tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post8009490788876302932..comments2024-03-28T22:42:50.909-05:00Comments on Unbagging the Cats: Cedar? I Wasn't Even Lookin' For Her!Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-8973566635211555032017-01-17T19:57:00.580-06:002017-01-17T19:57:00.580-06:00That's NOT going to get you out of the essay a...That's NOT going to get you out of the essay assigned below in my reply to Kathy.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-6767714563555513792017-01-17T19:38:48.568-06:002017-01-17T19:38:48.568-06:00There were tomatoes!There were tomatoes!joehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-47524739709670210942017-01-17T15:29:26.763-06:002017-01-17T15:29:26.763-06:00YES! It's not Waldo. It's not one of those...YES! It's not Waldo. It's not one of those pictures where you have to unfocus your eyes to see it. It's not Hattie's Hatpin from Reminisce magazine.<br /><br />You'll still have to do the essay, though. But I'll give you 150 words, too. Shh...don't let everyone else know. They'll claim I'm playing favorites.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-61640122613974679192017-01-17T15:24:59.757-06:002017-01-17T15:24:59.757-06:00Well...the red head WAS attached in the head area ...Well...the red head WAS attached in the head area to the bird. I think the woodpeckers move a bit south in their habitat during winter, but it's not a migration per se.<br /><br />I hesitate to provide any more information, because I had no idea my readers were such NATURE HATERS! I've a good mind to assign everyone a 500-word essay on the redheaded woodpecker! At least YOU asked a pertinent question, so I'll only give you 150 words. Maybe some positive peer (not PEE-ER!) pressure from you can turn them around.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-29166745160323972632017-01-17T15:17:57.947-06:002017-01-17T15:17:57.947-06:00I'm pretty sure I ACTUALLY saw the bird!! Was...I'm pretty sure I ACTUALLY saw the bird!! Was is just about smack dab in the middle of the picture?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-73006341759802654592017-01-17T15:16:17.066-06:002017-01-17T15:16:17.066-06:00Don't wanna know! He won't be scared away ...Don't wanna know! He won't be scared away by the glare from the metal grill spatula, because it's RUSTED! Hick uses a new set, and of course leaves this one there for perpetuity. Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-6748944128428524802017-01-17T10:43:35.697-06:002017-01-17T10:43:35.697-06:00Big words about toes. I was looking at the impress...Big words about toes. I was looking at the impressive icicles on the rail. I did see a bit of red, but no bird. Do woodpeckers migrate south during winter?Kathy's Klotheslinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17881966393157941515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-24030017586490687402017-01-17T09:34:09.284-06:002017-01-17T09:34:09.284-06:00How much wood can woodpecker peck if the woodpecke...How much wood can woodpecker peck if the woodpecker starts pecking at your deck? Linda O'Connellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15982895073903619018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-24614052022241906392017-01-16T19:43:44.377-06:002017-01-16T19:43:44.377-06:00And no, the biology book didn't have six finge...And no, the biology book didn't have six fingers, the baby did! Perhaps you are familiar with my unique way of phrasing things by now.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-44709163986565254332017-01-16T19:42:10.556-06:002017-01-16T19:42:10.556-06:00You can take Val out of teaching, but you can'...You can take Val out of teaching, but you can't take teaching out of Val!<br /><br />I thought it looked wrong, too, because we had a picture of a baby in our biology book with six fingers, and the genetics of polydactyly. So I was looking for a "y" in that syllable.<br /><br />I even double-checked with that link where it had a paragraph about birds' feet. I stuck with what the link said, because I figured some wiseacre would say, "Val, you spelled it wrong, the link says it's 'zygodactal.'"<br /><br />Admit it. You WOULD have, wouldn't you?Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-56790158789838231202017-01-16T19:36:56.637-06:002017-01-16T19:36:56.637-06:00Now you know a precious little more!Now you know a precious little more!Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-4401007257939538212017-01-16T19:33:59.894-06:002017-01-16T19:33:59.894-06:00Dang, Madam! What are you, an anti-birdite?
Your...Dang, Madam! What are you, an anti-birdite? <br /><br />Your students NEEDED to know what bird feet look like. Just in case they ordered something in a Chinese restaurant in Italy...always good to know what you're being served.<br /><br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4117550/Chinese-restaurant-accused-serving-human-FEET-diners-Italy-gruesome-image-rotting-flesh-posted-online-waiter.htmlValhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-89891618261588350982017-01-16T19:30:44.031-06:002017-01-16T19:30:44.031-06:00Zygodactyl! My word, Val, your teaching days are ...Zygodactyl! My word, Val, your teaching days are not over yet!<br /><br />'Course you did spell it wrong but that's neither here nor there. Wait a minute. Do I doubt you? Maybe the CHART spelled it wrong.Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-77066555962007828962017-01-16T19:30:19.554-06:002017-01-16T19:30:19.554-06:00Fair enough. I took your word for it that there we...Fair enough. I took your word for it that there were tomatoes when you said Ralph II/Topsy was giving birth. Because that closeup could have come from anywhere, you know!<br /><br />http://joeh-crankyoldman.blogspot.com/2016/07/tomato-update.htmlValhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-77091363513083625482017-01-16T19:23:35.345-06:002017-01-16T19:23:35.345-06:00Interesting about bird feet. I know precious littl...Interesting about bird feet. I know precious little about birds.stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-14180725790988001602017-01-16T18:59:04.332-06:002017-01-16T18:59:04.332-06:00Bird charts are for bird brains. As a third grade ...Bird charts are for bird brains. As a third grade teacher in a district that owns a 94-acre nature center, each year my students would have to work on "which beak goes with which bird food?" and "which pair of feet goes with which bird?"<br /><br />Riveting stuff. Every. Single. Year.Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-4162041690399439752017-01-16T18:55:57.363-06:002017-01-16T18:55:57.363-06:00I'll take your word that there is a bird in th...I'll take your word that there is a bird in the picture.joehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.com