Pictures, water, meme

[icepixie]

To make up for spamming you with BUGS last time, here are some flowers. (Fair warning: most of them are me screwing around with the pre-sets on my camera, so there are several shots of the same primrose bed from the same angle in "Expressive" or "Pinhole Camera" or whatever mode.)

















We also have BABY ROBINS. The first batch (there's another pair with a nest in the back yard who just laid eggs) have arrived at the "cute balls of fluff" stage from the "wow, you can really tell birds are related to dinosaurs—the ugly ones" stage. Here they are being very fluffy and cute and crammed into their nest.



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In other news, apparently the entire lower Mississippi is TAKING OVER THE WORLD. I saw an article speculate on the possibility of this flood being the one to make the Mississippi jump its banks and start sending most of its water through the Atchafalaya River, but I've also seen US Army Corps people and others who would have reason to know being interviewed saying that they don't think that'll happen. There is also this very interesting page on the assorted measures that have been used over the past century to keep the Miss. on its present course.

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Finally, a meme from mylittleredgirl:

Give me a character, and I will tell you about a happy moment in their lives.

God knows I love writing happy, fluffy fic snippets, so I anticipate this will be highly entertaining!

Comments

[rowdycamels.livejournal.com]

"wow, you can really tell birds are related to dinosaurs—the ugly ones" stage

hehehe awwwww.

the possibility of this flood being the one to make the Mississippi jump its banks and start sending most of its water through the Atchafalaya River

Good grief, yet another reason not to be in Crazytowne, aka the Gulf. They are Nature's red-headed stepchild.

Meme: Ethan, from BoP. MUAHAHAH THE ENABLEMENT SHOE IS ON THE OTHER FOOT.

[icepixie]

hehehe awwwww.

At least they grow into cuteness!

Good grief, yet another reason not to be in Crazytowne, aka the Gulf. They are Nature's red-headed stepchild.

Signs you should not live in a place: when it's BELOW SEA LEVEL. Also, when you have levy'd up the river so much that boats pass by ABOVE YOUR HEAD.

MUAHAHAH THE ENABLEMENT SHOE IS ON THE OTHER FOOT.

MWAHAHAHAHA. Okay:

Ethan was seven the first time he won at Oregon Trail. At the time, it was the happiest day of his life. He'd laid in plenty of supplies for the inevitable axle breaks, had several successful hunts, had avoided all the rocks on the Columbia River by the skin of his teeth, and—most importantly—since he'd chosen to be a doctor this time around, he'd nursed three members of his party through dysentery and cholera, so that they all arrived alive and well at the coast. When the family computer ground out the happy little tune celebrating his win, Ethan cheered so loudly that it brought his mother running, thinking he'd injured himself.

If pressed, Ethan will admit that his desire to go into medicine stems from that particular game.

[rowdycamels.livejournal.com]

Awwwwww the only kid who ever successfully fought off Ye Olde Dysentery awwwwww!!!!

[icepixie]

Awwwwwwwww!!!