Nickel_kg, Thank you for your comment. Yes only 70 years ago. This is how they built houses there for hundreds of years. Many are still intact. Unfortunately not his. Since the early 1990's our relatives there who had looked after the house left for greener pastures. The missing stones were used elsewhere in the village to build other structures.

Shubunkin goldfish babies. Not a good picture. I have a couple hundred in this lily tank. Shubunkins are calico, single tailed goldfish.

Jrb, unfortunately not very long. She laid eggs and they weren't fertile. ( She laid one while sitting on my shoulder, and it broke when it hit the floor). Not long after that, I found a pigeon under an underpass that had been hit by a car. He was injured, but recovered, and could fly but ended up blind in one eye. (I think I named him Junior). Anyway, they mated and had 2 babies. Hue was outside and a hawk got her. Junior continued raising the babies. I put them outside in a large cage and began feeding a flock of wild pigeons. When the wild ones were used to coming for food, I released Junior and the babies, and they joined the flock. I've raised several pigeons, including one named Checkers that I found in a trash can at Lowe's, completely covered in tar.

Flying over remote parts of Alaska on DH's birthday. He was thrilled he got to ride right seat.