Breaking news.
Our house is under siege! Let me back up.
Several weeks ago, I was awakened in the wee hours in the morning by a noise. A tap tap tap noise. At first, I grumbled and and mumbled something about filicide. But then it happened again. and it was rhythmic, not random. Hmm. Now I started thinking about homicide, what neighbor starts hammering things at five in the morning?
Fell back to sleep, and awoke when it was time to get the middle one to school. Thought nothing more about it.
The next day, it happened again. This time, I could tell, it was something to do with the house. Of course, my first thought was woodpecker. Makes sense, we’re in a old, two story wood framed house. So I got the boy ready for school, and when I took him out, I took a peek around the side of the house that it sounded like it was coming from. And sure enough, it was a woodpecker. And it tapped as I watched. And I was dumbstruck. Because of this ginormous two story wooden house, the woodpecker was tapping on the metal cap of the chimney. um, WTF? I immediately thought that we have the world’s dumbest woodpecker– we’re talking short-bus special.
So I tweeted about it. Then did a little bit of research. And it turns out, in the spring, woodpeckers will tap on metal objects to attract a mate, because the metal is louder (of course).
Great, so, it’s still undetermined as to whether the woodpecker is a short-bus rider, but one thing is for certain, he’s definitely a lonely/horny bird.
This has been going on for better than two weeks. I’m starting to wake up in the morning, and expecting to here NEVERMORE!
Here’s a a few pics of the horn-dog.
Okay. I promise, part 2 of my trip to the Zoo/Syracuse mall is coming VERY soon. I’m very near completion with school stuff.
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Sorry, things came up.
I hope to get part two written really soon.
DTK
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April 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment
So today I took Bear up to the Zoo in Syracuse, as I needed something to do with him, and the thought of taking him to the inevitably-packed ScienCenter still makes me shudder. *shudder* See?
It was a bit of a drag– I mean, I knew it was going to be colder today than the previous two days (today was 46, last two days in the 80’s), but it was a tad more brisk than I would’ve liked. Fortunately, I dressed the Bear warmly and we enjoyed ourselves. AND, it wasn’t crowded. That’s a win. AND, we got to see all the animals. *BIG WIN*. See, whenever you go to the zoo, it’s inevitable that you’ll never see creatures like the wolves because they’re hiding because typically on zoo visitation days it’s hot out, and the last thing they want to do is lie in the sun.
But there they were, in all their glory, basking in the greyness of an early afternoon overcast day. And the tigers were lying about in plain view, and the elephants as well.
Some animals weren’t as appreciative of the cold as I would have thought– the big deer they have from the himalayas –while out (rare), were just lounging in the corner by the walkway (RARER). I don’t know if I expected them to be dancing or what– frolicking in the vast field in all their glory because this is *their* weather. Yes, I do sometimes have delusions of grandeur. And as you can see, I don’t just save them for myself!
The snow leopard was not to be found. No where! I mean really. Of all the animals, I figured the snow leopards would be doing backflips! But no. They were missing, presumably hiding (or more likely, still in a climate controlled pen for the winter).
Even the penguins didn’t seem to be enjoying themselves, all milling about on the land portion of their enclosure, seemingly daring each other to go in the water. At one point, as we were walking away, we heard a splash and saw one thrashing about in the water, only to be out when we got back there. I’m not convinced he wasn’t pushed in.
So we finished our trip to the zoo, and decided that it was still early, why not head over to the wonderfully multileveled Syracuse mall. Little did I know the things I would see would change me forever. Okay, not really, but they did make me chuckle. Lots.
And that, will be in my next post. Right now, I need sleep. Good night, SGEPDicks!
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Hello all you wonderous, beautiful people! It’s that time of year again– Zombie Jesus Day! Or Easter, if you prefer. But I prefer to call a zombie a zombie. 
It’s no secret that the little SGEPites do not get candy for Easter– too many food issues. No, the little minions of destruction (MoDs) get fruit and books. This has been the case since, well, forever. This year, the lore of ZJ has expanded in our household.
See, in a “normal” Christian house, an easter bunny comes and leaves lots of candy, and scatters chicken eggs for the little chil’ren to find (and in some cases, hides the easter basket).
In our house, Zombie Jesus comes and leaves lots of yummy fruit and books for all the little SGEPites. He does this as a gesture of love, as Jesus was a very giving person. But there is a darkside, as you might well imagine; he also brings these healthy snacks as a way to make sure the brains grow nice and juicy for him to eat at some point in time.
So, as you eat your lamb (of God?) and your chocolate and your boiled eggs, ask yourself this; is your brain ready for the second coming?
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So, as previously mentioned, I started making things with chainmail. I’ve been interested in doing it for years, but never got around to it. As my birthday approached, I started pondering something I could do away from the laptop, and chainmail came up.
So I told my wonderful wife that I would like some links and pliers for my birthday. She went to The Ring Lord and picked me up some beginner sets, as well as other rings to try. And she bought some weave samples for me to look at (and copy).
Well, immediately the weave samples looked daunting. I couldn’t wrap my brain around how to even start them. So I went online, and found some sites with other weaves/projects. I found this wonderful site, Maille Artisans International League (M.A.I.L) And also this site,
Chainmailbasket (CMB). Both of which have been great resources.
I haven’t quite gotten the courage to start any big projects, but I’ve been working on smaller stuff, Jewelry. Here are some pics of things I’ve made so far.
This is the first “official” thing I made/finished. A simple anklet using a 12 in 2 Japanese weave.
The first “project” I made; a pouch. Perfect for change, or in this case, D&D dice. Standard Japanese 6 in 1 weave.
Here is a choker necklace I made for my love, complete with a little “love” charm. It is a weave called Celtic visions.
Here is a bracelet I made using the same technique as the choker (Celtic Visions).
This is a double Celtic star, I joined them because it’s going to be part of a coin belt I’m making for L.
There are a few more things, as well as other pics of these. But you have to go to my FB page to see them. You are on my FB page, right?
So, that is some of what I’ve been up to. How about you?
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