Another remnant from the past. Picking goose down for a comforter. The geese weren't killed, just inconvenienced for a short time. The little girl watching is my great Aunt Marion, who celebrated her 100th birthday last October. Ron

A nice breath of spring on this gloomy, cold day... So anxious for warm weather, want to dig in the dirt !!

Vetaal I think your Indian Summer Rudbeckia: photo is lovely and along with nola_anne's birdbath covered in snow should be greeting cards. nola_anne I love your birdbath photo. I'm not trying to be mean or nosy or anything but I;d like to give you the best advice you'll ever hear concerning posting photos and photo hosting sites. I got the advice from my son when I persisted in asking him all the questions. I followed his advice and did pretty good. Then I gave the same advice to my DH and he got pretty good at most things. When all else fails "Read the information and instructions included with product." consider tiny pics to be the product they have so much in the way of info and instructions posted right on their pages. I learned faster just reading for 1/2 hr than i did posting and waiting for responses on forums. LIL

They had to be fed a clear liquid to build nutrients, that I got from an animal rehabber. It's basically the liquid that is in iv's for humans. As they got a little older they were fed this solution mixed with powdered milk.....gradually increasing the milk. Then it was on to Pablum, then peanuts, walnuts, almonds, broccoli, carrots, brussels sprouts. They'd chortle when they saw me, and I was definitely their mother-figure. Poor ex....he picked one up, and Seymour bit him! So he was glad to let me continue being the caretaker. We got a bigger cage for them, and I put a branch inside, so they could learn to run along it and balance. When their tails get real bushy, it's time for them to be set free. I had them about 3-4 months. My cat didn't bother them at all, she sniffed them and let them be. These guys, would probably eat them!