Well, I hope we will continue this conversation sometimes. My problem in joining "How many..." is that I canīt follow many of the cultural traits/memories you and tailor share. Much of US culture penetrated into other countries, but not all.
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Well, I hope we will continue this conversation sometimes. My problem in joining "How many..." is that I canīt follow many of the cultural traits/memories you and tailor share. Much of US culture penetrated into other countries, but not all.
I appreciate hearing that danik, thank you, and me too.
nah---please, give it a shot, your presence there will help shape the nature of the posts and we'll all make it work. and the song title one too...
right now I just settled on an easy reading western that im enjoying. maybe some more light reading after that one and then i'll see if can find something that has an already existing thread.
oh, by the way, spritzer my homeless cat lost her flea collar! so I had to go get another one. I leave the door open in the good weather and she's been enjoying the free coming and going.
Thanks, Bounty.
As to the Song Title one, I participated a long time in it, without knowing most of the songs. I took the titles out of extense lyrics, and just had a look at those to see if they were "publishable".
The important thing is that you enjoy your reading. If you have time take a look at the books of the German author Karl May. They are adventure stories. The most famous are the Winnetou books about US West.There are translations in the net at Gutenberg, I think.
Iīm Glad to know that Spritzer is so happy and you do. ( But first thing, I got rid of that nasty collar. I have no use for that bell)
I don't read books online danik but i'll keep my eyes peeled for karl may when im out book shopping, thank you.
I recently watched rio 2 and really enjoyed it. among other things, the music was great.
noooo, she cant be out killing the other local critters. cat danger, warning warning warning!
right now ive got a momma raccoon and 4-5 babies sleeping under my house.
Some of his books were edited in English, but he didnīt meet with much success it seems.
https://www.google.com/search?q=karl...t=gws-wiz-serp
Rio 2 must be cute! And more so must be the racoon family presently residing in Bountyīs Bread and Breakfast for traveling animals.
if you can believe it danik…
I mentioned I keep my front door open so spritzer can come and go as she likes. yesterday I was sitting at the computer table (near the door) and felt a soft pressure against my leg. I looked down and it was one of the raccoons!
I do believe you, Bounty, and if you believe me you may soon have the whole family lodging in the upper store!:D
Animals are so quick in detecting friendliness!
I feed the critters in the winter time and I could be/should be doing a better job of that. when momma deer comes for a visit in my yard, ive been feeding her apples, but she doesn't have sharp teeth and claws. im okay keeping the raccoons outside. although, I was just recollecting this with someone, an old movie from my childhood, Disney I think, rascal, about a more or less tame/pet raccoon. I remember if being very funny.
You donīt even need to watch Disney, Bounty. You have them all in your yard, animals I have never seen outside movies or the zoo.
I browsed Wikipedia on deer diet, maybe this momma isnīt so young any more.
Here is it:
"Diet
Deer are browsers, and feed primarily on foliage of grasses, sedges, forbs, shrubs and trees, secondarily on lichens in northern latitudes during winter.[46] They have small, unspecialized stomachs by ruminant standards, and high nutrition requirements. Rather than eating and digesting vast quantities of low-grade fibrous food as, for example, sheep and cattle do, deer select easily digestible shoots, young leaves, fresh grasses, soft twigs, fruit, fungi, and lichens. The low-fibered food, after minimal fermentation and shredding, passes rapidly through the alimentary canal. The deer require a large amount of minerals such as calcium and phosphate in order to support antler growth, and this further necessitates a nutrient-rich diet. There are some reports of deer engaging in carnivorous activity, such as eating dead alewives along lakeshores[47] or depredating the nests of northern bobwhites."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer
I suspect one of the reasons momma deer likes my place so much is there is a lot of green variety for her, like what you mentioned. I haven't kept track, but id guess she's at least 5-6 yrs old.
there are apple trees all over and the deer really like apples. its funny to watch them eat them because of course they don't have hands, and the apples are on the small side, so they'll pick up the whole apple in their mouths and munch away at them.
I have birds that come back every year to nests built on my porch ceiling, and every time I walk outside the door, they get startled and fly away. you think they'd be used to me. im hoping this summer to make some birdhouses.
I suppose the access to your place is also easy for her and animals sense when they are welcome. Open gates, open doors, probably no fences. Here in the city we have to live behind locked iron doors. I live my cell phone usually at home, because in my quarters they get stolen at every time of the day.
I never saw a deer munching apples but then I never saw a deer outside the zoo. Apples sometimes are very big and their mouths are not so big. You told me there was something wrong with her teeth. Maybe, if you slice the apples a bit before offering she will appreciate it.
The birds have probably had bad experiences with other animals and maybe even from humans. So the general rule probably is: Avoid anything bigger than you that comes in your direction.
But living among animals must be paradise. It probably keeps you more serene
i fed momma deer a couple of potatoes today. when I went outside early this morning she was standing right next to my porch.
there are a couple of really nifty things I haven't mentioned yet---on rare occasions it can be almost dead silent, which is great, but more often than not, theres almost always bird song going on, which is great too.
to your point danik, its good, but would all be better if there were less people! laughs...
although, the woman across the road from me does a great job of putting food out for the animals in the winter. every day whole bunches of deer and a large flock of turkeys visit her place.
Momma deer must be cuteness herself. Another thing I didnīt know is that deers eat potatoes. It must be really nice for animals and people around there. I only hope there arenīt any hunters because when animals are fed they become tame.
The animals we have here are dogs and doves. There are cats too, but the cats must be kept at home.
The dogs usually are dogwalked to Roosevelt Square near by and I enjoy seeing them running round in the sun.
Specially on sunny Sundays at ten o'clock there is a many voiced dog choir.
The doves use to be assembled in the morning in the expectation of breakfast. Doves are usually much maligned by humans but there are also kind humans that feed them, although it is forbidden. And they donīt demand very much. When they get food they are happy. My only quarrel with them is when they take me for an ambulant outhouse.
i think every urban area in the world has doves/pigeons danik, and at least most rural areas in the usa have mourning doves. their "cooing" is a part of the bird orchestra at certain parts of the day.
dogs are the best! (don't tell spritzer I said that!)
I suspect deer like apples better than potatoes but she seems to like the latter quite well too. I live amongst many hundreds of acres of forested land where lots of land is preserved for hunting. during hunting season i'll frequently hear shots but I like to think there's a good disconnect between the deer feeling comfortable eating around people's houses, and their feeling comfortable seeing people out in the woods.
I wouldn't call momma deer "cute"---she's rather got a really nice workaday handsomeness to her. the fawns on the other hand, oh my goodness!
ive got a couple photos a neighbor took, i'll try to attach.
Yes thatīs true, Bounty.And they are much maligned as carrier of diseases. Itīs not their fault if the cities are dirty. All they want is to survive and they are group minded. Whatīs for one itīs for all. Sometimes they all disappear, leaving just one or two sunbathing sentinels. Sometimes there is a general hubub and they fly off all in the same direction.
Loved these deer pictures. They look different when they are in their own realms. But I wish you, or someone, could put a flea collar with bell round the neck of this hunters. Hunting as a sport should be forbidden.
happily the pigeons in my nearby city seem to do pretty well for themselves.
oddly enough, though we're many miles from the type of water that would usually be their home, we have a fair amount of gulls around.
you will probably be pleased to hear danik that one of my new part time neighbors who bought a lot of land nearby, partially with the intent to hunt on it, changed his mind after he's seen the deer close up and how comfortable they are around humans.
I just went outside a few minutes ago and fawns #1 and #2 were in the woods next to the pond just off my front porch.
These days one can hardly see stray animals around in the region I live. Even the homeless adopt stray dogs. Sometimes the animals look better cared for as they look themselves. I remember s homeless guy that regularly came to my street with his dog. The dog was always very neat sporting a clesn winter suit when it was cold.
Yes, that's fine, one less to wear the flea collar.
Those fawns are something majestic and serene. I'm glad tey make at least some humans change their mind. Right now - I have a problem with a guy in the German forum who posted a text about torture and murder of young cats. I don't know if our culture of cruelty has been increasing of late.
my goodness danik---was the fellow posting a story about someone else doing such things? or was he confessing doing that himself? if its the latter, surely he can at least be banned from the site, or maybe somehow the site ownership can notify the police about him?
It's not that easy. Seems that the user is about 90 years old, which means he grew up in Nazi German. If the story is a recollection his father did it in front of him and other children.
I wrote a PM to the new admin and to the monitor of the forum and are awaiting their answer. It doesn't help that beside myself only another user showed interest in the matter.
I suspect it wont matter how many people complain though danik---it only takes one person to point out something really bad that I like to think the moderators will agree with.
last evening I was on my porch and I heard all sorts of splashing in the little stream that feeds my pond. I figured it was a deer and so I went to look and I discovered a very unique collection of them in my front yard---two males (I hardly ever see them) a couple of females and at least one of the fawns.
oh---and some water-hunting bird ive never seen before that im going to have to go look up in my bird guide! he had bright orange legs, was bluish in color, a long pointy beak, and his feathers looked like a dark grey-blue shag coat, and he was perched on a branch above the pond.
meanwhile, spritzers sitting on my lap purring.
In fact I got the answer that nothing could be done or else contents that describe human torture and killings would have to be removed as well. Unfortunately there arenīt yet laws about cyber crimes that affect the presentation and description off animal torture in the net.
I am very bad at distinguishing birds, there are not so many species here. I hope you find the name of this interesting bird.
Word must have gone round in the deer community, that there is a nice refreshing pond on your estate where one can bathe without being bothered+ apples and potatoes for free.
Moments like the one you are describing reminds one that the world must indeed have begun as paradise.
I suppose there is worth in talking about things from a historical/academic perspective, but that broad umbrella probably needs further scrutiny when people start talking about it from any another perspective.
I did a quick perusal of my bird book but couldn't identify the fellow. i'll have to give a more concerted effort.
you reminded me of one of the funniest cartoon strips I used to have. it was a "willy and ethel." willy is sitting on park bench with some very learned man sitting next to him, a bunch of birds on the ground in front them. the guy says "as the world's foremost expert on ornithology, I know every bird's name." willy points at a bird and asks "what's that bird's name?" and the guy says "bob." laughs...
momma and fawns were in my yard earlier today and I tossed some food to her.
theres probably something to what youre talking about danik---the woman across the street who feeds the deer in the winter time, and a couple down the road from me that do likewise, they'll have large handfuls of deer in their yards at the same time.
Hi, Bounty. I guess you know Don Marquis and his creations like the cockroach archi and the cat his friend.
I hope , these gentle dears will be able to enjoy their freedom and the beautiful landscape for ever. There are some pictures of deer by Tyrone Cheddar buried in this forum but he took them from afar.
Hows the wetter over there. Here it has been cold, but agreeably so but the news have been remarking on the heat in US.
I don't danik---but maybe another fun new thing to discover?
a lot of the land around where I live is hilly and heavily forested, plus the population is declining, so there wont be a lot of development. good news for the deer and the other woodland critters.
a little hotter than usual where I am, but other places have it much worse with temperatures in the 90s and 100s. thankfully the nights are cool. but the hot makes going in my pond all the more enjoyable!
Hi Bounty,
Nice to read you. I thought you were too taken up with your garden visitors.
I found a link of the book archi and mehitabel by Don Marquis if you want to take a look;
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/v...ontext=zeabook
we had a very brief but major storm last week and ive been without a dial tone on my phone, and therefore no internet, for a handful of days. the phone line got fixed yesterday but my internet connection actually seems a bit worse as a result of it---so I cant get to the website, but thank you. sometime when im at the library i'll look into don marquis.
on the critter front though---last week I fed momma deer a small watermelon, she ate the whole thing!
That's ok, Bounty.Hope the weather improves up there.
Lol. Momma deer is really eating for two or more. And in the heat a watermelon is so refreshing.
Funniest book I ever read was Mark Twain's Practical Jokes With Artemus Ward (1872). I understand the book is now back in print after many decades. As someone who has played wicked practical jokes on others (and have had a few played on me), I know what the consequences of this activity can be. But in the end everyone has a good laugh. Some really good laughs, in fact.
Yes, I agree. That's a great book.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danik 2016
I have never found anyone funnier than Evelyn Waugh and P. G. Wodehouse. Waugh is darker and nastier. With Wodehouse, you have to read him out loud. Ideally, you must read him in a refined, upper class British-English accent. Or listen to a good audio recording. But the reader must have a British-English accent (Stephen Fry is very good).