Another common bird, the white-crowned sparrow is delightful nonetheless.
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Photo Memory of the Week
Posted: 2023 Nov 25
Tweet of the Week
I was this-many years old when I learned the origin of the expression "a bolt from the blue."
Lightning comes in different flavors.
But can you name the different types of bolts?
This chart does a useful and interesting recap.
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[📸 Olivier Vandeginste/atmospheres.be] pic.twitter.com/6TfegNqBmT— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) November 25, 2023
The Week’s Best Example of Making Merry
LOL! 🤣
Long before babies can speak conventionally, they begin laughing - making laughter one of humankind’s earliest and most important forms of communication.
For your baby, laughter (which typically begins at about 3 months of age) conveys much more than just “I find this… https://t.co/zoIYstbiNG pic.twitter.com/gM0PqCET7a
— Dan Wuori (@DanWuori) November 23, 2023
Music of the Week
Posted: 2023 Nov 25
Poetry of the Week
This is not a loaf of bread
This is daily sanctuary
This is breakfast in bed
Or beans on toast for tea.This is not a loaf of bread
This is shared community
This is a soup-dipped crust
Or a picnic lunch for three.This is not a loaf of bread
This is tasty alchemy
This is a gravy soaker-upper
Or a gourmet chip butty.This is not a loaf of bread
This is a crafted recipe
Of sun and rain and earth
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Common you say ?!?!
Did you know:
“Scientists interested in movement and energetics have discovered that White-crowned Sparrows can run on a treadmill at a pace of about one-third of a mile an hour without tiring out. ”
Other than a road runner, or an ostrich, that’s pretty uncommon(?☺).
I wasn’t looking for that fact, but I came across it looking for something I read the other day about there being something unique about two slightly different versions (as it were) in breeding. But I can’t find it…..
You caught a nice poise on the little guy too.
Jim – Well, well. Another reason to be impressed by them, and a good reminder to enjoy “common” everyday wonders.