The name of this Icelandic geyser is "Geyser"
That's where the name comes from
Last winter I wrote a Facebook post about a senior-suitable
activity I called stationary birding.
For those who missed it, click on this:
Well, my hip is hurting so much today that all I want to do
is sit in the recliner by the sliding glass door leading to my front deck. That being so, I decided to scatter bird seed
on the deck, then sit back with a bird book and practice INDOOR STATIONARY BIRDING. It was a qualified success.
On the plus side I was able to enjoy studying the feeding behaviors of several species of
birds: the dark eyed junco, the spotted towhee, the northern flicker, and the Steller’s
jay. On the minus side, I came away from
the experience with painfully lacerated legs.
This leads me to some important advice:
Do not engage in stationary birding with a cat in your lap!
Many of you will know my cat, Creampuff. Creampuff is fat, lazy, docile and
cowardly. (She is also a pretty, soft
and loveable.) If Creampuff faced off
with a junco – let alone a jay – I would bet on the bird. She also loves a lap. This morning when I was dozing (indoor
stationary birding is not exactly an exciting sport), Creampuff launched
herself from my lap at the nearby glass door, in the process excavating small
pits in my thighs. Apparently in her DNA
or racial memory lies something that
tells her that birds are her enemies.
Lucky for her the glass door saved her; had she landed on the deck
itself (rather than colliding with the door), the Steller’s jay would have
pecked the snot out of her.
So, to modify the advice, above: if you must practice
stationary birding with a cat in tour lap, make use of a very thick towel.
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