tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19608656.post114833471432741550..comments2008-12-13T03:21:26.299-05:00Julie Zickefoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06654698829603424649noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19608656.post-1148441145021558892006-05-23T22:25:00.000-05:002006-05-23T22:25:00.000-05:00Oh Julie,<BR/> Please never let the powers that be at the blog frustrate you into giving up this daily, weekly or even monthly site. I would be lost without having it and my morning coffee. Where would I ever get the education that you provide? After all, the only turkeys I get to enjoy are the domesticated ones strutting around my farm and the one I am married to! Grandma Maeve Bean loves to hear me laugh as I tell her about her grandson Chet and his human's adventures.Janeymsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19608656.post-1148409184843712992006-05-23T13:33:00.000-05:002006-05-23T13:33:00.000-05:00What a great turkey story! I have to admit I love when the prey turns around and wallops the predator. Woohoo! We watched a Tree Swallow divebomb a Cooper's Hawk the other day. They really are tough little birds.<BR/><BR/>That deer photo is great. It reminds me of a modern Muybridge, showing how the deer tries to get all four off the ground at once!robin andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06386655587963143782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19608656.post-1148389185725745832006-05-23T07:59:00.000-05:002006-05-23T07:59:00.000-05:00Congratulations on adding Capt. Jack Sparrow to your family! Tell your daughter that is a rockin' name, and that I am a huge Depp fan. I have loved him from the moment I laid eyes on him in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?" I'm sure Jack Sparrow will enliven your lives in ways untold. And I heartily approve of giving dogs, especially male terriers, first and last names. (One of Chet's play partners is Jack Black--a beautiful Boston terrier).<BR/>Lucky you, lucky schnauzer.<BR/><BR/>JulieJulie Zickefoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06654698829603424649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19608656.post-1148388243010020212006-05-23T07:44:00.000-05:002006-05-23T07:44:00.000-05:00Your Ohio turkey mom beats anything I have seen in SD! We saw the usual crowd of red-winged and yellow-headed blackbirds harassing a redtail while driving across South Dakota Sunday, but nothing so remarkable.<BR/><BR/>On the way home, we collected our new miniature schnauzer kid, who started life on a ranch in the high prairie where he had dozens of meadowlarks as company. He is filling a hole left by our old, late schnauzer buddy.<BR/>He's been tagged "Capt. Jack Sparrow" by our youngest daughter after her favorite pirate character. According to her, he is going to have a cool black beard and is just about the size of a sparrow at the moment. We hope Jack turns out to be as much of a character as Chet Baker. <BR/>Caroline StaffordAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19608656.post-1148350120086400712006-05-22T21:08:00.000-05:002006-05-22T21:08:00.000-05:00Right on, turkey Mom! You don't mess with a woman's kids!<BR/>I love it when my girls take me off the beaten path. The day my four year old pointed out a hawk I would have missed, I knew I needed to start paying more attention to their lead.Susan Gets Nativehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00216170589750418861noreply@blogger.com