Just want to point out

43 thoughts on “Just want to point out”

1. …at least you’re cute, gosh darn it to heck.

   1. right?

      1. Yep!

         Keep paddling, Great Aunt. The shore’s out there.

2. That’s not what it’s Quacked up to be. 😉

   1. But who gives a hoot when you’re that cute?

3. Totally adorable!

4. And now I’m getting a bit of that scene from The Meg: “Just keep swimming….”

   1. OH definitely

      1. Meep. Well, he got out of that one in one piece….

         1. I used to say my entire career was summed up in Billy Joel’s song “Running on ice.”

            1. Yikes.

               ATM I feel stranded on ice… hoping that’ll get better once stitches come out. Did at least finally get one sticky fight scene roughed. Brain currently in Nope mode. Will try to do research on other things in the meantime.

               1. HUGS.

                  1. It’s getting to the point where the sheer frustration of the past few years is more likely to start Civil War 2.0 than any one inciting incident.

               2. ATM I feel stranded on ice… hoping that’ll get better once stitches come out.

                  0.0

                  :EEEP!:

                  Not like I’ve got some kind of a right to know even that*, but now I’m worrying at you…..

                  * was able to mine some of your comments on boundaries to give my mom more ammo vs over-familiar-for-manipulation-purposes folks, so MUCH on my mind. She’s dealing with some folks who think that because her knees are broken, her brain stopped working….

                  1. Eh. Hopefully just precautionary thing. But stitches = overall body inflammation, and I have a serious problem with that ALREADY, because allergies and long-term stress -> other complicated problems you’d rather not hear the details of.

                     Plus I ate a piece of coconut candy yesterday and have been forcibly reminded nope, not my imagination, no matter how much I love Mounds-type candies, coconut does not like me.

                     And this in the middle of carbs seriously not liking me. Grump, whine, whimper. Meh.

                     But fight scene got roughed. This is good. Because hopefully, with “okay, this is everything that happened in book 1 established”, the bunnies are more willing to gnaw on book 2.

                     …Honestly can’t blame them. The beatdown just handed to a secondary villain means they’re going to be after REVENGE in book 2. Somehow.

                     And go for it on the ammo! Body not behaving definitely does not mean mind is not. *Pbbbt at all of them.*

                     1. But fight scene got roughed. This is good. Because hopefully, with “okay, this is everything that happened in book 1 established”, the bunnies are more willing to gnaw on book 2.

                        Growing in your craft! :glee:

                        1. I’ll just say the whole idea of writing a trilogy is terrifying – too much to contemplate! So trying to fool the plotbunnies by telling them it’s just “the next story”.

                           1. I have a trilogy of novellas in progress that MIGHT be the size of a novel when done.

                              Even that’s interesting.

                           2. I bet!

5. And the vibe I get from the owl is vaguely like the swimming bird from the Island of Misfit Toys in the stop Motion Rudolph from the 60’s.

6. He’s mallard-justed

7. Interdimensional travel is full of dangers that can be difficult to predict, but there are signs to watch out for. Owls are especially helpful for savvy explorers. In our own universe, they ask, “Who?” You can tell a parallel world is perilous when you hear an owl ask, “Why?”

   — T. R. Darling (@QuietPineTrees) April 13, 2021

   1. :hides screen from ten year old owl fanatic:
      Her favorite breed goes “Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you all?”
      …when you watch the videos on youtube, or listen to the bird books, that really is a great way to identify them.

8. We once saw a parliament of owls on a walk at twilight. It was very cool.

   1. Now I’m just imagining a long line of owls stomping along a trail in the dusk. They’re all very angry about something.

      1. how do they carry a torch or pitchfork?

         1. Not needed. They can see in the dark, and they have their own little pitchforks at the ends of their legs.

            1. zap

   2. I’ve only come across singletons. There’s a Snowy Owl that hangs around the mouth of the river every winter. It will lurk around the parking lot of our riverside plant, so twice I’ve been about 4 feet away from it, and it is rather big.

9. Does that make him a witch?

   1. I don’t know. Is he made of wood?

      1. You could try and build a bridge out of him…

10. Too cute.

11. Nothing wrong with feeling like an adorable Odd bird, especially in light of recent good fortunes! 🙂

12. Duck… Duck… Duck… Duck… HOOT! (Runs)

13. That is beyond cute. If he wants to be a duck, he can be a durk. Same with you. How is your GFM access going? Also, don’t forget to check your blog contributions. There should be some $ there as well.

    1. I object to this perpetuation of stereotypes. It is just the attitude that decrees that owls that enjoy swimming must be ducks that discourages many owls from the healthful and enjoyable activity.

14. I watched a video of a farmer who switched an eagle and chicken egg. Seems like someone decided to do owl and duck next.

15. It’s not just owls that swim:

    1. one of the locals was seen swimming like that. No word on what it caught (we got Salmon, Lake Trout, and Sturgeon, and the occasional walleye that would be too big for one)

16. Dang… I’m not a duck.

17. Deep beat me to it! THAT is a lesson in never giving up! It’s MINE, I caught it, and I WILL eat it…

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