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My family used to have Canada Geese as pets when I was a kid. (Long story)

Geese are jerks, mostly.

I don’t know, but it’s extremely windy up there, so maybe it got blown off course?

Flaming Hot Cheetos, obviously.

Who needs a cat as a mouser when you’ve got an owl?

Wow, what a beautiful bird. Remember this pic for next OOTY, I bet screechies will get a boost.

Also, we need to think of a word that starts with H to put in front of Owl of the Year, so it will be the HOOTY. 😆

Performing Tchaikovsky’s lesser known “Owl Pond”

This is really neat, wish it was closer to me!

Just an FYI, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) prohibits the collection and possession of nearly all wild native bird parts–including naturally shed feathers-- without a permit in the US. There are a few exceptions, such as game birds and non-native species.

Reminds me of the Chilly Downs in Labyrinth!

Looks like my cat when she’s angy. 🤣

I visit my local food pantry regularly, so I think I have some perspective.

There’s a state run mobile food pantry that makes up boxes of shelf stable foods to give out. It’s wonderful, but it’s always pretty much the same things every time-- canned corn, peas, tuna, fruit, spaghetti sauce, beans. They are clearly buying staples in bulk to give out, which makes sense for their process.

When I go to my local pantry, which gets a lot of direct donations, I can find a much wider variety of products. Canned chicken, nice soups, ravioli, artichokes, diced tomatoes, etc. It makes for a more varied and interesting diet.

Donating money is great and versatile, but donating canned goods can be valuable too.

Please come to my house and enjoy all the juicy voles, so they’ll stop eating my beans and cukes.

Another great choice is The King Henry Tapes by Richard Raley. It’s a take on HP, but the magical kid from a dysfunctional family is a juvenile delinquent with a foul mouth. One of my favorite series.

Tom Bombadil

Okay, I added a few links to my comment!

I homeschooled my kid k-12. When I started, I had no idea how many religious hs-ers there were. I used a secular curriculum, and never even thought about teaching anything regarding religion one way or another. Once I started looking around at all the creationist curricula out there–yikes.

Anyhoo, long story short, my son went on to a college degree (he actually started college classes online at 15–one of the perks of hs-ing for us), and he’s an atheist. Secular homeschoolers do exist!

ETA some links–these are a few secular homeschool curricula. There’s a lot more out there, but this is the majority of what I used through the years:

https://www.calverthomeschool.com/

https://www.oakmeadow.com/

https://www.keystoneschoolonline.com/

https://www.thinkwell.com/ (Primarily math–the professor that does most of the math instruction is wonderful.)

When I sit in a chair and cross my legs, I tuck the foot of the top leg behind the ankle of my bottom leg, so the legs are kind of wrapped around each other.

The Sword in the Stone, perhaps.