What are you doing today?

[Rocky998]

While not radical I have to admit to being a little bit of a tree huger. I guess what bothers me is that we keep encroaching into their natural areas and then we kill them for being in the only area that they know to be. It was their land way before it was taken away by us.

Exactly! I think about that often myself...

 

[WhistlingBadger]

While not radical I have to admit to being a little bit of a tree huger. I guess what bothers me is that we keep encroaching into their natural areas and then we kill them for being in the only area that they know to be. It was their land way before it was taken away by us.

I'm a bit of a tree hugger, too. And a hunter. Does that make me a tree hunter? Or an elk hugger? (Elk, I happen to know, do not wish to be hugged)

It's true that all of us live on former wildlife habitat. Just the way it is. Having spent a whole bunch of time in wild places, I'm also very in touch with the truth that wild animals die. A lot. Whether they fall to a hunter's bullet/arrow, or to starvation, disease, or being torn apart by predators, they all die eventually. For good or bad, 'tis the way of the world. Without getting too deep or putting too fine a point on it, that's why I'm fine--even enthusiastic--about responsible hunting. We're all part of the food chain, and I prefer to be on top of it.

Rocky, very valid point about mosquitoes, which goes exactly with what I'm saying here. I've never killed a lion, but I suspect if I were to do so my emotions about it would be a lot more complex than they are about swatting a mosquito. Lions are magnificent, superb, astoundingly good at what they do. Mosquitoes? I guess they're one of those things: Astoundingly good at sucking my blood, making me itch, and annoying the daylights out of me. But they're still living things, and on the microscopic level, at least, they're still pretty amazing. Weeding the garden, swatting a bug, culling a problem lion...on the management level, it's all kind of the same thing.

But yeah. It's still kind of sad, removing something so beautiful from the flow of life.

 

[Back in the fold]

I am definitely a tree hugging pinko liberal and I hate wolf hunting but truth be known , hunters get very few. Wolves are smarter than most hunters. There is no danger of them going extinct. I look at most hunters today and I laugh. All they are is gun nuts without a clue. My Grampa would cuff them upside the head and send them home.

 

[Alice B]

I am definitely a tree hugging pinko liberal and I hate wolf hunting but truth be known , hunters get very few. Wolves are smarter than most hunters. There is no danger of them going extinct. I look at most hunters today and I laugh. All they are is gun nuts without a clue. My Grampa would cuff them upside the head and send them home.

Your grandpa and mine. Mine was a game warden, avid deer hunter, pretty sure the wolverine was up to no good. And when squirrels were in the corn they did end up becoming dinner

 

[WhistlingBadger]

I am definitely a tree hugging pinko liberal and I hate wolf hunting but truth be known , hunters get very few. Wolves are smarter than most hunters. There is no danger of them going extinct. I look at most hunters today and I laugh. All they are is gun nuts without a clue. My Grampa would cuff them upside the head and send them home.

Too many hunters think it's all about the gear and all about making the kill at any cost. A favorite quote: "The best camouflage pattern is 'sit down and hold still.' Your granddad hunted deer in a red plaid jacket." --Fred Bear

 

[Alice B]

he did, and it kept other hunters from shooting him

 

[pettygil]

I'm speeding time with my Sugar Daddy. lol. Just kidding. I'm lazy everyday. I played with my Kitty cat, watch some TV, watch my fishes, played on my pc, and sing. I live the life of a cat. I like to sleep a lot.

 

[Nuttawet]

Sitting and playing pc with all my healthy fishes.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

I'm teaching 4th and 5th graders how to do question/answer improvisation on xylophones. So fun, and so beneficial because it forces them to actually listen.

 

[JuiceBox52]

I'm teaching 4th and 5th graders how to do question/answer improvisation on xylophones. So fun, and so beneficial because it forces them to actually listen.

Come teach my brothers. They need listening skills

 

[Rocky998]

Come teach my brothers. They need listening skills

Same... Same... My brother also needs it
I need to learn as well but in a different way

 

[Rocky998]

I'm teaching 4th and 5th graders how to do question/answer improvisation on xylophones. So fun, and so beneficial because it forces them to actually listen.

Alright. How much are the classes and can you move states?

 

[Rocky998]

Watching the "National Treasure" show... 1st episode seemed intriguing

 

[GaryE]

We are in a storm here. I just walked across the back to the outbuilding the tanks are in, and I was soaked. If it were snow, we would be in trouble. But it's coastal rain, in torrents, and howling winds.

Last night while I was changing water, my probably 15 year old python hose bit the dust. I heard a noise, looked back and a fountain was shooting out of it. Just a small hole, in the worst possible place. I can't recall exactly when I bought it, but it has to have been 15 years. I bought an Aqueon knock off a year ago and it's already kaput. This time, I bought a 50 foot length of clear hose to get me through until summer, when drinking water quality hoses will be in the stores. In a Canadian winter, there isn't much of a market for outdoor hoses.

You can repair a hose, but I suspect this one is at the point where another hole would appear in a few more weeks.

Uh oh, the dog has to go out....

 

[connorlindeman]

Etsy took down one of my plants. A java moss ball. They said it went against their policies. They must have made a mistake.