That was a wonderful memorial to your mother Gord but am I too understand that due to the ground being frozen in the winter months in Ontario....your beloveds are stored and not put in the ground until the spring thaw. My brother Terry's ex wife's mother died in January and she went there to make arrangements to bury her mother for the spring thaw came home and just reutrned last week to bury her mom now that the ground has thawed there...it seems bizzarre to me because here we bruy them within a week or less after passing. Anyway sorry for your inconvenience that they would have to have a second ceremony to bury her you must be devistated.....but your poem or eulogy was very emotional and wonderful for your mom's memory....God speed you GF

Annie that reminds me of the Delta nest a few seasons back when pa Delta brought the teddy bear into the nest for his two eaglets :lol:

Lovely sunset pictures Anna:thumrht:

Glad your back Jean we missed you

whewwwwww now that I'm kinda caught up I wanted to add to Grody....reading your letter brought back my brother Bills eulogy I had to do. It was really hard and I was bawling while reading it but had everyone in stitches. He had a thing for Swanson Chicken Dinners and if you opened his freezer that's all that was in there. If he wasn't eating those it was KFC. I went on about all that while crying but I guess it was hilarious. :lol: Good remembery and sad one too for me, so thanks for that too!


on top of covering the RT's I had Eldon in one door wanting his food and BFF in the other wanting his food with both being different! Life got pretty hectic with that on top of BFF bringing in my supplies for the weekend but I'm ape free and wooooohooooooo to that is all I have to say!


Judy! the ospreys brought in a teddy year before last too!! very cute


Kath I sooo loved the pic of your pretty kitty! I kept it but can't remember his name???


sweet dreams {{{{{{{{{{Nestaculars}}}}}}}}} see you all tomorrow. Extra mantles to all nesties and family members that need them

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Cool that you've seen the albino dove hanging around Naoma.
Hope you're able to get a few pics.

Nice collage of the RT chicks and meal Lori.

What a wonderful eulogy for your Mom, Gord.
Beautiful story that Sandy shared with your Mom bursting into song like that.

Nanc & Judy

Two heron chicks. Pics are clickable to enlarge.
laura_cornellbirds was saying most GBH's only have two chicks survive each year, but this pair has successfully raised 4 each of the last 3 years (I think).

yeahhhh Scott!! I forgot to mention the albino collared of my Tx's!! that's pretty exciting! Glad you liked the baby collage BF


there's a thread here for the Herons but nobody seems to be really manning it. Nightowl put up the date today and it's blank! sooo.....NOOOOoooo I aint doing it!! It would be nice though to be able to see pics posted here. That flicker link landed me on different peoples pics each time I clicked one?


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Just a quick note. I got a good look at the item in question and it IS a stuffed toy.
I do remember the teddy bear Elle and that was so special. It was retreived as
I recall once the season was over.

I can't read back until later tonight or in the morning....shooting for tonight.

:-* from me.

Good evening! :hello:

Everyone have your requests in to Ruud?

Anna, beautiful pictures of the birds. Great that you got it with nesting materials too!
The pictures of the sunset are wonderful. I love them.

Linda, big hugs for you, Gord, and Kathy! Have a wonderful trip.

Scott, trying to work up enthusiasm for a team.
Laura posted that she wanted us to use those pictures of the pips so I did, but I took a s’cap of her message in chat. Do you think I should post the permission? :dunno: That is why I put the copyright message, but someone who doesn’t go there may not understand that. It is just so great that one of the pips is in the dented egg.
Would you mind bailing me out if I go to the Slammer?

Naoma, thanks just got mine in.

Lori, that # 1 was a busy little thing today, filling up at each meal, and knocking the other 2 over. Great collage.

I just found this and realized I had not posted it! From probably an hour or so ago! Somebody wipe my chin.

Lori, Nancy, Naoma, Judy and Scott - thank you all for your kind words.

Lori, glad I could bring back some sad/happy remembories for you, too.

Tex, all of the speakers were wonderful today and everyone was complimented on theirs. It was a beautiful ceremony. But thank you for loving words. And I get so used to using the emoticons here that it seemed right to add them, as people were chuckling at some of my comments.

Judy, my Mom was cremated back in January right after she died and her ashes were placed in the urn we choose. We held the ceremony now when the weather is better, to allow people who had to come a long way the chance to do so and not have to drive in winter conditions. So it had nothing to do with the frozen ground (they bury people here year round - backhoes don't care if the ground is frozen or not). The ceremony we had today in Oakville was a central location in the GTA for everyone to attend. The interment tomorrow is in London, which would be a lot further than everyone would want to drive, especially the older relatives. It will be a simple ceremony of placing Mom's urn in the concrete vault beside Dad's urn. Thank you for your concern and compliments. I know everyone thinks I like to wear dresses, but I don't think I am your GF!

Scott, thanks. Sandy didn't think it was too great at the time but she will look back at that memory fondly. :nod:

Annie, I thought that was a stuffed bear or something similar. No wonder they found it tough to eat!

Nanc, I have my request in, even though I will have to miss another show. And I don't know if it is Flower Power but it will be appropriate. But the reward for missing the show is I get to stuff my face at a Chinese food buffet after the interment that we all used to go to in London. Mom and Dad loved the place so we thought we should go there tomorrow for lunch to remember them. Is there anyone left to cheer for now? Oh yeah, The Nashville Coyotes! Or maybe the Phoenix Predators!

Another early start to the day tomorrow so have a great time at the show.

Linda and Kathy (great shots of your kittie in the suitcase! ) - look for me doing this in the airport.

Gord, I'm glad your Mothers service went well and your remembrance for her was beautiful. See you Sunday my friend.

Scott, Great news on the two GBH chicks.

Just got done posting the photos from my visit to the Pearl Eagles Nest. Here is the link.

Two Eaglets At The Pearl Nest

Eaglet 1 with both parents on the back of the nest, two is flat in the nest.