Lets Jump Together

Good Attitude Quote by Cavett Robert

kml — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:14:44 +0000

If you don’t think every day is a good one, just try missing one.

-by Cavett Robert

I read this one and had to share it.

Quite often it is too easy to get drawn into a bad attitude and let it ruin the day for yourself and the others around you.

Not being able to experience a day at all is certainly worse than any of the bad days we have.

Life is for the living - enjoy it!

One Quick Praying Mantis

kml — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:20:43 +0000

I was quite upset this past month when I opened my November issue of my National Geographic magazine and found this image.

It was taken by Sharon Fullingim who could not believe what she was seeing.

She mentions that the discarded hummingbird was dropped under the feeder when the praying mantis had finished with it, and the next day that bug was back on her feeder, waiting for another hummer to come along.

Now, I feed the hummingbirds, and I have never seen one of these guys on my feeder.

I always thought them to be a helpful bug - one that ate many times its weight in troublesome bugs.

And farmers order them by the hundreds for pest control for their crops.

If I ever see one on my humming bird feeder, he is going to be quite unhappy - no entrapment deals coming from me when it comes to these birds.

I will move him immediately to a new home way down the road.

I will say though, hummingbirds are such high powered, fast little machines, and for this praying mantis to catch one is really quite an accomplishment.

And I can only thank Mother Nature that they are the size they are - could you imagine one of them eating us for lunch?

And we could certainly never outrun them!

Red Tailed Hawk

kml — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:43:53 +0000

Out of the corner of my eye I caught a sudden movement in the trees alongside the road.

He then swooped down above the car and flew with us down the road a bit.

Perching for a quick rest on a high branch, he gave us one last look and took off into the woods - his large wings spread wide, and that characteristic red tail fanned out behind him.

I would have thought this Red Tailed Hawk would be gone by now, hibernating to a warmer climate for the winter months, but after reading about them, they can winter from Southern Canada all the way down to Florida.

Their tails make them very easy to identify, and he was a most beautiful bird.

A gift from Mother Nature that we were very happy to see.

This image was borrowed from the internet, and it shows his tail beautifully.

The Turkey Saga

kml — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:09:48 +0000

Another post on hunting - but it is too funny to not tell it.

Turkey hunting in our state was brought back a couple of years ago and it came with some pretty strict rules.

We happen to live in the small section of the state that allows it, so my son shelled out big bucks for his license to take one bird only.

They have only five days during the fall season to hunt for them.

You need to use a blind - stalking a turkey is not allowed, and you cannot take them if they are perched anywhere.

You cannot take them in or beside the road or around a house.

Well, first day out - no turkeys to be seen.

Second day - turkeys were following him down our dirt road - I think they were laughing at him.

Third day - between 20-30 turkeys on the side of the road, including two beautiful Toms.

Fourth day - no turkeys anywhere, but gunshots in the distance. Someone found them.

Fifth and last day - turkeys galore all through the woods - just had to pick the one he wanted. They were on the side where the land was posted: NO HUNTING.

By now they were not only laughing, but pointing and dancing too.

Now, many think that turkeys are not too bright.

Not me, and now, not my son either.

Hunting Season Has Begun

kml — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:04:21 +0000

Hunting season has begun in our neck of the woods.

Time to dress in orange anytime we go near the woods.

Out dirt road cuts in between two patches of pretty good sized woods, so we have taken to wearing our orange even when we walk down it.

Except for the bird shot used for turkey and ducks, it is pretty much just hunting with a bow that is going on now, and orange is not required during bow season.

But we don’t like to take any chances.

Those razor sharp arrows are just as deadly as those bullets.

It’s always best to be on the safe side.

Love Quote by Judy Garland

kml — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:22:10 +0000

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

-by Judy Garland

We will be celebrating our wedding anniversary shortly, and I thought this quote was quite appropriate.

I am not sure if this quote came from her or from a part she played in a movie.

Either way, her movies and her music are some of the best and those words ring true for me.

39 Grackles

kml — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:55:27 +0000

The first couple of days brought just two pairs of these Grackle birds.

They seemed to be quite voracious in their eating, but since they were here only a couple of times during the day, I kept the feeder filled.

By the end of the week, they had quite a number of their buddies joining them - 39 to be exact!

And they would empty the feeder in record time.

I eventually was waving a stick in the window to scare them away - they were such hogs that they would wipe me out in no time with no food left for any other birds.

They began to wise up to me in the window - they would send a couple of look outs, and when the coast was clear, the rest would swoop in.

When they realized I was no threat, they didn’t even bother leave when I tapped on the window.

Alas, I stopped filling the feeders for the second time this year, and I have seen no sign of them since.

I’ll give it another week, then I will try refilling them again.

Hopefully they will have moved along.

I borrowed the above photo from wikipedia - they are a striking bird with such bright yellow eyes - almost kind of creepy!

Feeding Baby

kml — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:07:13 +0000

It’s a most natural thing that every mother thinks of - providing for her child.

From the day they are born, mothers are always concerned with this.

Even when they grow up with families of their own, we still feel this need to help and nourish in any way we can.

I am soon to be a grandmother, and my daughter has come to me for much advice and for any concerns that she may be having regarding this new little bundle.

She has impressed me with many of her decisions, one of them being that she believes breastfeeding is the best thing she can do for her newborn.

Not only is the baby getting all the important antibodies it needs during the first few months, but being the practical thinker that she is, she will save a lot of money by not having to buy baby formula.

She has a very healthy diet, so the baby would be getting the correct nutrients, and she won’t have to spend any extra money than what she is doing right now through her pregnancy.

I checked out the costs of some of these formulas, and I can’t belive how expensive they are.

For this reason alone, all new Moms should be breastfeeding - it makes economic sense.

And there is not a monetary value that can be placed on the emotional feelings that come from providing the best for your child - those bonds last for life!

October by Robert Frost

kml — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:11:58 +0000

O hushed October morning mild,
Thy leaves have ripened to the fall;
To-morrow’s wind, if it be wild,
Should waste them all.
The crows above the forest call;
To-morrow they may form and go.
O hushed October morning mild,
Begin the hours of this day slow,
Make the day seem to us less brief.
Hearts not averse to being beguiled,
Beguile us in the way you know;
Release one leaf at break of day;
At noon release another leaf;
One from our trees, one far away;
Retard the sun with gentle mist;
Enchant the land with amethyst.
Slow, slow!
For the grapes’ sake, if they were all,
Whose leaves already are burnt with frost,
Whose clustered fruit must else be lost–
For the grapes’ sake along the wall.

-by Robert Frost

The beauty of Autumn does fade so quickly.

The days seem to grow shorter at a much quicker pace as the cold slowly creeps in.

Robert Frost has right idea - enjoy each minute of this beautiful time of the year.

Enjoy the leaves before the wind takes them all away.

Enjoy the warmth of the sun - all these goodies will be gone so quickly as winter takes them over.

Keep Aware

kml — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:55:00 +0000

I am not one to preach and hound about many things, but after an experience I had today, I thought I had better pass along a reminder.

Times are tight everywhere which makes desparate people even more desparate.

They do stupid and dangerous things which may involve you.

Don’t be a victim, use your common sense, and don’t let the fear take a hold of you.

It started to, but with a quick action of putting my cell phone to my ear, it made them think twice - for a moment.

And that was enough time for me to make my move and not become a victim.

Shaking, I reported the incident which will hopefully keep someone else safe.

Keeping an extra eye open when you are going about your business will serve you well during these trying times.

Take care, my friends!