I live in wheaton and I have had hummers since the middle of May. last year I had at least a hundred come thru during the fall migration which is starting now. I think a few remembered and came back in the spring. Before this year I never saw any until fall. Put up a few feeders and they will find them and maybe they will remember next spring and pay you a vist and with luck decide to stay!

A plain party balloon filed with helium probably would not damage a plane, but one dangling a hard object like a small chair is definitely a hazard. Think about a small plane traveling at 120 MPH slaming in to a small wood chair. If it hit the windshield, that would not be good. A propeller stike could be disasterous. Slaming into the leading edge of the wing is not good. Whacking the tail stabalizer could tear off a chunk - not good. Sucking a chair into a jet engine is not good. In thte late 1960s, I worked for a company that flew a twin engine Convair. We had moved a product line to Bowling green, KY. This necessitated our technical staff to fly from a northern city to KY on a regular basis. The plane flew at 8000 to 10,000 ft altitude and over 200 MPH. On one trip, something hit the windshield - we think it was a large bird. The windshield got a hole and the right arm of the co-pilot was broken. He also experienced some frost bite on his face. Meanwhile the pilot was dealing with the suddent change of cabin pressure and temperature drop. He immediately slowed the aircraft, requested a lower altitude and an emergency landing at the nearest runway that could handle his plane. The co-pilot stuffed and held a spare flight jacket in the hole in the windshield. Upon landing, the co-pilot was whisked off to a hospital and the passengers were checked for eardrum damage. NO, I don't think you should send hard objects aloft. The release of large weather ballons are controlled and coordinated with air traffic controllers. They also carry radar targets. Ground based weather radar and satellite images have reduced the need for weather balloons.

Morels are safe to eat so long as they are actually morels. There is another mushroom that appears similar to a morel, called a "false morel", and it will make you sick. Get a good guide book and look at the differences between the two until you are confident that you can tell the difference. Botanically, the two mushrooms have different gill structures, the thing is, it has been so long ago since my botany class that I do not remember the difference - just remember that the gill structure is a good identification to tell the two apart.

Ya know, even right of the bat when he picked Jan up after piano lesson, parents, nor his wife, didn’t call the law & report B & Jan missing for 4 days. Even the most innocent explanation ***an automobile accident & they were hospitalized *** wasn’t enough to make them take appropriate action. That is such bizarre INACTION!