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Pepper ([personal profile] pepper) wrote2008-09-19 10:32 pm

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Avast, me hearties, I be afeared that the pirate fic I wanted to write has not materialised. I have words, but they be short of a compass or a map, damn their eyes.

*is too tired to talk like a pirate any more*

I love Yahoo's headlines. They're such nonsense. "Robbie Williams could be abducted by aliens and "come back as an ambassador for their race", an expert claims."

Some picspam.

A seagull on my bathroom skylight:

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The whiteboard at work today, drawn by yours truly (except the bits in green):

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I went to an open day / fair thingy at some nearby allotments several weeks ago, and it was amazing. I forgot I hadn't posted about it. I stroked a python, admired the prize marrows, listened to various singers, relaxed in a hammock (every fair should have a section in a tiny bit of woodland with some hammocks), saw some belly dancing, listened to various bands, and spent ages looking at various birds. I stroked this guy...

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...VERY very carefully. He didn't take my arm off, which was nice.

This lady...

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...was enormous - an Eagle Owl. She made a great deal of fuss until her handler gave her a mouse. But this girl...

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...was my favourite. She looked so very pissed off. :) She's a Bengal Owl.

There was a definite hippy vibe to the place. They had some nice signposts scattered around one section:

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And... that's about all I've got. See y'all at the Redial rewatch tonight.
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[identity profile] holdouttrout.livejournal.com 2008-09-19 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
What a wonderful collection of pretty birds. And the signs are quite lovely, too.

I am also thinking that you have much better handwriting on signs than I do.

[identity profile] quarryquest.livejournal.com 2008-09-19 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Arr (squeak!) to you to says Horatio Pirate Hamster ...

Those owls look familiar ... Was there a barn owl called Sybil? I think I met them as a Heathen Fest in Peterborough a couple of years ago.

[identity profile] supplyship.livejournal.com 2008-09-19 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow, excellent pirate ship drawing! Also, the seagull on the skylight is cracking me up!

Gorgeous owls. A couple Christmases ago we pulled a tiny little owl out of my parents' fireplace (no fire ;) - it had got stuck in the chimney and made its way down to the fireplace doors. Full of ashes but otherwise seemed OK!

Catch you at the rewatch!
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[personal profile] aelfgyfu_mead 2008-09-19 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Wonderful birds!

That Yahoo! bit on Robbie Williams is pretty hilarious.

[identity profile] a-loquita.livejournal.com 2008-09-20 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
A very Harry Potter feel to your pics! :)

You're drawings are excellent. Did you spend all day at work talking like a pirate? Cuz I'm sure that went over well. heh.
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[personal profile] dhae_knight_1 2008-09-20 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
Yahoo!News' headlines I can live with... the "news" on the other hand... *facepalm*

Beautiful signage. You draw very well. So... did everybody speak like a pirate?

And Eagle Owls are freakin' huge! Incidentally ('cause I can't see owls these days without thinking HP - damn you Rowling!), so are snowy owls. Big, big birds.

[identity profile] naelany.livejournal.com 2008-09-20 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
That looks and sounds like a lot of fun ^_^