tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post3046974648462584188..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Today was a good day...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-55387160453247985392007-09-20T15:49:00.000-04:002007-09-20T15:49:00.000-04:007.62x54r,It's really more of a driveway than a roa...7.62x54r,<BR/><BR/>It's really more of a driveway than a road, and being a lane and a half wide and having three blind curves in a half mile, 25mph is risking a head-on with a neighbor...Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-61153698383084729742007-09-20T15:44:00.000-04:002007-09-20T15:44:00.000-04:00If the road is winding I'm generally doing my best...If the road is winding I'm generally doing my best to get the Bronco up on two wheels, wildlife be damned. ;-)7.62x54rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09108413609715617943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-60405566140610518132007-09-20T09:17:00.000-04:002007-09-20T09:17:00.000-04:00Re: Wild turkeys. You can have 'em.Up here, they a...Re: Wild turkeys. You can have 'em.<BR/><BR/>Up here, they are nothing short of a freakin' nuisance. <BR/><BR/>They roost on my kids' swingset. <BR/><BR/>If you think regular bird poop is bad, you ain't seen nothing like turkey poop.<BR/><BR/>I am just sooooo tempted to wander out back with the crossbow... ;)Jay Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11085873775096542015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1501696772250302652007-09-20T06:19:00.000-04:002007-09-20T06:19:00.000-04:00There's plenty of wild turkey around here, but I d...There's plenty of wild turkey around here, but I don't see them as often because back East we have these things called "trees". ;)Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-69942528530369527272007-09-20T02:26:00.000-04:002007-09-20T02:26:00.000-04:00It's amazing how blasé one gets when you see/hear ...It's amazing how blasé one gets when you see/hear things on a regular basis. Every now and then I have to pause, and think about how odd this location is. I'm a couple minutes drive through suburbia to an eight lane freeway. I have a cattle ranch across the road, and often hear coyotes doing group sing-a-longs late at nite. Wild turkeys are common. Had a group stop by. 18 hens sitting on the back fence, three in the neighbors yard, and three toms on the side fence gazing at the ranch. Various types of raptors sailing around the sky, occasionally plucking fur/feathers while sitting in a tree (wish they would do something about this major influx of non-resident doves). No eagles, though. Hmm, just realized I haven't seen any hang gliders for some time. Wonder if they chased them out of the park up on the hilltop? Got the usual 4 legged critters cruising thru the back yard at nite. Possums, raccoons, skunks, etc. Deer wandering around peoples front yards at nite. Bobcat once in a while. Unbelievable how fast possums move during mating season!<BR/>BTW, this is Silicon Valley!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-63001304234979570532007-09-19T19:30:00.000-04:002007-09-19T19:30:00.000-04:00Heaven or Las Vegas is such a fantastic album. I ...Heaven or Las Vegas is such a fantastic album. I once was in a grocery store at 3am and heard the familiar tones in muzak - they did a muzak version of the title tune. Fantastic. If only more muzak were so cool. Yeah, that's some of the ultimate top-down music. <BR/><BR/>I think I'll get an ipod for my birfday in a few weeks and start it off with my Cocteau Twins box set. Good stuff.phlegmfatalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636803080525003892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-79679587846407896992007-09-19T17:30:00.000-04:002007-09-19T17:30:00.000-04:00I nearly peed myself when I stepped out my front d...I nearly peed myself when I stepped out my front door (second floor) the other morning, minding my own business, and a big damn eagle launched himself from a tree branch not ten feet away and glided right past my nose, building airspeed...Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-65579258127475028252007-09-19T17:25:00.000-04:002007-09-19T17:25:00.000-04:00Better than half a case of Wild Turkey in the foot...Better than half a case of Wild Turkey in the footwell and seeing ruination by the side of the road.<BR/><BR/>Seriously, turkeys are about my favorite scenery animal. Only thing cooler is a stooping raptor. I saw one take out a pigeon in my back yard (inner city Milwaukee).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-41906009800908633592007-09-19T17:07:00.000-04:002007-09-19T17:07:00.000-04:00Good idea.Good idea.jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07682952829635407505noreply@blogger.com