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Last night was Piper's first night with the big ducks. He/She is simply too big now to keep in a box. During the day, Piper lives in a large cage which is inside the larger duck day pen - only for Piper's safety at this stage. Compared to the other ducks Piper still might look small enough to be tackled by a hungry magpie, but it wont be long before Piper can gallop about security free.
Here are some pics of the three of them together. You can tell which one Piper is - despite being almost completely identical Piper is miniature compared to the others. Wist was quite agressive - lunging at Piper and clicking his beak. Im not entirely sure what kind of damage ducks can do to each other....But I dont think its much considering Piper runs very fast. Talli is refusing all contact. Very typical of her.
In the meantime Im going to enjoy this lovely duck weather before I have to go to work. Despit my joints screaming, despite slipping over in the wet this morning (while carrying Piper) I cannot do anything but love this beautiful cold dark weather.
Well folks, things are pretty quiet around these parts.
The weather is making rugging a nightmare. Rain, but too hot for a raincoat. Im trying to gather up some money to get new winter rugs, but if the weather is going to be as even as last year, they wont even need them.
I have a lot to say about the weather. But I dont have time right now.
I hope you enjoyed the excerpt of book five. Im trying to write when I have time and inspiration, as usual Im bored shitless by book one. I might start book five.
I have a lot to say about writing. But I dont have time right now.
Tv is spoiling me with Charmed everyday - I was excited to see Medium return at 10pm every night only to be disappionted it was season 5. All the good stuff is in the start.
I have a lot to say about TV. But I dont have time right now.
Piper joined the big ducks tonight and seems to be doing fine. Still too small to go out un attended during the day, but quite ducklike.
Im working out hard every day and doing my best to adjust my diet. I want to fit back into my pre pregnancy clothes and Im not sure I can make it without all the walking I used to do. I have a lot to say about fitness and weightloss....
But I dont have time right now.
So Im going to share some pics with you of my most favoured Orb spider mating with one of her boys. She must be geriatric in spider-years by now, and Im sad everytime I see how furry shes gotten, but hopefully one of her many babies will take her place when shes gone.
Daemondra charged through the undergrowth. Her arms pumped in rythym to her feet thudding dully against the mouldy leaf litter. She loved running - exerting herself fully, like this - normally to run in this way would be enough to have her spirit soaring and that energy of hers throbbing for use.
Now she just felt an ache in her chest. A hot tear squeezed out from one of her hard eyelids. With a low growl that bared a few teeth she leapt forward and pushed herself to new speed.
He had to be there. He HAD to be there!
She was almost there. The crossing over the canal, usually so difficult, she barely remembered. She was in dragon territory now, in the lower quater, very close to the border of the human settlement. Not far to the cave, not far at all.
Their place.
With a final thrust that almost burst her chest she broke through the final broken dry edges of canopy and saw a glimpse of shining, pale green. Her breath escaped in a grateful sob, tears running free now.
"EMERALD!" She screamed.
She barely felt the thud as their bodies came together. All she could feel was his warmth, his arms. He ran a talon over her shoulder, so soft the touch. His claws were fully retracted.
"Emerald" She whispered, kissing the hard shell of his beak between his nostrils and kissing down to the crease of his lips. So soft there. No scales. He could feel every sensation.
"Dee Dee..." He breathed, ruffling her hair gently. "What's the matter?"
"You Fool!" She yelled pushing him away and glaring at him "The attack, it was so...disorganised. I didnt have time to warn you. I didnt know..." She held her sobs in now, when in front of him, letting her chest jolt as she refused to let the tears flow.
He smiled, as dragons smile. All in the eyes, with the slightest crinkling around the edges of his lips. His eyes were so beautiful, so deep and brown. He knew of course, he knew how much she loved him. Even though she was Daemondra, Conquerer of Nations, Poison's right hand, the one to dissolve the boundaries of Divisia, he knew her inside. She bowed her head, tears slipping out as he took her into his arms again, and pulled her close to his chest. So warm, for all that the Harpies called them cold lizards, they were really so warm. He wrapped his wings around her as well, and for some time she was lost in the sensations he wove, that feeling, that energy she gave off at times like this intoxicating him like fine wine would a human.
Afterwards, they lay together on the feather soft grass they had layed there, resting against each other. Every now and then, one would have an involuntary skin flick, and scale would rub on scale, tingling bodies with the pleasure not long past, and still ringing with.
She relaxed against him, tossing her long black hair. "How many did you lose today?" She asked softly. She felt him tense against her.
"Is that a tactical question, or do you really want to know?" He asked harshly. Now she stiffened.
"How can you lie with me then if -"
"Shh, Shh De Dee..." He took her hand and sighed. "The war isnt what it was." His hand tightened "Before, when it started....It was almost....Well, fun wasnt it?" He looked up into her eyes. She nodded. She knew exactly how he felt.
He dropped her hand and stretched back, pulling his wings up and rubbing his eyes. He let forth a huge sigh, knowing he doomed his kin with every breath.
"The army is gone." He said shortly.
"What? But we saw hundreds of you flying away"
He shook his head. "We made a tentative friend in the unicorns. It was an illusion. There was only me, RubyWing and BlueNerain flying away. Rubywing is very badly hurt. Poison will be happy to hear that, Im sure." That last was bitter.
Rubywing was Poison's father.
"I dont report everything you tell me you know" She said softly.
"But he knows! You say that but he knows! Always! And I dont trust you, I dont believe your damn lies and still I come..." He buried his head in his talons and cried. He was really so young. They both were. "And now all my kin are gone....Damn this war!"
She stroked his back softly. There was nothing she could say. It was she who single handedly dealt them a death blow. "You underestimate him" She whispered.
"What" He muttered, "Who?"
"Poison..." She breathed, aware that she was breaking trust, telling secrets, but unable to help herself. "He is now able to track all life forms all over Divisia....I used to believe that he didnt know I was still coming here, but I cant believe that any more. He knows. He must simply allow it."
Emerald looked up at her. "He cant be everywhere at once - he's not omnipotent! Even if he HAS the ability to know where all living things are, he cant track them all at once! No, he needs you, needs you roaming, transmitting, killing. Needs you to come here so he can rip the knowledge from your mind and slaughter us all!"
He raised his head on long coiled neck like he might strike, but she remained relaxed in the curve of his body. His claws werent even out. Even if they were, she was so much faster. He would be dead in an instant.
Except that he was the one she had not been able to kill. Her initial mission had been to seduce and kill the petty generals - a reversal of the old dragon female seducing a man legend in the human village. Rubywing and BlueNerian were alive because they had resisted her. Emerald was alive because she had fallen in love with him.
She had killed the others.
She jumped at the sudden sensation, his claw running down her cheek. She had drifted off into silence, and he tried to follow, as usual.
"How long until you leave for Alcordia?" He asked.
"I'm to ride out tomorrow morning." She looked furtively at the sky.
His dark eyes were hard. "They'll kill you"
"Thats just what you have been raised to believe. No body knows if -"
"Dont give me your goddamn war propaganda!" He screamed. "They CAME from us. WE put them where they are because we KNOW what they are! You cant go there," He gulped, "Dee....You cant....They'll eat you, Oh Lords of Divisia" He wept, his body shuddered, "They will! My beautiful, my lovely Daemondra....They wont care what you are, you look human, and they'll eat you alive...."
"Shhh My Love," She whispered, drawing her palm softly over his face, closing his eyes. He was traumatized from the battle. He was talking nonsense. How could he know anything about the White Serpents? He had never been there - no one had.
She put him into a tranquil sleep with ease. She didnt want him to be awake when she left anyway - he always begged her to run away with him, away from the war. But war was all she was.
She couldnt prevent a small smile of satisfaction. So, the dragons were destroyed? Work well done. She'd keep Emerald safe, so he could live in the new world with her.
After she won, of course.
If you dont watch anime, you will have no idea what Im talking about. You have been warned.
Id like to start off this post by saying that FMA Brotherhood has been the most enjoyable anime I have ever seen. Usually for me anime is visually spectacular with incredibly thought provoking concepts. FMA has indeed been that, but it also made a personal connection with me to the point where I immensely enjoyed every single second. We first came to the party only last year - We watched the first series, loosely based on the original manga, then went into coniptions at the ending of The conquerer of Shamballa as did 90% of the fans. Luckily for us, we didnt have to wait years to see the final and correct conclusion as FMA brotherhood was now released and waiting for us to discover it
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Piper, 24hrs old, Last Wed 14/12/2011
Piper is of course a week old by now, and with my experienced and perceptive eyes I can detect small changes. Piper is one of the most opinionated animals Ive ever known, who likes everything 'just so'
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Waiting is not something I do well. My catch phrase from the High School year book was "I cant wait!" and it was so unbelievably true. Ive been known to go red in the face, sweat, bloat and register fever high temperatures while waiting for something particularly exciting to begin. Alongside that though, we have my infinite patience when dealing with a young horse, and the amount of people heard to exclaim "you have SOME patience" after dealing with an animal that almost drove them to murder.
Last saturday, after 3 10 hour shifts, I thought I heard cheeping and cracking. It was just delirium though
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As Kman is so fond of telling me when I ring up from work. "they are still eggs. They dont do anything."
In the first few days of having them I was in a lather - I just felt anxious. Something was wrong, and I didnt know what. After some googling, I realized I had them upside down - the pointy end of the egg should be pointing down, if any end is. This is so the duckling can reach for the air bubble as it grows, it can suffocate otherwise. So for a few days after that I was sure Id killed them
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Well, Kleo is very excited...With my tendancity to get ENthuSIAStic its exteremely hard because....Theres not a lot you can do for eggs. And eggs dont do a lot for you. Theres lots of ANTiciPAtion, which leads to thinking about cute baby ducks (AND WHAT YOU CAN NAME THEM!) but if you are as enthusiastic as little Kleo, you gotta nip that right in the bud. Because some eggs may not hatch, realistically, I have to consider none of them will.
But that is so hard to contemplate
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On Sunday, I rescued a small bird from Teshan's water trough.
I had to work in the next hour, and was quickly doing an animal check and water top up before I went. I saw her spiralling in the water and thought she was dead, until I detected a faint flutter. I dived through the fence (in my uniform) narrowly missing barbed and electric wire. I snatched her up, returned to the house yard via a safe route and assessed her
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