In California I find that sneezing makes
stuff come out of my eye sockets as well
as my nose. This was gross, but the doctor
said it was normal and happened to him too.
It is gross, but normal... for me it's more likely to happen if I'm
blowing my nose, though.... :)
Yeah, the pressure tries to escape from
interesting places.
Yeah - humans are less predictable.
Exactly... :)
Does that make us more special or less
special than cats? Depends on whom you
ask, presumably - the humans or the cats.
Yeah... the cats are likely to protest that they are the special ones...
but then they'd do that anyway... ;)
What do they say, the dog sees God in his master,
the cat in the mirror.
Somewhere I read that making a lot of noise
and walking with a shuffling gait is the way
to alert the things to your presence; but
then I've also read that that's what to
avoid doing.
Keeps them from being startled by your appearance, but might also
upset
them....?
They tend to be shy and run away from unknowns.
Yeah, that's what I'd read, also... :)
Especially unknowns who can tread on them.
Yup.
As with most creatures (world leaders such as the
Kim family being exceptions), snakes tend to be more
interested in self-preservation than aggression.
And apparently a new thing. Smarter animals
will make life more difficult for us.
Perhaps it wasn't intentional, merely coincidental...?
There appears to be an uptick in genius behaviors
by critters; whether they're getting that much
smarter that quick or if the availability of such
tools as cellphone cameras is just making it seem
that way is not clear. I did see two squirrels
taking turns rolling an orange across the driveway
recently. When approached they panicked and (no
doubt temporarily) abandoned their swag at least
until we were out of the picture.
pretty trustable. Much but not all of the disparity
is because Lyme disease is endemic to the highly
populated Northeast Corridor.
Which makes sense.... I've had family and friends get Lyme, some with really bad long term effects...
I sometimes wonder if I had it myself.
Likewise... especially since I tend to stay sub-acute... and go quietly chronic..... Someone was just saying that she apparently tested positive
for Lyme, but never saw the bullseye pattern show up, though she
remembered a sharp pain on her ankle at one point...
If it were the back of the ankle, no one might have
seen it. My friend Bonnie's equally serious lesion
wasn't noticed until she went on the beach during
her Florida vacation, and her daughters found it.
The doc said that her kids saved her life.
Rodents are going to avoid proximity, which
domestic cats aren't inclined to. The critters
that dash out in front of me suicidally are
mostly lizards, which are stupid.
I've seen the occasional mouse do the dash with more proximity than I
would have thought they'd handle....
They might have been particularly thrill-seeking
mice?
Ah. Email received... I might get to it before leaving tomorrow morning for this years Ladies Retreat in Pittsfield MA (coming home Sat evening)... :) Trying to get caught up in Fido first... :)
Good set of priorities.
Thank you for the vote of confidence... ;) Almost caught up from being
away, but that will probably not happen for another night... ;)
Summer Blast Smoothie
categories: New England, beverage
yield: 4
1 c fresh blackberries, or more to taste
5 lg strawberries, hulled and halved
1 lg banana
1/3 c orange juice
2 c crushed ice
1 ts white sugar, or to taste (optional)
12 fresh blackberries
Place blackberries, strawberries, banana,
juice, and ice into a blender in that order,
and blend on high speed until smooth, 30 to
60 sec. Pour into glasses and top each serving
with 3 blackberries for garnish.
Haddad Subaru, Pittsfield, MA
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