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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / February 200671.2km, 3barn owls and a cat
Vernon & I went out for a pootle today. He had a meeting up at Wells on the coast, so he & I set off by bike. It seems my nagging... err... Whilst he attended his meeting, I went for a rather nice bowl of leek & potato soup in a Tea Shoppe type place. The journey there & back was 71.2km and on the way back we saw three barn owls out hunting. That was rather pleasant. But not as pleasant as on our return to Chateau Unfit Family where, as we rolled up to the front door, a certain one-eyed blak furry lady came running out of the open door, to greet me with multitudinous purrs and headbutts :-) I am now post ride bathed and am requiring a large glass of fermented juice of red grape... Cheers, helen s  Signature~~ you may need to remove dependence on fame & fortune from organisation to get correct email address ~Noodliness is Good~ > Vernon & I went out for a pootle today. He had a meeting up at Wells on the > coast, so he & I set off by bike. It seems my nagging... err... [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Cheers, helen s Define "pootle" MLB > Define "pootle" MLB Pootle = leisurely cycle ride. Not speedy. 15mph on the flat: 30mph downhill (Weeeeeeeeee!!!): walking pace uphill when it's a short, sharp 1 in 4... requiring much huffing & puffing & turning of air blue... Cheers, helen s > Vernon & I went out for a pootle today. He had a meeting up at Wells > on the coast, so he & I set off by bike. It seems my nagging... err... [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Cheers, helen s I envy you, it's about 5 years since I last saw a barn owl. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) A House is not a home, without a cat. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk >> Vernon & I went out for a pootle today. He had a meeting up at Wells >> on the coast, so he & I set off by bike. It seems my nagging... err... [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >I envy you, it's about 5 years since I last saw a barn owl. I still fondly recall the night I saw an arctic owl of some sort flying down the Cumberland River, here in Nashville, Tennessee. It was completely white, with a wingspread of at least eight feet, and flew past only 50 or 60 feet from me, with no sound whatsoever. I subsequently learned that, in winters when rodent epidemics have greatly reduced the food supply up north, these owls have sometimes been seen as far South as the Gulf of Mexico. This would have been 22 or 23 years ago. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria > I still fondly recall the night I saw an arctic owl of some sort > flying down the Cumberland River, here in Nashville, Tennessee. It [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > been seen as far South as the Gulf of Mexico. This would have been 22 > or 23 years ago. Was this the kind of owl you saw? http://www.owlpages.com/owls.php?genus=Bubo&species=scandiacus It's only got a wingspan of abt 4.5-5.4 feet tho. SignatureChristine in Vantaa, Finland christal63 (at) gmail (dot) com photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/christal63 photos: http://community.webshots.com/user/chkr63 >> I still fondly recall the night I saw an arctic owl of some sort >> flying down the Cumberland River, here in Nashville, Tennessee. It [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >http://www.owlpages.com/owls.php?genus=Bubo&species=scandiacus >It's only got a wingspan of abt 4.5-5.4 feet tho. It looks similiar to what I remember, although after this time it is hard to be sure, but the above page states that they are active in the daytime, and I saw my owl about 3 AM. So, it may have been a different species, or I might have overestimated its size. I was working as a factory security guard next to the river. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria
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