tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post4553876129635159422..comments2023-12-27T22:26:20.552-05:00Comments on synch-ro-ni-zing: when animals dieRuthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-69696551609400577512008-04-18T20:01:00.000-04:002008-04-18T20:01:00.000-04:00Oh, thank you, Boots.Oh, thank you, Boots.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-27294628044093253802008-04-18T16:32:00.000-04:002008-04-18T16:32:00.000-04:00This is very touching to me, Ruth. Since I'm part...This is very touching to me, Ruth. Since I'm part and parcel of your own genes, I feel this with you in almost the same way. Thanks for sharing it so...realistically!Ginnie Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014434422568561157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-85564314681098680222008-04-12T17:56:00.000-04:002008-04-12T17:56:00.000-04:00Oops, Bob, sorry out of order. I'll bet your wife ...Oops, Bob, sorry out of order. I'll bet your wife really appreciated your thoughtfulness, eh? Yes, our road crews used to clear away the dead deer, but not any more. However, that deer with the blue rope is now gone. I think it was a little too centrally located in that intersection. I mean, we wouldn't want to drive by it for the next year and watch quite that closely what disappears.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-87588981692635797482008-04-12T17:53:00.000-04:002008-04-12T17:53:00.000-04:00Letitia, no, never heard of "chooks" until someone...Letitia, no, never heard of "chooks" until someone on a blog recently, probably over at Don's.<BR/><BR/>The Zed movie sounds cool, actually. I think I should queue it, and "Lars and the Real Girl" which I've heard about. Thanks for the rec. Did you see "Snow Cake"? That is also touching, about autism - Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman. Beautiful.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-52703205431127890912008-04-12T16:14:00.000-04:002008-04-12T16:14:00.000-04:00I told my sister I might like a couple of chooks i...I told my sister I might like a couple of chooks in the backyard.<BR/>She said "no way" - I'd get too attached to them and chooks drop dead all the time for no apparent reason - she's much tougher than me.<BR/>(do you call them "chooks", too?)<BR/><BR/>Have you ever seen the movie Zed and Two Naughts (ZOO)?<BR/>A very strange film.<BR/>But one of my favourites.<BR/>It has time lapse photography of decaying animals.<BR/>(sounds great, doesn't it??!!)<BR/>But it's really quite beautiful.<BR/>You'd like it.<BR/><BR/>Speaking of movies - I saw Lars and the Real Girl.<BR/>If you read the film synopsis, it sounds really cheesy but it is beautifully executed and touching.<BR/>I thought of you while I was watching it and thought that it would be something you would like.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-32416028024046983312008-04-12T14:38:00.000-04:002008-04-12T14:38:00.000-04:00Too bad about the chick, I remember when we first ...Too bad about the chick, I remember when we first got married I bought a chick for my wife for Easter, she thought I was crazy, but she got so attached to it that when it died prematurely as well, she took it pretty hard. I never really thought about what happens to road kill, I'd imagine some government official would come to clean it up, I think that's what happens here.Bob Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06582050569176409358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-88035343352729405812008-04-12T07:27:00.000-04:002008-04-12T07:27:00.000-04:00Gwen, what a chilling image of that duck father dr...Gwen, what a chilling image of that duck father drowning his babies. Hard to fathom. Did you do him in?<BR/><BR/>No, haven't written any books. Thank you very much for that kind comment. I've observed that you write very well also. And, well, Don and I have already planned a children's book with rauf's story of Priya and your illustrations. Thought I'd let you know. Oh, and rauf doesn't know yet either.<BR/><BR/>His story is here:<BR/>http://whitesroad.blogspot.com/2008/03/priya.htmlRuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-61877808237318586732008-04-11T23:14:00.000-04:002008-04-11T23:14:00.000-04:00Ruth you tell a very honest, sad and real life sto...Ruth you tell a very honest, sad and real life story. so well documented. have you written any books? you certainly could.and the photographs... they really touch deep inside...<BR/><BR/> yes when I was just looking at Don's little chicks the thought entered my mind of the losses we used to have when we raised chicks... We always lost several and most of the time we didn't know why. maybe some are just a bit weak... <BR/>once when we had ducks the father duck was very jealous of the ducklings and he started drowning them. luckily we got to them before he did them all in.. he picked one up at a time and held them down in the water dish... couldn't believe our eyes... needless to say that duck was not in our good books any more.Gwen Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13410235558740636534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-74990594017493905562008-04-11T13:33:00.000-04:002008-04-11T13:33:00.000-04:00Mystic, you're right, it's a mistake if we think t...Mystic, you're right, it's a mistake if we think there should be no pain in life. There is pain. I wish I'd experienced it more as a child, because as a child you acquire knowledge into yourself more wholly, I think, helping you cope later in life. The Native American tradition of being part of the spirit of all things in nature, connected, is a great model that I long to understand better, within myself.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-78606339367205875342008-04-11T10:41:00.000-04:002008-04-11T10:41:00.000-04:00I'm sorry to hear that as well. I once cared for a...I'm sorry to hear that as well. I once cared for a baby bird that was injured, and it died. And so I can imagine just how you feel. I think because they are so innocent and helpless, we cannot be indifferent espcecially when men are the cause. They are entitled to living their own life as well. but death is part of our life. I think some of the older cutlures had more respect for them, the native Americans for instance, they recognised the spirit that wasin the animals too. And in India, if you are at all familiar with the philosophy of Hinduism, the spirit is wished well on to its next evolutionary state.mystic rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05125795139102746210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-35368071088519636092008-04-10T21:12:00.000-04:002008-04-10T21:12:00.000-04:00Thank you, Sandy. We're watching these 40 chicks a...Thank you, Sandy. We're watching these 40 chicks and 17 quail closely, and even so, some more will die. Don is doing everything he can to safeguard them when they move to the coop, but we know predators might get in. It's the way of nature. <BR/><BR/>* * *<BR/><BR/>Don, oh! Is the man ok? The deer? I always see animals - squirrels, rabbits, deer, possum, raccoons - start across the road, hear the car, stop and go back and forth for a while, and I just want them to cross!Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-35650234474551215552008-04-10T20:35:00.000-04:002008-04-10T20:35:00.000-04:00I see so many road kills! A lansing MI man had a d...I see so many road kills! A lansing MI man had a deer jump right through his window yesterday and hit him in the head!<BR/><BR/>Interesting post, makes me think about the survival of the fittest and the food chain!Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831577769797947426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-87556732822764909682008-04-10T13:35:00.000-04:002008-04-10T13:35:00.000-04:00I know what you mean...and even knowing its' the n...I know what you mean...and even knowing its' the natural order of things (except for car accidents and such) it is always sad to see an animal die. <BR/><BR/>The pics didn't bother me at all and I found your post interesting.<BR/><BR/>Hope the rest of the little chicks make it.<BR/><BR/>sandysandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03307968128182359860noreply@blogger.com