Post 10 Random Facts About Yourself

[Whateverist]

Weird given that I posted no videos.

7.  I was very awkward with girls into my twenties.  Focused on relationships in my late twenties.  Now I love the company of women.


8.  Got into gardening by way of building aviaries and keeping birds.  Planting them out led to enhancing the yard for wild birds.


10. I enjoy doing things without mental narration.  A quiet head is a happy head.

7.  It's nice to hear you like the company of women.  Not all men do.

8.  That is wonderful.  Do you have hummingbirds?  Plant honeysuckle to attract hummingbirds.

9.  You are so right about that.

Actually, I've always liked the company of women.  It was hitting on them which I found awkward.  Given my mother, it was hard to believe that there was anything about sex which was appealing to women.

Hummingbirds live here year around.  One Anna's has fledged two pairs of chicks early this year, and probably more in nests I haven't found.  Actually, putting out plants of interest to birds and arranging them in ways to appeal to them is a big part of what my garden is about.  The year-round creek on the edge of our lot is a flyway for birds working their way from the hills above the  UC Berkeley campus to the bay.

These were the first chicks I spied this summer.

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Picture of a night heron sitting above one of my aviaries looking down over the creek.

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One of the more interesting birds I kept, a Mesia.

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Early picture of the garden shot from my neighbor top floor, showing the aviaries above the creek.

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Very early picture of the back garden.

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Same view, shot from above the garden shed, probably ten years later.

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I know, too much information.

[Whateverist]

7.  I was very awkward with girls into my twenties.  Focused on relationships in my late twenties.  Now I love the company of women.


8.  Got into gardening by way of building aviaries and keeping birds.  Planting them out led to enhancing the yard for wild birds.


10. I enjoy doing things without mental narration.  A quiet head is a happy head.

7.  It's nice to hear you like the company of women.  Not all men do.

8.  That is wonderful.  Do you have hummingbirds?  Plant honeysuckle to attract hummingbirds.

9.  You are so right about that.

Actually, I've always liked the company of women.  It was hitting on them which I found awkward.  Given my mother, it was hard to believe that there was anything about sex which was appealing to women.

Hummingbirds live here year around.  One Anna's has fledged two pairs of chicks early this year, and probably more in nests I haven't found.  Actually, putting out plants of interest to birds and arranging them in ways to appeal to them is a big part of what my garden is about.  The year-round creek on the edge of our lot is a flyway for birds working their way from the hills above the  UC Berkeley campus to the bay.

These were the first hummer chicks I spied this summer.

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Picture of a night heron sitting above one of my aviaries looking down over the creek.

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One of the more interesting birds I kept, a Mesia.

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That seems to be the maximum number of photos.

[Whateverist]

Here are a few showing the beginning of the garden.


Early picture of the garden shot from my neighbor top floor, showing the aviaries above the creek.

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Very early picture of the back garden.

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Same view, shot from above the garden shed, probably ten years later.

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I know, too much information.  But here is one taken this year in the back garden.

[MTL]

Also, MTL, what flavour was that icecream?

Mint.  it seemed "colder" than the rest.....and the colder, the better, at that point.

thanks for asking.

[Whateverist]

Hey I just remembered another one!

I don't feel the cold nearly as quickly as most people. I can still wear shorts and t-shirt in winter unless it gets bitingly cold.

However, I feel the heat quicker than most. I have to let a cup of tea cool for about 15 minutes longer than my wife's.

CL: Pants in England means underpants! What you call pants, we call trousers.

Oh hahaha! I had no idea. Here we call them panties. Yes, I do wear panties.

We do have an area 69 you two.

[MTL]

Oh hahaha! I had no idea. Here we call them panties. Yes, I do wear panties.

We do have an area 69 you two.

Naw, they're just sorting out a language barrier.

Area 69 would be if I asked CL what colour of panties she was wearing, RIGHT NOW???

(that's a joke. Don't answer, CL.)

[Whateverist]

1.76 cm would break the world record for shortness.

Yeah, no.  I've never been 1.76 cm, not even after swimming in cold water.

[MTL]

Here are a few showing the beginning of the garden.


Early picture of the garden shot from my neighbor top floor, showing the aviaries above the creek.

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Very early picture of the back garden.

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Same view, shot from above the garden shed, probably ten years later.

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I know, too much information.  But here is one taken this year in the back garden.

Wow, impressive.  It's a lot of work, but people who love it, thrive on it.

And that's a good-sized space, you have, there, too.

AND YOU HAVE A DOG!!!  XD

[MTL]

1.76 cm would break the world record for shortness.

Yeah, no.  I've never been 1.76 cm, not even after swimming in cold water.

Har de har har.

[Whateverist]

Here are a few showing the beginning of the garden.


Early picture of the garden shot from my neighbor top floor, showing the aviaries above the creek.

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Very early picture of the back garden.

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Same view, shot from above the garden shed, probably ten years later.

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I know, too much information.  But here is one taken this year in the back garden.

Wow, impressive.  It's a lot of work, but people who love it, thrive on it.

And that's a good-sized space, you have, there, too.

AND YOU HAVE A DOG!!!  XD

You saw the black shadow?  That was Sophie.  She was a lab/golden cross and made it to 16 years.  We brought her home at 7 weeks.  She was so pure black as a pup that you almost couldn't photograph her in direct sun.  This was Sophie as an older dog.

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Next came Fletcher, a blue merle Australian Shepherd we inherited at 4 years of age who lived another ten plus years with us.

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And here is a current picture of Heidi, my current dog.

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Okay, I've shown you mine.  How about you show me yours?  (Assuming you have a pooch.)  Or maybe we should take this to area 69?