On Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:28:24 -0400 marilyn E B <[email protected]> writes: At Kroger's, Wednesday is Senior Citizen Day and that means 5% off your total order. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WAS SURPRISED, HERE WE GET 10% OFF ON WED..FIRST WED OF THE MONTH...AT PUBLIX WE GET 5% OFF EVERY WED...., AND YOU AREN'T ALLOWED TO TIP THE CARRY OUT FOLKS..SO THAT SAVES A BIT...I OFTEN BUY BAGGED SALAD AND MUSHROOMS ON MARKDOWN, AND RARELY ..A CUT OF MEAT...AT K.. I TRIMMED A BIT ON JOHNNY'S APPLE TREE TODAY AND SAT AND TALKED TO HUBBY WHEN HE CAME TO KIBITZ...HE OF THE CUT THE WHOLE DANGED TREE DOWN SORT...SUDDENLY I SAW SOMETHING MOVING NEARBY AND IT WAS A DANGED POSSUM ! I THINK IT MUST HAVE SMELLED THE SAP FROM THE APPLE TREE AND THOUGHT IT WAS A SNACK...OR MAYBE IT WAS JUST PASSING THROUGH...IT WASN'T SCARED OF US, BUT DECIDED TO HEAD FOR THE WOODS AFTER NOTICING US...BACK WHEN I WAS A KID HE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE POT ! I'VE BEEN SEEING SO MANY BIRDS THIS YEAR! ONE DAY AS I CAME BACK FROM THE PAPERBOX I HEARD A MOCKING BIRD SINGING...LOCATED HIM IN THE TIPPY TOP OF A TALL TREE AND STOOD THERE AND LISTENED AS IT SANG ONE SNIPPET OF SONG AFTER THE OTHER..AMAZING ! JEANNIE T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > I have also spent time outside at both places and the birds are > giving me a > new education. Have you ever watched a Robin scurry around on the > ground. I > did not realize how fast they could travel on those two little legs. > This > year we have some of the reddest Cardinals I have ever seen. We do > not seem > to have as many Mocking Birds as usual by the way the Northern > Mocking Bird > is the Tennessee. Some one doing a study found a Mocking Bird that > could do > 300+tunes. Other birds around include Blue Jays, a Red Headed > Woodpecker, > who may have a home in a tree across the road from Suzy's, several > sizes of > different black colored birds, Sparrows, and Pigeons. Front porch > sitting > increases your awareness of other species in this world our Lord > created. > Well more to do and I hope that little patter on the roof stops > soon. > > Marilyn ____________________________________________________________ How to Sleep Like a Rock Obey this one natural trick to fall asleep and stay asleep all night. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/516f813a1ea6713a18fcst04duc