
imposition of U.S. economic sanctions.
In 2002, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft announced the
FBI would have expanded powers to monitor religious, political
and other organizations as well as internet and other media
as a guard against possible future terrorist attacks.
Also in 2002, the massive cleanup was completed in the ruins
of New York's World Trade Center, destroyed in the
Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack.
In 2003, with the Iraq war declared over and some good
prospects in the wings, the U.S. stock market had its third
straight month of gains with the Dow Jones industrials up
4.4 percent since May 1, at 8,850.
Also in 2003, Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom made
it clear that he wanted a permanent end to Palestinian
attacks on Israeli targets, not just a cease-fire. He also
ruled out any discussion of a right of return for
Palestinian refugees.
In 2004, a standoff near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, between
Saudi authorities and terrorists who held 50 hostages
ended when commandos stormed the building. At least nine
hostages were killed by Islamic militants.
In 2005, at least 27 people, mostly police officers, were
killed and more than 100 were wounded when two suicide
bombers exploded bomb vests in a city south of Baghdad.
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