Beautiful story but how tragic the things that were done to Shirley.  Glad she found a friend and a good home to spend the rest of her days.

Kendal's at the NB now.

Just heard that Montreal is feeling the effects of Irene!

I just wrote a note to Nicole to see how they're doing.

kendal at nest!

He's still there now!

Glad to hear all is OK with you and your family, Paul.

There aren't any trees near it-just our shed which sits lower than the pool deck.  It's an above-ground pool with a deck and that's where the table and umbrella sit.  The weirdest thing is that they're all concealed in the folds of the umbrella which we loosely tie closed at the bottom when not in use.  These things can appear overnight-large clumps of brown straw-like grass with these things all embedded in the grass.  They're always there no matter how many we get rid of each day.  We've just never had these before. 

Really weird, Donna!  We've never had them before but they've been there almost everyday.  If we get rid of them, the next day there's either clumps of grass in the folds or lots of these.  They're always the same size too-never any little baby ones and they never move.  We don't see what's putting the grass in the folds either to see if that might give us a clue as to what they are. We just know when we roll the umbrella open, these things and grass are all over it!

We have a table umbrella that every time this year, when we've opened it up, we find these bugs and lots of grass in the folds of it.  They appear dead and we dispose of them but even the next day, there they are again!  Anybody have an idea of what they are?

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 Can't wait!   

What a beautiful place-looks like a good time was had by all!  Thanks for sharing!

 

Why you looking at me funny? 

NF??

Ahhhhh! Niagara Falls, right??

I thought they were going to the NYS Fair today. :confused

They canceled that trip, Brian got sick so they went to Niagara Falls.

I wondered.  That's too bad-hope Brian feels better soon.

NF??

Ahhhhh! Niagara Falls, right??

I thought they were going to the NYS Fair today.

I wish for HF a safe journey!   

Stay save everyone!
I'm  to busy this year to post a lot on the forum .But I read all the messages every day,I still think this is the best forum.I admire all you falconwatchers ,and I watch all the pictures en videos everyone posts .Patti ,I came halfway true your album and will watch the rest of the pictures on a cold winternight.I miss Aafke and hope she will be back on the forum soon.For now I hope the storm is going to slow down and causes not to much damage.
Greetings Carla

Thanks Carla!  This is going to be a bad one.  and I miss Aafke too! 

I hope everyone in this storm's path stays safe and I also miss Aafke and all her many contributions to this Forum.  Hope she comes back soon!