Showing posts with label wolves. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wolves. Show all posts
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Washington Wolves, Andy Williams & Traffic
So, so happy I live in Boulder and not Denver, and that I'm staying home and not trying to see the Presidential debate in person next Wednesday. Obama and Romney have their first debate at the University of Denver then. The Colorado DOT just announced that a 6 mile stretch of I-25, in both directions, will be closed down for 5 hours. Ouch! All the side streets near UD will also be closed, as will the Light Rail, and RTD buses. Just glad I don't have to even think about that madness.
We've had almost 24 hours of light rain here in Boulder so far, with more expected tonight and tomorrow afternoon. The kits outside scooting around in the damp - last night he came back inside absolutely soaking wet multiple times, and I toweled him dry. Lovey has wanted to be held, and sitting on top of me since yesterday evening; she's now parading between my face and the monitor, and she smells like nasturtiums. And I have to remember Lovey's dental-oral surgery appointment next week, and that she's NPO after midnight...
I walked the red kids in between rain showers late this morning, and spent the day with Sasquatch and Tugger. We're currently reading Susan Wittig Albert's The Darling Dahlias and the Confederate Rose. I like all of series that Mrs. Albert (and her husband) have penned, both separately and together. It will soon be time for me to re-read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings; the weather is making me want to curl up with those books and ignore the outside world.
I grew up watching the Andy Williams' holiday specials on TV, and listening to him on the radio and seeing him on TV. It doesn't seem possible that a man with such a smooth voice is gone. He passed away last night after a year's fight with bladder cancer. His voice will be missed.
In Washington state, where grey wolves have been reintroduced to the wild, two wolves from one pack have been shot dead, and the other six members are tagged for death for attacking a cattleman's herd. This particular cattleman is not following the recommendations of the DOW on how to better protect his herd - but is saying that the wolves were brought back to stop the cattlemen from using BLM grazing land. This is the same argument that is killing off the wild mustangs, because cattle and sheep men claim the horses are eating all the grazing and drinking all the water. Soon the wolves in Washington state will once more be fair game and will never be able to resettle in their original habitat.
We've had almost 24 hours of light rain here in Boulder so far, with more expected tonight and tomorrow afternoon. The kits outside scooting around in the damp - last night he came back inside absolutely soaking wet multiple times, and I toweled him dry. Lovey has wanted to be held, and sitting on top of me since yesterday evening; she's now parading between my face and the monitor, and she smells like nasturtiums. And I have to remember Lovey's dental-oral surgery appointment next week, and that she's NPO after midnight...
I walked the red kids in between rain showers late this morning, and spent the day with Sasquatch and Tugger. We're currently reading Susan Wittig Albert's The Darling Dahlias and the Confederate Rose. I like all of series that Mrs. Albert (and her husband) have penned, both separately and together. It will soon be time for me to re-read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings; the weather is making me want to curl up with those books and ignore the outside world.
I grew up watching the Andy Williams' holiday specials on TV, and listening to him on the radio and seeing him on TV. It doesn't seem possible that a man with such a smooth voice is gone. He passed away last night after a year's fight with bladder cancer. His voice will be missed.
In Washington state, where grey wolves have been reintroduced to the wild, two wolves from one pack have been shot dead, and the other six members are tagged for death for attacking a cattleman's herd. This particular cattleman is not following the recommendations of the DOW on how to better protect his herd - but is saying that the wolves were brought back to stop the cattlemen from using BLM grazing land. This is the same argument that is killing off the wild mustangs, because cattle and sheep men claim the horses are eating all the grazing and drinking all the water. Soon the wolves in Washington state will once more be fair game and will never be able to resettle in their original habitat.
Friday, February 27, 2009
The Tumbling Critter Sitter
Having slept for 15 hours, I feel much better now. The sunrise is beautiful, and I took my walk in the dark this morning. The kits are running about and purring like mad - happy that I'm back to my 'normal.' We had Chinook winds yesterday, and I'm sure they contributed to my feeling poorly. I fell into a deep funnel-like hole on Wednesday night - I was watching a fox and wandered off the sidewalk, falling into the Silver Lake Irrigation Ditch street crossing check-point. I had to laugh - I landed on my knees in water and leaves, covered with mud, but did not drop the pan of fudge brownies I was carrying! (Perhaps I should explain that I was walking to the Redwood and 19th St. bus stop, that there are no streetlights in the area, and I was on my way home from taking care of my sister and brother-in-law's critters. - And my brother-in-law is the head of the Silver Lake Irrigation Ditch company....)
The state of Colorado, after hearing that a large number of high schools have drill teams, has agreed to allowing each school district the right to handle "fake guns" (i.e. wood, plastic and duct-taped drill rifles) found in parked vehicles. They agreed they went overboard in the case of Marie Morrow. ... The Denver Broncos have released my favorite player, Ebenezer Ekuban. That leaves only Dre Bly and Champ and Boss Bailey for me to cheer for. ... A cold front came through last night, so we will be leaving the 60s behind us, and there is a slight possibility for snow over the weekend (hooray!). ... An 18-month-old female grey wolf (wearing a GPS collar) has made her way from Yellowstone to the western slope of the Rockies. Two years ago a 2-year-old female (GPS collared) was struck and killed by a car on the Interstate here. What is drawing these single ladies to this area? We did have a good wolf population here until the 1930s, when they were hunted to extinction; is heredity/genetics bringing them back? ... And The Rocky Mountain News, a newspaper that has been published in Denver since 1859, is printing it's last edition today; I'm sorry to see it go.
Since I have no large house-sitting jobs scheduled for March, I hope to get a lot of research done. I have to admit the recent lack of production is entirely my fault, as I have become addicted to Hatchlings and Mafia Wars (they are game applications on Facebook), and keep looking for more eggs to feed my pets, and more experience points to claw my way up the Mafia ladder... Yeah!!! Today is Friday! Enjoy the weekend! (And, if you're looking at my "States of Mind" photos - YES! I am definitely a country girl; not a city girl.)
The state of Colorado, after hearing that a large number of high schools have drill teams, has agreed to allowing each school district the right to handle "fake guns" (i.e. wood, plastic and duct-taped drill rifles) found in parked vehicles. They agreed they went overboard in the case of Marie Morrow. ... The Denver Broncos have released my favorite player, Ebenezer Ekuban. That leaves only Dre Bly and Champ and Boss Bailey for me to cheer for. ... A cold front came through last night, so we will be leaving the 60s behind us, and there is a slight possibility for snow over the weekend (hooray!). ... An 18-month-old female grey wolf (wearing a GPS collar) has made her way from Yellowstone to the western slope of the Rockies. Two years ago a 2-year-old female (GPS collared) was struck and killed by a car on the Interstate here. What is drawing these single ladies to this area? We did have a good wolf population here until the 1930s, when they were hunted to extinction; is heredity/genetics bringing them back? ... And The Rocky Mountain News, a newspaper that has been published in Denver since 1859, is printing it's last edition today; I'm sorry to see it go.
Since I have no large house-sitting jobs scheduled for March, I hope to get a lot of research done. I have to admit the recent lack of production is entirely my fault, as I have become addicted to Hatchlings and Mafia Wars (they are game applications on Facebook), and keep looking for more eggs to feed my pets, and more experience points to claw my way up the Mafia ladder... Yeah!!! Today is Friday! Enjoy the weekend! (And, if you're looking at my "States of Mind" photos - YES! I am definitely a country girl; not a city girl.)
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