Hard to pick a favorite but love the optimism of the Statue of Liberty hugging Lady Justice saying, “it’s not over”.
I’ve been thinking about everything we’ve all been through the past four plus years and it’s become clear to me that “we” have been put here for a reason. I know I’ve complained, a lot, about people that don’t pay attention…
Hard to pick a favorite but love the optimism of the Statue of Liberty hugging Lady Justice saying, “it’s not over”.
I’ve been thinking about everything we’ve all been through the past four plus years and it’s become clear to me that “we” have been put here for a reason. I know I’ve complained, a lot, about people that don’t pay attention to things; life just passes them by; they don’t worry as I do; but maybe I have been made to worry so they don’t have to. Maybe more of this burden has been put on us because we are the ones chosen to fix this, teach people, get people involved. Life isn’t always easy or fair. Everyone faces struggles at some point in their life, sometimes everyday.
It could be a marriage where one person has a thousand reasons why they should leave, no one would blame them for leaving, but they stay, knowing it would be too much for their spouse or their children to bear. They stay, with the hope things will resolve one day. Sacrifice and commitment are most always a part of life that is always rewarded if not now than in the end.
I mentioned the other day we all need to keep struggling in this fight but we also must have faith that there are bigger forces than us that will help us through these trying times. I hope all of you can see this and I hope all of you can take a deep breath while leaning on your faith. Happy Sunday to all of you and thanks for your commitment. J.Goodrich
Very good thought, James. I wish more people would determine to be committed to their marriage for the sake of the innocent children they've brought into the world. I'm reading a book called Pagan America and the author says that the church basically accepted cultural changes, didn't speak up, and then adopted the changes themselves in many cases. We have to start speaking up!
I don't know if this is considered beating a dead horse, but when the Catholic Church started adding pop music and removing Latin from their mass, it seemed like the beginning of an end, to me.
That's because it was, and it was planned. The Church was represented at one of Klaus' first WEF forums as early as the late 1960s. Klaus is on video talking about it.
That's just so sad. Terribly sad. Especially so, because I think it succeeded. I believe there ARE some reasons to experiment with time machines. Klaus and Soros are two that immediately come to mind.
Early in the 20th century the Church was invaded by communists, those advocating Liberation Theology. Their leader was Brazilian archbishop Hélder Pessoa Câmara, who attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council. During this Council (1962-65) he led 40 bishops into the Catacombs of Domitilla outside Rome where they signed a document under the title of the Pact of the Catacombs. They were all from South America except one, from Canada. More Bishops, perhaps 500, added their names. It got little news or traction because Pope Paul VI was not aligned with its criticism of capitalism.
Klaus Schwab met with Hélder Câmara in the 70s after he founded WEF and had him come to a WEF meeting. Before the Pact’s 50th anniversary the Church made its move in 2013 and install as Pope (after forcing out the current Pope) one Jorge Mario Bergoglio a Jesuit from Argentina who became a Catholic priest in 1969 at age 33. When a Cardinal in 2007 he wrote the Aparecida Document, his manifesto to reset the Church according to the Pact of the Catacombs. Bergoglio has also attended the WEF meetings as Câmara was his mentor. All the beautiful cathedrals around the world have been abandoned, closed, sold; the convents also; beautiful statutes and adornment have been taken down and the traditional Latin mass is off the table. You see it is now a church of the poor to keep the citizens occupied with spiritual matters so their plight is manageable. We have lost Bishop Strickland and now Cardinal Burke. More will fall.
A One World Order cannot exist if enough people hold that God’s laws are above any laws of man outside of His. Today there are priest that dance around the pews, second as disc jockeys, fly rainbow flags, bless same sex marriages and as Bergoglia does, think that abortions help with overpopulation.
That explains a lot. I haven't been practicing for many decades, but it always seemed like the church was leaving me, not that I was leaving the church.
You were right. The priest at my old St. Paschal's parish in Thousand Oaks, CA quit in 1971 after Vatican II started to implement its changes. My Maid of Honor had to find another place to have her wedding once he was gone. She left the church not long after.
I found out ten years ago from YAF that my all girls Catholic high school in that parish stopped some students from having a club with a focus outside of leftist orthodoxy.
Good God Shelley, what would happen if the devout, practicing Catholics got a clue? It's been corrupt for so long, it seems normal. This is the same veil of delusion that covers so many eyes about so many institutions. This mockery just keeps on ticking. Jesus would roll in his grave if he had one!
There is a remnant, the faithful even though most cathedrals are closed and clergy is on a tight leash. Some are now aware the Pope is a heretic, not deserving of a following. Christ the King is now, as He always had been, the focus of the remnant and it grows daily. Actually there is much joy in discovering the real path can still be followed and mass can be held in a field of flowers. All is not lost, the timing is short, it is in God's hands.
The protestant denominations are busting apart based on holy doctrine v secular advocacy for a la carte.
Removing God has always been the first focus to tyranny.
Yes to all, the Spiritual focus has been lost in so many countries, Dannion has mentioned that is a real issue in Israel, leading to their downfall. It seems like we are right behind them. It's good to know that prayers can be done anywhere, anytime with no-one's permission.
I stopped going to weekly mass, at about age 19, when I learned that the Catholic church was protecting pedophille priests who were abusing children within the church walls.
Organized religion was dead for me from then on. I'm still spiritual, but i will not associate myself with these organized crime rings posing as religious zealots
Protestant denominations do not require celibacy and many used to prefer married males as minister. But even those churches are in troubled times. I have a brother with a small congregation that has been together for decades and a nephew with a good-sized congregation, mainly families with lots of children. Mega churches can preach a good message but the economies of scale are far from the hills Jesus taught on. Beware of man’s corrupt in all things . . .
Anne, I was just speaking to a neighbor sitting by the lake, and said that I may worry for 10 or more people that are unaware. So it’s up to us to speak up and make them aware…
Today in my Bible class, in spite of the fact that the teacher doesn't like for us to mention current events, I did! When we mentioned prayer requests, I said that I wanted to praise God that the WHO''s pandemic treaty failed. I was surprised that multiple people clapped and otherwise expressed agreement.
He didn't respond and we moved on to other requests. Awhile back, probably having no idea what we were going to say, he asked my husband to tell the class why we are wearing paperclips, so he knows where we're coming from. After that, I sent the class members some more info about it. If you have no idea what I'm talking about read my two substack posts about paperclip resistance.
I met my husband when I was 17 in High School, we married 4 years later June 9, 1974. Still together, still loving each other, both believers in Jesus Christ, but we have changed and it is hard now, we probably will stay together for our 3 children 30, 40 something adults now.
Diana, trust me you’re not alone. I try as hard as I can to say nice things, do nice things , bring her flowers, I really need to plan a get away which I think would greatly help. Do the best you can and try. Always remember the grass is always greener but if your both good people try to make a spark hopefully he will think the same.
Good morning Randall. Isn’t it something how us humans get all caught up in psychologics and the world and all its life pays us no attention. My favorite time of day here on the lake in NH is right when it changes from the dark of night to a bit of light, long before the sunrise, and the wildlife comes alive letting everything know they’re still there.
Predawn was always my favorite time to scuba dive when the fish that hunted at night gave way to the day fish emerging from under the coral heads and I could watch the shift change on the reef. (Bonaire, Virgin Islands, Great Barrier Reef, Hawaii, and FL Keys)
This is refreshing for me as well. It is so rare to see someone in these comment sections (not only this one) who doesn't blow up over some small, usually well intended, constructive criticism. Kudos to you Sir.
It appears that this site attracts a higher level of bipedal, hairless hominid than about 99.9?% (not counting myself as that would be rude) of the entire WWW. It's like a cyber oasis. 'course the smile evoked by the emu and goose playing grab ass alone is worth the price of membership.
Growing up our father used to correct our use of language all the time. Sometimes mom did too. Then I started with my children and mentioned it's demeaning to your intelligence and to my acute hearing to mimic poor use of words. Truly I will never accommodate "ain't got no". Mistakes in writing like-sounding words - there, their, they’re are common. I’m guilty of that because my proofing entails reading what I ‘thought’ I wrote. James, you are off the hook!
Many written formats like MS Word use an auto-correct function, which I often stubbornly override. But this feature does little to teach us.
Perhaps one day Mr. Gates will roll out an AI correction device for vocalized communication. Little electric shocks administered through our collars. He'll really teach us good. ZZZZZT. I mean well.
Language is a rich art. I always thought I had a pretty good command, but in these last ten years or so, I've often resorted to checking usage rules, only to find that I've been making mistakes all this time.
Even the great ones weren't perfect. If you go back and read "The Great Gatsby," you'll see characters who said "could of" instead of "could have." And Fitzgerald's not alone.
"The most prevalent inadequacy found in our audits is the failure to recognize that timely production of high quality components requires almost infinite capacity for painstaking care and attention to detail by all elements of the organization, both management and non-management.”
--'The Never Ending Challenge', 44th Annual National Metals Congress, New York, 29 October 1962
I'm a life-long reader and generally clock about 1200 hours/year online and the old analog book things. After over 3/4 century, I've developed advanced CRS and if I don't write things down, they evaporate.
That’s funny I spelled it that way at first and asked my wife if it was bare and she said yes!!!! So it’s her fault. I will switch it, I love learning!!!
My bird problem is a robin that this spring decided his (or her) favorite perch in the mirrors of my 4Runner. Not so bad except the way robins like most birds lighten the load as they take flight leaving potentially corrosive white streaks down the doors. The only partial solution is to tie grocery store/Walmart bags on the mirrors and, of course, remove them any time I leave. This discourages the bird and catches most, but not all, of the bird poop. So I guess at least I have a way to recycle the nasty plastic bags used to haul groceries.
Postscript
After several weeks the robin apparently found a mate, built a nest, and gave up mirror sitting! Thanks to James Goodrich for reminding me I needed to add this postscript!
Try a sign in Robin verse that says this is not a free parking and pooping site and hang it so it catches the droppings because we know that birds can't read.
I found a fake owl I bought a couple of years ago and tried that but no luck. The robin totally ignored it. The next step would be a semi automated owl with a turning head but the nesting season is progressing and the robin comes by less frequently. As I recall robins are good parents so hatching baby robins are likely taking precedent to sitting, etc on the mirrors.
Last evening my mocking bird was on the chimney singing melodies with an occasional lift-off, about two feet (here I am). This morning he was out front atop a tree doing the same. They wait for quite times so their melodies can be heard - no lawn mowers running.
Interesting birds (state bird of Texas). Have had a pair nesting in an ash tree for years now and saw them give a fox a real hard time for getting too close. They can be dangerous. One actually pecked out the cataract implant of a family friend...one who had nested with them for years.
Wait, what? Who would implant a cataract? Or did I read that wrong Michael? If I had known that I would not have paid to have mine removed. I eventually paid for new lenses but not the extra for corrective vision. Now, had a bird taken off with my new lens . . .
The implant was the new lens repairing the cataract. The bird actually pecked it out (the old ones often had a glimmer to them that may have attracted the bird..one of my 2 does). The poor guy had to be ambulanced to Pensacola for emergency surgery.
Oh, sounds so awful. I had know idea that a bird would get that close to a human's head.
I just got an email from a friend telling me about her retina tear. She took too long to see a doc and now will live with blurred double vision the rest of her life. She had all sorts of things done to the eye to correct it and did not have insurance. I think she is about 68.
Not fun. Once had 3 of them corrected by laser. One full of fluid I watched leave my eye as steam. Only have 20/40 in that eye. Was in my 50s then. My wife actually had a retina detachment. That was a lot of fun repairing. She had to lie on her face for a solid week after surgery, able to get up only 15'/day.
Wow -and I could not believe all the stuff she went through. Never new eyes could have such problems. Good to know a few medical treatment have good results. Prior to laser, fixing torn retinas probably did not occur. It makes my eyes hurt even thinking about it. At least they used caution when reattaching your wife's retina - means they learn as they go what works. 15 years ago I got an ache in my right eye while in D.C. at a week long meeting. I finally went to the ER (don't ever need an ER in D.C.) and they poked and prodded on both eyes and left me with black and blue eyes. Once back in Salem the pain took me to a local ER and it kept me there and had a taxi take me the next morning to an eye doc. He decided I had a glaucoma attack and put me on eye drops but nothing could be done for the dilation in the right eye. It's still dilated today. Also was sent to Portland for total evaluation. Had all sorts of test and I never got any answers and was eventually taken off the drops because I had never, during each exam, showed high levels of pressure. This was after he poke two laser holes in each eye. Ever since a gooey substance sticks to my eyelashes. All the drops did was flow down to irritate the heck out of my sinuses. Finally had cataracts removed and new lenses installed, did not pay the extra to correct my vision. Always wear sun glass if I even think about going outside, even on a cloudy day!
Morning! Happy Sunday! I’ll second that except for the unteachable - just can’t fix the truly stupid ones, so no longer have the tolerance. I love that time of morning too when I’m somewhere to witness the early morning wonders.
I usually leave here on Monday morning at 4-430 AM for work, the night has changed to a bit of light. It’s so beautiful when everything starts to wake, it’s hard for me to leave.
The winds of war are gathering and we have mindless politicians running the show. We can't wait until the first Atomic bomb destroys the lives of millions to rise up against the tyranny that is taking control of humanity. Hope and faith need to replaced with positive action. My view.
Good to see Lady Liberty paying it forward with Lady Justice. Liberty herself was recently dejected, and crying on Kermit's shoulder, or at least the top of his arm. He understands as well as anyone: It's not easy being green.
Hard to pick a favorite but love the optimism of the Statue of Liberty hugging Lady Justice saying, “it’s not over”.
I’ve been thinking about everything we’ve all been through the past four plus years and it’s become clear to me that “we” have been put here for a reason. I know I’ve complained, a lot, about people that don’t pay attention to things; life just passes them by; they don’t worry as I do; but maybe I have been made to worry so they don’t have to. Maybe more of this burden has been put on us because we are the ones chosen to fix this, teach people, get people involved. Life isn’t always easy or fair. Everyone faces struggles at some point in their life, sometimes everyday.
It could be a marriage where one person has a thousand reasons why they should leave, no one would blame them for leaving, but they stay, knowing it would be too much for their spouse or their children to bear. They stay, with the hope things will resolve one day. Sacrifice and commitment are most always a part of life that is always rewarded if not now than in the end.
I mentioned the other day we all need to keep struggling in this fight but we also must have faith that there are bigger forces than us that will help us through these trying times. I hope all of you can see this and I hope all of you can take a deep breath while leaning on your faith. Happy Sunday to all of you and thanks for your commitment. J.Goodrich
Very good thought, James. I wish more people would determine to be committed to their marriage for the sake of the innocent children they've brought into the world. I'm reading a book called Pagan America and the author says that the church basically accepted cultural changes, didn't speak up, and then adopted the changes themselves in many cases. We have to start speaking up!
I don't know if this is considered beating a dead horse, but when the Catholic Church started adding pop music and removing Latin from their mass, it seemed like the beginning of an end, to me.
That's because it was, and it was planned. The Church was represented at one of Klaus' first WEF forums as early as the late 1960s. Klaus is on video talking about it.
That's just so sad. Terribly sad. Especially so, because I think it succeeded. I believe there ARE some reasons to experiment with time machines. Klaus and Soros are two that immediately come to mind.
Early in the 20th century the Church was invaded by communists, those advocating Liberation Theology. Their leader was Brazilian archbishop Hélder Pessoa Câmara, who attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council. During this Council (1962-65) he led 40 bishops into the Catacombs of Domitilla outside Rome where they signed a document under the title of the Pact of the Catacombs. They were all from South America except one, from Canada. More Bishops, perhaps 500, added their names. It got little news or traction because Pope Paul VI was not aligned with its criticism of capitalism.
Klaus Schwab met with Hélder Câmara in the 70s after he founded WEF and had him come to a WEF meeting. Before the Pact’s 50th anniversary the Church made its move in 2013 and install as Pope (after forcing out the current Pope) one Jorge Mario Bergoglio a Jesuit from Argentina who became a Catholic priest in 1969 at age 33. When a Cardinal in 2007 he wrote the Aparecida Document, his manifesto to reset the Church according to the Pact of the Catacombs. Bergoglio has also attended the WEF meetings as Câmara was his mentor. All the beautiful cathedrals around the world have been abandoned, closed, sold; the convents also; beautiful statutes and adornment have been taken down and the traditional Latin mass is off the table. You see it is now a church of the poor to keep the citizens occupied with spiritual matters so their plight is manageable. We have lost Bishop Strickland and now Cardinal Burke. More will fall.
A One World Order cannot exist if enough people hold that God’s laws are above any laws of man outside of His. Today there are priest that dance around the pews, second as disc jockeys, fly rainbow flags, bless same sex marriages and as Bergoglia does, think that abortions help with overpopulation.
There is an old and persistent resistance and it is growing. https://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.php/articles/item/7200-unity-matters-20-000-clans-shut-down-city-of-chartres/
That explains a lot. I haven't been practicing for many decades, but it always seemed like the church was leaving me, not that I was leaving the church.
You were right. The priest at my old St. Paschal's parish in Thousand Oaks, CA quit in 1971 after Vatican II started to implement its changes. My Maid of Honor had to find another place to have her wedding once he was gone. She left the church not long after.
I found out ten years ago from YAF that my all girls Catholic high school in that parish stopped some students from having a club with a focus outside of leftist orthodoxy.
Good God Shelley, what would happen if the devout, practicing Catholics got a clue? It's been corrupt for so long, it seems normal. This is the same veil of delusion that covers so many eyes about so many institutions. This mockery just keeps on ticking. Jesus would roll in his grave if he had one!
There is a remnant, the faithful even though most cathedrals are closed and clergy is on a tight leash. Some are now aware the Pope is a heretic, not deserving of a following. Christ the King is now, as He always had been, the focus of the remnant and it grows daily. Actually there is much joy in discovering the real path can still be followed and mass can be held in a field of flowers. All is not lost, the timing is short, it is in God's hands.
The protestant denominations are busting apart based on holy doctrine v secular advocacy for a la carte.
Removing God has always been the first focus to tyranny.
Yes to all, the Spiritual focus has been lost in so many countries, Dannion has mentioned that is a real issue in Israel, leading to their downfall. It seems like we are right behind them. It's good to know that prayers can be done anywhere, anytime with no-one's permission.
And, Someone listens to them.
I stopped going to weekly mass, at about age 19, when I learned that the Catholic church was protecting pedophille priests who were abusing children within the church walls.
Organized religion was dead for me from then on. I'm still spiritual, but i will not associate myself with these organized crime rings posing as religious zealots
Protestant denominations do not require celibacy and many used to prefer married males as minister. But even those churches are in troubled times. I have a brother with a small congregation that has been together for decades and a nephew with a good-sized congregation, mainly families with lots of children. Mega churches can preach a good message but the economies of scale are far from the hills Jesus taught on. Beware of man’s corrupt in all things . . .
It seems to me their decline is well illustrated by the election of their latest communist leaning Pope.
I'm not Catholic, but I was really saddened to see this happen.
Anne, I was just speaking to a neighbor sitting by the lake, and said that I may worry for 10 or more people that are unaware. So it’s up to us to speak up and make them aware…
Today in my Bible class, in spite of the fact that the teacher doesn't like for us to mention current events, I did! When we mentioned prayer requests, I said that I wanted to praise God that the WHO''s pandemic treaty failed. I was surprised that multiple people clapped and otherwise expressed agreement.
Good for you Anne. We have to speak up. How did the teacher take it? Did Anne get in trouble?
He didn't respond and we moved on to other requests. Awhile back, probably having no idea what we were going to say, he asked my husband to tell the class why we are wearing paperclips, so he knows where we're coming from. After that, I sent the class members some more info about it. If you have no idea what I'm talking about read my two substack posts about paperclip resistance.
https://asclifton1971.substack.com/p/the-great-paperclip-resistance
https://asclifton1971.substack.com/p/my-first-paperclip-resistance-handout
James, that we MUST DO, EVERY SINGLE DAY!
I met my husband when I was 17 in High School, we married 4 years later June 9, 1974. Still together, still loving each other, both believers in Jesus Christ, but we have changed and it is hard now, we probably will stay together for our 3 children 30, 40 something adults now.
Diana, trust me you’re not alone. I try as hard as I can to say nice things, do nice things , bring her flowers, I really need to plan a get away which I think would greatly help. Do the best you can and try. Always remember the grass is always greener but if your both good people try to make a spark hopefully he will think the same.
Anne, TRUE!
Silence 🔕 🤫 is consent!
Or a sign of great confusion.
That too!
That's why it is important to get out of a state of confusion ASAP!
Morning early bird.
I left the bedroom window open a inch overnight.
At 445 am the Crows have a great horned Owl nest that they just won't let alone.
It often attracts all other Crows to the tree site from 5 other counties. (seems like anyway)
Caw caw caw caw for a half an hour long....is not the Rooster.
Good morning Randall. Isn’t it something how us humans get all caught up in psychologics and the world and all its life pays us no attention. My favorite time of day here on the lake in NH is right when it changes from the dark of night to a bit of light, long before the sunrise, and the wildlife comes alive letting everything know they’re still there.
Yeah and over time you can identify each bird telling the rest, that the "Sun" is rising.
Be glad, be grateful, be joyful. The hardest day was yesterday.
Cheer up cheer up! So claims a Robin with a belly full of Ze bugs and worms
(Yeah...Ok too far?) Hahaha
Predawn was always my favorite time to scuba dive when the fish that hunted at night gave way to the day fish emerging from under the coral heads and I could watch the shift change on the reef. (Bonaire, Virgin Islands, Great Barrier Reef, Hawaii, and FL Keys)
Yes, Psalms 46:10
Be still and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations
I will be exalted in the earth 🌎.
James, it's "they're" not "their".
"...too much for their spouse or their children to bare."
Yeah and it's "bear" not "bare".
"Grammar Snobs are Great Big Meanies"
--June Casagrande
...and to flagellate a deceased equine,
"Try a Little Tenderness"
"...It's not just sentimental, she has her grief and her care
But a word that's soft and gentle makes it easier to bear"
Thank you Jim corrected!!!
This is refreshing for me as well. It is so rare to see someone in these comment sections (not only this one) who doesn't blow up over some small, usually well intended, constructive criticism. Kudos to you Sir.
It appears that this site attracts a higher level of bipedal, hairless hominid than about 99.9?% (not counting myself as that would be rude) of the entire WWW. It's like a cyber oasis. 'course the smile evoked by the emu and goose playing grab ass alone is worth the price of membership.
Retired teacher? It's a never-ending job. Weaker people eventually give up.
Growing up our father used to correct our use of language all the time. Sometimes mom did too. Then I started with my children and mentioned it's demeaning to your intelligence and to my acute hearing to mimic poor use of words. Truly I will never accommodate "ain't got no". Mistakes in writing like-sounding words - there, their, they’re are common. I’m guilty of that because my proofing entails reading what I ‘thought’ I wrote. James, you are off the hook!
Many written formats like MS Word use an auto-correct function, which I often stubbornly override. But this feature does little to teach us.
Perhaps one day Mr. Gates will roll out an AI correction device for vocalized communication. Little electric shocks administered through our collars. He'll really teach us good. ZZZZZT. I mean well.
Language is a rich art. I always thought I had a pretty good command, but in these last ten years or so, I've often resorted to checking usage rules, only to find that I've been making mistakes all this time.
Even the great ones weren't perfect. If you go back and read "The Great Gatsby," you'll see characters who said "could of" instead of "could have." And Fitzgerald's not alone.
Just be sure you aren't using too new a source for verifying the rules. I wouldn't trust some of them.
Defeating MS Word’s auto-correct is my act of rebellion.
Just turn it off.
How do you like "preventative"?
It fits right in with the idea to preventate mechanical failure by using proper maintainanence procedures.
Using the correct torquation for all attachmentative hardware is critical.
I'm glad I wasn't drinking coffee at that moment. Military or industrial sector? You've been included in my 740 page (and growing) "Quotes" file.
Military, manufacturing, educational mgmt, then back to manufacturing.
740 pages?! WOW!
If it's manufacturing, you may like this one:
"The most prevalent inadequacy found in our audits is the failure to recognize that timely production of high quality components requires almost infinite capacity for painstaking care and attention to detail by all elements of the organization, both management and non-management.”
--'The Never Ending Challenge', 44th Annual National Metals Congress, New York, 29 October 1962
I'm a life-long reader and generally clock about 1200 hours/year online and the old analog book things. After over 3/4 century, I've developed advanced CRS and if I don't write things down, they evaporate.
Best use is by planned parenthood's "how to plan your family" . . . it is meant to prevent a failure just like Mike's post.
I actually like it, it makes me think and I learn. It’s like a double bonus!!
That's very refreshing! :-) Thanks!
Retired teacher here too, and it’s bear not bare, but that’s what happens when we use dictation!
That’s funny I spelled it that way at first and asked my wife if it was bare and she said yes!!!! So it’s her fault. I will switch it, I love learning!!!
My bird problem is a robin that this spring decided his (or her) favorite perch in the mirrors of my 4Runner. Not so bad except the way robins like most birds lighten the load as they take flight leaving potentially corrosive white streaks down the doors. The only partial solution is to tie grocery store/Walmart bags on the mirrors and, of course, remove them any time I leave. This discourages the bird and catches most, but not all, of the bird poop. So I guess at least I have a way to recycle the nasty plastic bags used to haul groceries.
Postscript
After several weeks the robin apparently found a mate, built a nest, and gave up mirror sitting! Thanks to James Goodrich for reminding me I needed to add this postscript!
Try a sign in Robin verse that says this is not a free parking and pooping site and hang it so it catches the droppings because we know that birds can't read.
If you park in the same spot everyday, try a weighted owl decoy on the roof.
Or an imitation cat or any real predator. Any fake raptor may keep the robin off the SUV.
I found a fake owl I bought a couple of years ago and tried that but no luck. The robin totally ignored it. The next step would be a semi automated owl with a turning head but the nesting season is progressing and the robin comes by less frequently. As I recall robins are good parents so hatching baby robins are likely taking precedent to sitting, etc on the mirrors.
I think you are correct with the fact that the mirror is a great watch tower and escape height
Especially if the tree nest has eggs or baby Robins. Try a crow decoy at nesting sites too.
The crows raid bird nests for the eggs and the snack inside it.
Maybe the owl is not the best deterrent.
But the cat poised up on the roof might be.
Last evening my mocking bird was on the chimney singing melodies with an occasional lift-off, about two feet (here I am). This morning he was out front atop a tree doing the same. They wait for quite times so their melodies can be heard - no lawn mowers running.
Interesting birds (state bird of Texas). Have had a pair nesting in an ash tree for years now and saw them give a fox a real hard time for getting too close. They can be dangerous. One actually pecked out the cataract implant of a family friend...one who had nested with them for years.
Rambler, Don't mess with Texas or you'll have the Rath of our State bird!!!
Lol 😆 🤣 😂 😹
Wait, what? Who would implant a cataract? Or did I read that wrong Michael? If I had known that I would not have paid to have mine removed. I eventually paid for new lenses but not the extra for corrective vision. Now, had a bird taken off with my new lens . . .
The implant was the new lens repairing the cataract. The bird actually pecked it out (the old ones often had a glimmer to them that may have attracted the bird..one of my 2 does). The poor guy had to be ambulanced to Pensacola for emergency surgery.
Oh, sounds so awful. I had know idea that a bird would get that close to a human's head.
I just got an email from a friend telling me about her retina tear. She took too long to see a doc and now will live with blurred double vision the rest of her life. She had all sorts of things done to the eye to correct it and did not have insurance. I think she is about 68.
Not fun. Once had 3 of them corrected by laser. One full of fluid I watched leave my eye as steam. Only have 20/40 in that eye. Was in my 50s then. My wife actually had a retina detachment. That was a lot of fun repairing. She had to lie on her face for a solid week after surgery, able to get up only 15'/day.
Modern Medical Miracles My Medicine Man Might Mismanage,
For $100 Alex..........
Wow -and I could not believe all the stuff she went through. Never new eyes could have such problems. Good to know a few medical treatment have good results. Prior to laser, fixing torn retinas probably did not occur. It makes my eyes hurt even thinking about it. At least they used caution when reattaching your wife's retina - means they learn as they go what works. 15 years ago I got an ache in my right eye while in D.C. at a week long meeting. I finally went to the ER (don't ever need an ER in D.C.) and they poked and prodded on both eyes and left me with black and blue eyes. Once back in Salem the pain took me to a local ER and it kept me there and had a taxi take me the next morning to an eye doc. He decided I had a glaucoma attack and put me on eye drops but nothing could be done for the dilation in the right eye. It's still dilated today. Also was sent to Portland for total evaluation. Had all sorts of test and I never got any answers and was eventually taken off the drops because I had never, during each exam, showed high levels of pressure. This was after he poke two laser holes in each eye. Ever since a gooey substance sticks to my eyelashes. All the drops did was flow down to irritate the heck out of my sinuses. Finally had cataracts removed and new lenses installed, did not pay the extra to correct my vision. Always wear sun glass if I even think about going outside, even on a cloudy day!
Morning! Happy Sunday! I’ll second that except for the unteachable - just can’t fix the truly stupid ones, so no longer have the tolerance. I love that time of morning too when I’m somewhere to witness the early morning wonders.
I usually leave here on Monday morning at 4-430 AM for work, the night has changed to a bit of light. It’s so beautiful when everything starts to wake, it’s hard for me to leave.
I get it! It was like that for me when I lived in AZ and was still working. Up same time. It made driving to work nice l. I hated having to go in! Lol
The winds of war are gathering and we have mindless politicians running the show. We can't wait until the first Atomic bomb destroys the lives of millions to rise up against the tyranny that is taking control of humanity. Hope and faith need to replaced with positive action. My view.
I agree Thomas, but how do we do it?
We have to raise our voices in unison! Need a leader!
Morning, James in NH (we spent 4 years in that beautiful state, near Dartmouth College on the Connecticut River),
Your paragraphs are beautiful. As are your thoughts. Thank you!
Thanks Big E!!!!
You're welcome. Enjoy that beautiful NH lake -- there are so many in that state!
So Kermit's a Lipton drinker. I knew it.
Good to see Lady Liberty paying it forward with Lady Justice. Liberty herself was recently dejected, and crying on Kermit's shoulder, or at least the top of his arm. He understands as well as anyone: It's not easy being green.
Morning James.
Good morning Mark!! https://share.icloud.com/photos/059fREdxztaO9YvQH0yHvQqPw
Tranquility is a fog lifting on a windless lake to reveal the feathered family.
Very nice.
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Well said (again) mate.