tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post5368580606746315028..comments2024-03-22T11:14:05.861-04:00Comments on UncleBob's Treehouse: My Most-Interesting Front YardAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-86298503480111843802016-06-14T02:59:23.396-04:002016-06-14T02:59:23.396-04:00Oops... that flew right past me until you mentione...Oops... that flew right past me until you mentioned it!<br />Genjihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11481136830742188059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-74210795953977160712016-06-13T15:30:58.425-04:002016-06-13T15:30:58.425-04:00"You can certainly observe a lot by just watc..."You can certainly observe a lot by just watching."<br /><br />I'm not sure but I think Yogi Berra, the baseball coach, said that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-65241164246849148412016-06-13T13:22:26.403-04:002016-06-13T13:22:26.403-04:00"You can certainly observe a lot by just watc..."You can certainly observe a lot by just watching."<br /><br />Not if you're a leftist and what you observe contradicts your ideology du jour.<br /><br />Not exactly Montaigne, but I do so like your ruminations!<br /><br />Genjihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11481136830742188059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-16520783914106122502016-06-13T11:03:47.521-04:002016-06-13T11:03:47.521-04:00Kangaroos, echidnas, and the occasional wombat aro...Kangaroos, echidnas, and the occasional wombat around these parts. There are bower birds up around where I work. Saw one of them fly past, once, rocketing by a foot above the ground, following the contour. They're woodland birds, stubby-winged and manoeuvrable. Magpies, of course. Vicious fuckers with utility knife beaks who keep the pigeons in their place, and an amazing song. The occasional kookaburra - iridescent wing flashes, the whole bit. Birds everywhere, really. I gather that Australians don't really 'get' how full of birds this country is.<br /><br />Only ever saw one snake. Amazing to watch, flowing over the ground like water, like mercury. Where I work, there are water dragons all over the place. Two species: the brownish ones and the greenish ones. Insects, of course. Spiders, naturally. Mainly huntsmen. And sometimes a little treasure: a salticid. You look at them, and they look at you. You can tell, because they direct their vision by moving their retinas. When their eyes go black, it means they are looking straight at you.<br /><br />As for people, to see them I go out on a friday and saturday. They seem to enjoy drinking until they vomit, and fighting or causing fights. Bit of a mystery, but there you have it.<br /><br />It's not a bad life, really.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com