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May. 24th, 2009

  • 8:35 AM
atc
I still never need to eat again.

A couple of photos from climbing yesterday:

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Steven found a nest of baby birds near where we rigged a 5.9. I took this with the zoom setting, standing on a nearby boulder. Nests full of baby birds pulsate in unison. Who knew? It's very Lovecraftian.

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Scenic Chatfield Hollow, rigged for top-rope. TBRE and The Jeff, for scale.

And because no post is complete without some gratuitous house pets, a Giant Ridiculous Dog and his pretty princess pony. (TBRE maintains he's a pretty princess. He does kind of mince like a sad cat when confronted with icky wet grass or mud. So she gave him a lavender unicorn.)

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[info]dewline wrote:
May. 24th, 2009 12:52 pm (UTC)
For catching wildlife visuals like that, digital zoom is absolutely a Gift among technologies. It's much easier to get a look without disturbing the residents these days.
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[info]jhetley wrote:
May. 24th, 2009 01:28 pm (UTC)
Nest looks like cliff or barn swallows, can't tell for sure.
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[info]mrissa wrote:
May. 24th, 2009 03:15 pm (UTC)
*is reduced to incoherence by cuteness of GRD with PPP*

It is really too bad nobody loves this dog or gives him scritches or pretty princess presents, is what.
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[info]matociquala wrote:
May. 24th, 2009 08:52 pm (UTC)
Nobody. Ever.
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[info]magpie49 wrote:
May. 24th, 2009 04:04 pm (UTC)
baby birds - just WOW!

Rocks - are scenic. *yearns for some scenic rocks, might go to favorite park to look at rocks*

GRD - precious! Lavender unicorn - also precious! GRD /c LU - Precious overload!
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[info]heleninwales wrote:
May. 24th, 2009 04:20 pm (UTC)
Hee, hee! No dog that big should be able to look that cute -- but the GRD somehow manages. :)
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[info]elmocho wrote:
May. 24th, 2009 06:03 pm (UTC)
Baby birds are among the more disturbing visuals nature affords. Before they get their feathers, hummingbird nests look like tiny nodules filled with beaked slugs.

It becomes comedic. Eventually, they grow too big to fit in the nest, but by then they've grown their feathers and look like birds, so it looks like an avian clown car, punctuated by feedings from the mother.
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[info]fadethecat wrote:
May. 24th, 2009 09:04 pm (UTC)
I...I think I have that same lavender unicorn plushie. Obviously not that exact one, because I would not make the GRD full of Sad by taking his plushie, but, uh...yeah.

I'm not sure if that's awesome or faintly embarrassing. (In my defense, at the time I really needed a lavender unicorn plushie.)
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[info]matociquala wrote:
May. 24th, 2009 09:13 pm (UTC)
Don't be embarrassed! You don't walk around with yours in your mouth.
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[info]matociquala wrote:
May. 24th, 2009 09:13 pm (UTC)
...do you?
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[info]fadethecat wrote:
May. 24th, 2009 09:35 pm (UTC)
*shifty eyes*

Not in public...
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[info]silent_ic_river wrote:
May. 24th, 2009 09:15 pm (UTC)
I love your dog. It's like a warm, fuzzy, mobile rug. Bonus! Puppy dog eyes!
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[info]peacockharpy wrote:
May. 24th, 2009 10:30 pm (UTC)
Color me EXTREMELY jealous of your nearby rock-climbing scenery!
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[info]jennykay79 wrote:
May. 25th, 2009 12:10 am (UTC)
I was going to say, "Aw, puppy!" but everyone else did.

But really. Aw, puppy!
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[info]marydell wrote:
May. 25th, 2009 02:44 am (UTC)
OMG, best dog ever.
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[info]mojave_wolf wrote:
May. 25th, 2009 04:05 am (UTC)
beautiful shots!

& giant *adorable* dog!!!
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[info]beyondfake_0 wrote:
May. 25th, 2009 06:23 am (UTC)
A couple of months ago a person on my flist saved a baby bird who had falled from it's nest. When she described it, she said it was like touching a penis.

Ever since then I haven't looked at baby birds the same.
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[info]matociquala wrote:
May. 25th, 2009 10:16 am (UTC)
Ew. Very... bony... penises you have in those parts....

(I helped handraise a trio of cedar waxwings in 2002. They were very neat little critters.)
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[info]retch wrote:
May. 25th, 2009 07:25 pm (UTC)
wow, awesome, how was climbing outdoors?
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[info]matociquala wrote:
May. 25th, 2009 10:34 pm (UTC)
I still kind of hate it, but I am getting better at it.
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[info]jmeadows wrote:
May. 28th, 2009 05:06 pm (UTC)
OMC.

*faints*

(At least he seems to be enjoying the unicorn...)
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