2011 - Day Eighty Nine; Wednesday...

Be careful, this is expected to be another brief entry... I had a wonderful talk this afternoon with our friend Melody in Connecticut. She works wildlife rehab there, mostly reptiles, but she knew the answer to my question about the Owl. Ever since last week when we found the Owlet in the yard and took it to rescue, we had not seen the Owl, and we were concerned that something might have happened to it. Melody said if they don't have eggs in the nest or there are no other Owlets in the nest, they have no reason to stay in the nest. They might roost somewhere close-by, but the nest is only for laying and raising young. Makes perfect sense to me now that it has been 'spalined!

Okay, the chickens have demanded equal time, so this is a shot of the girls. They are really WAY AHEAD in the 'face-time' in this journal, but the calves are hands-down winners in the 'peoples-choice' for cutest things they have seen in the last couple of weeks. The girls are getting into their pens later and later as the days get longer and longer, and there may be a time when they will be needing to feed me and put me to bed. I have been accused of going-to-bed-with-the-chickens, but these girls are going to have to start going to bed earlier if they want me to feed them.

Here is another photo of the calf that was born on Monday. This calf is about 55-hours old, and it is just incredible how much it has grown. Oh, and we can forget about the 'it' part, this beautiful calf is a bull calf. Man I am just awed by how pretty this calf is. He will be a beautiful Bull, if we don't nip it in the bud! Not sure what to name him, but this picture is him with his mama Moo Unit. You can see the other black and white cow behind them, her name is Doodle Bug.

I met with the Chevrolet engineers this afternoon (they still have the car), and they said my car is the only one that has ever experienced this issue, but they know how they can prevent it from happening. The car is programmed with certain 'tolerances' to certain conditions, and they can raise the programmed 'tolerance' level, which will make the car go into its' 'safe-mode' after a higher level the event. Make sense? Well, it kind of does to me, and if you really want to know about it, I will try to explain more. It is kind of like a smoke detector might be programmed to sound after a little bit of smoke or a little bit more smoke. Which would you prefer? In the case of this car, do you want your power steering (an electric function, no longer a hydraulic function) to go out after a little bit of vibration or after a lot of vibration? Who knows?

Deeds, Actions, Changes, JEALOUS CHICKENS, Kindnesses, Whirled Peas, FUN!