I love animals and enjoy learning quirky facts about their remarkable lives.
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Not exactly subtle, but it sure beats yo yo dieting and spending hours getting ready for that first date.
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This doesn’t surprise me at all. AI has a long way to go when it comes to simple tasks.
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Brainless? Seems like there’s a whole lotta of seawater being pumped through Washington these days.
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Owls rock.
We rescued an injured barn owl years ago and took him to an avian shelter for treatment. I rode in a car for an hour with an owl on my lap! It was a once in a lifetime experience.
When you’ve been happily married for 41 years, Valentine’s Day passes quietly. A few cards, some flowers and a kiss usually suffice. We tend to avoid the overcrowded restaurants offering kitschy two for one meals and definitely bypass heart themed gifts.
Like these made for men.
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Laser engraved meat.
How romantic.
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Because nothing says I love you like highly salted and over processed meat petals.
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Yeah..,
No.
I won’t be giving my guy any of these items, but please make sure to blog about it if youdo.
The space between your eyebrows is called a glabella and the vertical groove that runs from the top of your upper lip to the base of your nose is called the philtrum.
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I didn’t know this, but now I do. Learning new words is fun.
Let’s continue.
The way it smells after the rain is called petrichor.
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I didn’t know there was a word for this, no less a chemical formula.
And thanks to the wonders of language?
The plastic or metalic coating at the end of your shoe laces is called an aglet.
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But I’ve saved the best for last…
The rumbling of a stomach is called a wamble.
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I wamble every now and then, and now that I have the correct term to describe it I shall be announcing the fact to all those in close proximity.
My husband is always on the road, always out and about. Since he’s newly retired and bored out of his mind? He runs errands. The other day he told me he was going to stop at the grocery store on the way home and asked if I wanted anything.
I requested one item… Panera’s Everything Bagels. Simple enough, but I made sure to describe them fully and wrote the name on a post it note because I’ve received a lot of items I didn’t want in the past by not being specific.
A few hours later, he came home with this.
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When he saw my face and realized that wasn’t what I’d asked for, he explained he ran into an old friend in the parking lot, talked for half an hour (shocking, I know) and forgot to take the post it into the store with him… but he remembered I said it has seeds on the top.
He tried.
❤️
The next day he had a dentist appointment and stopped at the grocery store afterwards.
He came home with this:
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Better – they were bagels, and the right brand but plain not everything.
He tried.
❤️
A few days after that I’d forgotten I even wanted bagels, but he came home from breakfast with this :
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Right brand, right seasoning, wrong shape.
Bless his heart… you should have seen his face when he realized that wasn’t quite right either. “I give up” he said.
Our Coopers Hawk has been visiting the backyard again. He lands on the deck railing, in the apple trees, on the telephone pole and on his very favorite spot…
The bird feeding station.
It’s a shame he dislikes the paparazzi and flies away as soon as he spots me… but I did manage this rather nice photo.
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They’re so beautiful.
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The following is a notice from a Maine church… and while I’m not a religious person, I have to admit God Invented Chocolate is a great advertising gimmick.
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Clever marketing, that.
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Who makes these things?
When I’m craving sweets… I can guarantee you the last thing I’m reaching for is cabbage.
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