Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for August 06, 2013

No argument there!

Human’s are not at the top of the food chain. Mosquitos are higher. And bats eat mosquitos.

Happy…. or at least on your afghan?

When the eagle flies… with the dove….gone terribly wrong….

It’s actually more like “as the crow flies” …

And Carl was just thinking “Who will rid of this meddlesome Red bird?”

Ok…. I just made 600 key lime donuts…. I guess people really liked them.

Stel, Bev…. I got your orders….

x_Tech… are you lurking?Anybody else?

Who else wants to try one?

Sure, I’ll try one but I hope some else wants some cus ain’t no way I can eat 600.

No, X … one for you….138 between Stel and Bev….

That leaves 401 to sell in the pie shop!

OK. maybe 67 for the Tiki….. we can run a Yak ‘n’ Dak ‘n’ Donut Lunch Special…and I’m sure the Monkey will eat some….better make that 88 for the Tiki….

That leaves 313 for the pie shop…OH …. wait…. one for me…Only 312. Sigh…..

Red…. I know other people did it…. but it was the Terry Jacks version that was the earworm for me cos it was always on the radio.

And the lyrics are so maudlin … though the Kingston Trio DOES do it better.

Did you know it actually was an adaptation of THIS older Jacques Brel song (in French)?

Pcolli….I can hear it here…. dunno why you can’t.But it’s called Le Moribund, if you feel like looking elsewhere.

Here you go…. have another donut for your trouble…..

And I actually prefer “doughnut” too.

Good morning food chain revelers. That crow just commited a Cardinal sin. And Carl just watched its demise apathetically.

May I have two liime donuts to make up for acquiring a bilingual ear worm?Who’s Enrique? Or was is Henri? I tried not to listen, but was morbidly fascinated.

Hi x_Tech, pcolli, Red, Susan et al.

I like the Kingston Trio version too.

HAPPY, your bunny is cute and scary. How do you do it?

Hi MARG!

Good morning Shika….and sure, two lime donuts coming up!

….and I didn’t get to the top just to eat….carrots..- Ron White

I think I’ll call and order a pizza.

but, then again…where do all the yak dinners come from? OK, then….carry on….

Well, not the top of the top of the food chain!

Rosters can be bad as well.

And the bilingual? earworm? Listening to in in French with Spanish subtitles – I haven’t done anything like that since my old days down in Mexico watching a film.

And I just ventured over to that other site and had to share this

And even predators care very tenderly for their young and a closeup

@Happy- thanks, but that one does nothing for me (not even a part of my childhood)

Those are live screen shots from my nest watching in the last 2 seasons (and I always trimmed to leave their logo).

Long story made short. Ex-BIL and self were sailing up through the San Juan Islands one summer. Lots of bald eagles nest up there. We saw one being harassed by a seagull, who kept dive bombing him as the eagle was flying.BIL, Bill, and I looked at each other a both thought this will not turn out well…Sure enough, Mr. Eagle had finally had enough, did a roll-over in mid flight, locked his talons into pesky seagull, continued the roll-over and flew off with seagull for dinner.It’s good to be high on the totem pole.

…Unless you’re in a Hitchcock movie…..

bev, going back to last night’s comment on Rebecca, I too have seen it several times. But I can also say the same about other Hitchcock favorites, like North By Northwest, Rear Window, Strangers On A Train, Suspicion, Saboteur & Notorious. I have since discovered other Hitchcock films that in time will join those ranks, like the original 1934 version of The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Lady Vanishes, The Thirty Nine Steps & Jamaica Inn.

The original version of The Man Who Knew Too Much didn’t have the star power, however, it did have Peter Lorre as the antagonist. He was much more believable, even though at the time of filming, he didn’t even know how to speak english. But I think my favorite Lorre film is Arcenic And Old Lace.

Wow…. Yak ‘n’ Dak ‘n’ Donuts is very popular!

I guess I’ll have to add doughnuts to the Pie Shop offerings on a regular basis….

cos…. well…. I just need something else to do….

LOL.

Bev, your order noted…. will do my best…..

2Old…. please send your husband to the Pie Shop…. it’s a lot cheaper that way….and I’m trying to work out some with potato and rice flours.

Um…. lotta scary bunnies and roosters in here….. I…uh…. I think I hear the phone ringing….gotta go…..

And I’m on my way to the fair anyway….the chickens and bunnies there are sweet!Plus they keep them waaaay up the hill, in the Fur and Feathers building….whew.

pssst…. somebody call animal control…. OK?I’ll just … be…. right…over… here….

MONKEY!!!

This is the song that never ends, dum, dum,de,dum,dum,dum,dum! Oh no! I’m infested by a hideous ear worm? Does anyone have the antidote?

STEL, the meds I’m on are cod liver oil and fish oil in general. Want some?

BEV, I think it was the Margueritas last night, plus strong pain medication. I must remember not to do that again, but SUSAN’s ear worm drove me to it!I don’t think hanging around SUSAN can make me loopier than I already am. Besides, I could never keep up with her work load- could I have two more lime doughnuts please? Where was I?Oh dear, did I just suggest that SUSAN is loopy? Quick, hide me, BEV!

Speaking of birds(well, GROG mentioned BIRDS)- I just about had a heart attack just now. A pigeon just flew KRACK! Into my window, and kept flying. He hit it so hard, he left a feather stuck to the window. Ooh, that pigeon’s going to be in PANE I tell you.

DAZZ, your cartoon cracked me up. Lol

Time for Din-Din. Later.

That does happen, Shika. When I was living in Dallas, there were these cardinals passing through would bang into and peck at my kitchen window. They were feisty little things.

I was never more aware of birds as I was the morning after the night I first saw The Birds.

I probably have as many Hitchcock movies as I do Humphrey Bogart movies, which is quite a few.

I get here too late to contribute, so Hi and bye. In the meantime:STAY THIRSTY MY FRIENDS!

Thanks, Stel! I will make a couple comments, just because I read the last couple of comments, way too many to read them all.

Fellow Baby, LOL about your cardinal! My friend and co-worker of 20 plus years was telling us today about his cardinal problem. They have 4 vehicles at their house, son, daughter, wife and him. Every morning there was bird shi! on or around the side mirrors on all the vehicles. At first he thought his came from our workplace, where we have lots of birds hanging on wires. He got to watching from his porch and noticed a cardinal going to ALL the vehicles side mirrors, looking in and pecking away at the mirrors, one vehicle at a time. So he put bags over all the mirrors at night, except the one on the driver side of his truck. Dang if there wasn’t bird shi! all over that mirror in the morning! LOL! Plus, the bird chipped away some of the mirror!

The Birds is my favorite Hitchcock movie, and one of my top favorite movies of all time. I have a friend who is TERRIFIED of hummingbirds, no real reason, never saw the movie, though no hummingbirds were in that anyway, never had one attack her or get near her, just totally literally terrified of them.

bev around these here parts we call doughnuts made from potatoes, FASTNACHTS.

Okay,

Well, after you saying that, Fellow Baby, I’m glad I put my cars in my garage.

Good night, everybody!

Time for bed…

Well it’s time for me to turn in too.

Time to say Good Night. But first, a few words from Shika.@ pcolli It’s hard to listen to a bird or animal being attacked. You don’t often see what you saw in the city.

GROG, I’d like to see The Birds and many of the classics you’ve mentioned.Birds do go for reflections, so it is not surprising about the cardinals. I have seen similar things in birds

DRY, your friend would have died of a heart attack at our cottage. A humming bird made a bee line for the red flower on my tee shirt and stopped just before impaling my chest. I have been dive imbed by robins and red wings during nesting season.

Silly spell check. “Bombed”, not “inbed”.

Susan, I’ll take two dozen of your Zesty lime doughnuts. They will make a delicious desert for our quilting group on Thursday. I know, there will only be ten people there but I may need to sample a few before serving my guest…………

When reading outdoors, hummers have often approached the red clothing that I often wear.@Happy, I have lost many hours at the hawk’s nest (but mostly keep it on a tab and hear when a feeding approaches.@Shika, thanks- I thought it was cute too.@Stel, you posted the white rabbit (with his watch) about sunset here, but it IS bedtime now. G’night all!

Night all.

@Dry

When I lived in Southwest Florida, my house was surrounded by woods and cardinal nests. I had the same problem. It’s because the males see their reflection in your mirrors and think it’s a rival. Covering the mirrors is a good solution. However, many homes in Florida have reflective glass, because of the heat. Other birds think they are seeing a rival-woodpeckers, especially the large ones, will "fight: their reflection for hours.

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Good morning Balladeers and Tigressy!