Our Feathered Friends

Funny to think but birds are wild life.  They live so comfortably among us; I guess it doesn’t feel that way.  Maybe they are comfortable living with us because they spend a good deal of time high above us. 

Brother Steve posted on his flicker site a better picture of the blue heron.  At first I couldn’t see it against the rock; here’s a close up:

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 Carol and I out walking came across these Canadian Geese.  They have been appearing regularly out on the golf course for several years now.  They stay for quite a while and some locals think perhaps they next out in the cane breaks in the golf course.  I am not fond of them particular.  I call them flying pigs.  When you look out and they are just squatting there—they look like pigs.  Well, that’s not right.  They look more like “hams.”  Flying hams.

 

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 But when they are up and moving around they are much more graceful.

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 Brother Dave posted some pics of Balboa Park near downtown San Diego.  The buildings like this one—and I can be corrected—were originally built for a world fair way back when.

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 Below that’s a picture of the old gym.  Can’t believe it’s still there.

 

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I would drive down there of a Saturday, way back in 64, all by my lonesome.  Just me and my b-ball. The place was big with four courts as I recollect and smelled like a swamp of human sweat.  I would get into a pick-up game.  The black guys had a whole different game, clean but real hard to the basket.  I was mostly out-classed but got an occasional rebound.

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Clarification:  "The Roscoe" is a band in Greenville, South Carolina.  Jack Tingle is a member, accurately identified by Brother Stephen as the guy on the far left, probably because he is the most handsome. 

2 Replies to “Our Feathered Friends”

  1. I had some slight recollection of Nick and that gym and that’s why I took that picture. I went inside the gym a few months back but didn’t think about the connection then. The same truck was parked outside this morning. Hmmmmm, very strange stuff

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