FOTESS OCTOBER SWAP~~"GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN"~~
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Comments (90)Hi everyone, Very nice, Ellie, that your county provides compost bins to its residents. Wish ours did that instead of spend money to collect yard debris. Alana, I love the sound of your orange-flowered garden. Orange colored flowers are some of my favorites. Shirley, great GLOW photo of the hot air balloons. What a shot that captures the moment! Jeanne, I watched the College World Series, too. I yelled enough to make myself somewhat hoarse. OK, so I admit to being a very "animated" college sports fan when I get into games... Although I am a die-hard SEC fan, I confess I was pulling for my husband's alma mater, U of AZ. Only fair, since he dares not pull against LSU. As for the cormorant chicks - When we band, we place a band on each leg. One is a small metal band issued by the US Fish & Wildlife Service, Bird Banding Lab. The other is a plastic, colored band that can be read from a distance using binoculars or a spotting scope. Throughout the breeding season, we spend several days sitting in blinds, observing for banded birds that return to that colony. That enables us to get much more info other than through someone finding a dead banded bird and reporting it to the Bird Banding Lab. We can determine breeding site fidelity, survivorship, age structure, and other population demographics. Last year we re-spotted more than 400 unique bands at the 2 islands we conduct our observations on. Here is a "digiscoped" photo I took of one of the birds. As to why we do it at night - that is a matter of reducing disturbance as much as possible. All the birds are calmer at night, so we try to only go on the island when it is dark. That means banding all night long. It also means on observation days, we leave the boat dock at 3:00 am and don't leave the island until 9:00 pm. Makes for a long day, and you have to stay in your 5' x 7' blind for the duration (and that is why we bring a "honey bucket" with us). Hahaha. Happy gardening, Katie...See MoreNEW: fotess october anniversary challenge!
Comments (151)Jayeanne.... Your envelope is in the mail and "should" be delivered on Saturday. I have the tracking number should it be needed. Here is a poem about October for all to enjoy... soon we'll see November and its cold winter stay: October's Party - George Cooper October gave a party; The leaves by hundreds came- The Chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples, And leaves of every name. The Sunshine spread a carpet, And everything was grand, Miss Weather led the dancing, Professor Wind the band. The Chestnuts came in yellow, The Oaks in crimson dressed; The lovely Misses Maple In scarlet looked their best; All balanced to their partners, And gaily fluttered by; The sight was like a rainbow New fallen from the sky. Then, in the rustic hollow, At hide-and-seek they played, The party closed at sundown, And everybody stayed. Professor Wind played louder; They flew along the ground; And then the party ended In jolly "hands around."...See More# 4 FOTESS SWAP OCTOBER~~"GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN"~~
Comments (33)Good Sunday Morning/Afternoon FUN GIRLS, Breanne, confirm that you sent to Erica...thanks! ************* GAME 4... GIRLS + FUN = COLLEGE FOOTBALLAnd week 4 is now in the history books! This game is now over...and we have 6 winners. Congrats to Jayeanne, Ruth, Breanne, Nicole, Amy and Faye. Some interesting games yesterday....some close games and few little upsets. Breanne (Baylor) lost her game, while Jeanne (Washington) won her game but.....Breanne beat Jeanne by two little points. Read left to right to see how I scored.... EX Shirley.....she had 159 pts going in to week 4. Her team was Tennessee.....they LOST. 159 pts + losing points (L)+21 plus the other teams points of 24, minus 10 because Tennessee lost...for a total of 194 pts. Please check my math....***next to Winner name. *Shirley (159 pts)...Tennessee LOSE 159 + (L)+21 + 24 - 10 =194 pts PLAYS ***Jayeanne (158 pts)... Florida WIN 158 + (W)24 +10 + 10 = 202pts ___________________ ***Ruth (121 pts)....Louisville WIN 121 + (W)32 + 25 + 10 = 188 pts PLAYS *Emily (108 pts)....TCU LOSE 108 + (L)24 + 27 - 10 =149 pts __________________ ***Breanne (100 pts)....Baylor Univ LOSE 100 + (L)34 + 35 - 10 = 159 pts PLAYS *Jeanne (92 pts)....Washington WIN 92 + (W)31 + 24 + 10 = 157 pts ________________ ***Nicole (88 pts)...Penn ST WIN 88 + (W)62 + 24 + 10 = 184 pts PLAYS *Beth (88 pts)....Clemson WIN 88 + (W)37 + 34 + 10 = 169pts __________________ *Lisa (85 pts)...West Virginia LOSE 85 + (L)20 + 37 - 10 = 132 pts PLAYS ***Amy (83 pts)....Auburn WIN 83 +(W)40 + 29 + 10 = 162 pts _________________ ***Faye (74 pts)....Oklahoma WIN 74 + (W)56 + 3 + 10 =143pts PLAYS *Erica (56 pts)...Michigan WIN...56 + (W)32 + 23 + 10 = 121 pts ********** Happy Sunday! Annie...See MoreFOTESS OCTOBER #2 ~YOU "SPICE" UP MY LIFE"
Comments (93)Happy Evening, OK girls this swap is a wrap......Has been a pleasure! I am headed out of town for a few days, then home briefly and then out of town again.....sooooo, prizes will probably not go out until around the 13th, 14th or 15th....I will email/pm the winners after I send out. Happy Halloween......BBBBBOOOOOOO! Annie...See More
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Im going to guess maybe some of the best wineries to visit??? LOL I must say Providence is lots of FUN ... my list of favs could go on and on ...Margo keeping you and yours in our prayers... sending (((hugs)))
sending BINGO words shortly...
speaking of FUN ladies.... my daughter and I went out for a girls night not long ago to an art night of painting ... here are the paintings ... yes, we had FUN!
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